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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.15

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 15

वृद्धिश्राद्धप्रयोगःHow the vṛddhi-śrāddha is performed

Verse 15

वृद्धिश्राद्धे पार्वणादौ षड्विप्राः परिकीर्त्तिताः । एकोद्दिष्टे तु कथित एक एव द्विजः शिवे ॥ १५ ॥

vṛddhiśrāddhē pārvaṇādau ṣaḍviprāḥ parikīrttitāḥ | ēkōddiṣṭē tu kathita ēka ēva dvijaḥ śivē || 15 ||

Translation

In the vṛddhi-śrāddha and in the pārvaṇa and the rest six vipras are declared; in the ekoddiṣṭa, O Śivā, only one twice-born is told.

Word by word

vṛddhiśrāddhē
in the vṛddhi-śrāddha
pārvaṇa
the pārvaṇa
ādau
and the rest
ṣaḍ
six
viprāḥ
(viprāḥ) vipras
parikīrttitāḥ
are declared
ēkōddiṣṭē
in the ekoddiṣṭa
tu
but
kathitaḥ
(kathitaḥ) is told
ēkaḥ
(ekaḥ) one
ēva
only
dvijaḥ
(dvijaḥ) twice-born
śivē
O Śivā

Meaning

The pārvaṇa śrāddha is done at the parvans, especially the new moon; the ekoddiṣṭa is for one person only, the recently dead. Six figures serve the vṛddhi and pārvaṇa: two for the gods, two for the father's line, two for the mother's.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

How many brāhmaṇas of darbha are to be made? To that he says "vṛddhiśrāddhe" and the rest.