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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.21

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 21

वृद्धिश्राद्धप्रयोगःHow the vṛddhi-śrāddha is performed

Verse 21

दैवपक्षं पश्चिमायां दक्षिणे वामयाम्ययोः । पितुर्मातामहस्यापि पक्षौ द्वौ विद्धि पार्वति ॥ २१ ॥

daivapakṣaṁ paścimāyāṁ dakṣiṇē vāmayāmyayōḥ | piturmātāmahasyāpi pakṣau dvau viddhi pārvati || 21 ||

Translation

Know the west as the side of the gods, O Pārvatī; on the south, left and right, the two sides of the father and of the maternal grandfather.

Word by word

daiva
of the gods
pakṣaṁ
the side
paścimāyāṁ
on the west
dakṣiṇē
on the south
vāma
left
yāmyayōḥ
and right
pituḥ
(pituḥ) of the father
mātāmahasya
of the maternal grandfather
api
also
pakṣau
the sides
dvau
two
viddhi
know
pārvati
O Pārvatī

Meaning

The gods (the Viśvedevas) on the west; the paternal ancestors on the left of the south side, the maternal on the right.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Daivapakṣam" and the rest. O Pārvatī, know the western side to be the side of the gods; on the south, on its left and right parts in order, know the two sides of the father and of the maternal grandfather.