वृद्धिश्राद्धप्रयोगःHow the vṛddhi-śrāddha is performed
Verse 22
नान्दीमुखाश्च पितरो नान्दीमुख्यश्च मातरः । मातामहादयोऽप्येवं मातामह्यादयोऽपि च । श्राद्धे नाम्न्याभ्युदयिके समुल्लेख्या वरानने ॥ २२ ॥
nāndīmukhāśca pitarō nāndīmukhyaśca mātaraḥ | mātāmahādayō’pyēvaṁ mātāmahyādayō’pi ca | śrāddhē nāmnyābhyudayikē samullēkhyā varānanē || 22 ||
Translation
In the śrāddha called ābhyudayika, lovely one, the fathers are to be named nāndīmukha and the mothers nāndīmukhī, and likewise the maternal grandfathers and the maternal grandmothers.
Word by word
- nāndīmukhāḥ
- (nāndīmukhāḥ) nāndīmukha
- ca
- and
- pitaraḥ
- (pitaraḥ) the fathers
- nāndīmukhyaḥ
- (nāndīmukhyaḥ) nāndīmukhī
- mātaraḥ
- (mātaraḥ) the mothers
- mātāmaha
- the maternal grandfathers
- ādayaḥ
- (ādayaḥ) and the rest
- api
- also
- ēvaṁ
- likewise
- mātāmahī
- the maternal grandmothers
- śrāddhē
- in the śrāddha
- nāmni
- (nāmni) named
- ābhyudayikē
- ābhyudayika
- samullēkhyāḥ
- (samullekhyāḥ) to be named
- varānanē
- O lovely one
Meaning
The ancestors honoured at a joyful rite carry the epithet nāndīmukha (feminine nāndīmukhī), "with faces of joy" or "at the prelude of the festival": nāndī is the auspicious opening of a celebration. Ābhyudayika means "for prosperity".
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Nāndīmukhāḥ" and the rest. O lovely Devī, in the śrāddha called ābhyudayika (for prosperity), the fathers (father and the rest) are to be named as nāndīmukhāḥ, and the mothers (mother and the rest) as nāndīmukhyaḥ; in the same way the maternal grandfather and the rest as nāndīmukhāḥ, and the maternal grandmother and the rest as nāndīmukhyaḥ.