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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.25

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 25

वृद्धिश्राद्धप्रयोगःHow the vṛddhi-śrāddha is performed

Verse 25

कौबेराभिमुखोऽनुज्ञावाक्यं दैवे प्रकल्पयेत् । याम्यास्यः कल्पयेद्वाक्यं पित्र्ये मातामहेऽपि च । तत्रादौ दैवपक्षे तु वाक्यं शृणु शुचिस्मिते ॥ २५ ॥

kaubērābhimukhō’nujñāvākyaṁ daivē prakalpayēt | yāmyāsyaḥ kalpayēdvākyaṁ pitryē mātāmahē’pi ca | tatrādau daivapakṣē tu vākyaṁ śṛṇu śucismitē || 25 ||

Translation

Facing north he makes the words of permission for the gods; facing south, for the ancestors and the maternal grandfathers. Hear first, pure-smiling one, the words for the side of the gods.

Word by word

kaubēra
north
abhimukhaḥ
(abhimukhaḥ) facing
anujñā
of permission
vākyaṁ
the words
daivē
for the gods
prakalpayēt
should make
yāmyāsyaḥ
(yāmyāsyaḥ) facing south
kalpayēt
(kalpayet) should make
pitryē
for the ancestors
mātāmahē
for the maternal grandfathers
api
also
ca
and
tatra
there
ādau
first
daiva
of the gods
pakṣē
for the side
tu
indeed
śṛṇu
hear
śucismitē
O pure-smiling one

Meaning

The anujñā-vākya, "sentence of permission", is the formal statement of intent with which each side of the śrāddha opens.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Kauberā" and the rest. Facing north, he should make (kalpayet, racayet) the sentence of permission (anujñā-vākya) for the side of the gods; facing south, he should make the sentence of permission for the side of the fathers and also for the side of the maternal grandfathers.