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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.32

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 32

वृद्धिश्राद्धप्रयोगःHow the vṛddhi-śrāddha is performed

Verse 32

देवताभ्यः पितृभ्यश्च महायोगिभ्य एव च । नमोऽस्तु पुष्ट्यै स्वाहायै नित्यमेव भवन्त्विति ॥ ३२ ॥

dēvatābhyaḥ pitṛbhyaśca mahāyōgibhya ēva ca | namō’stu puṣṭyai svāhāyai nityamēva bhavantviti || 32 ||

Translation

"To the gods, to the ancestors and to the great yogins, salutation; to Puṣṭi and to Svāhā; may they be ever with us."

Word by word

dēvatābhyaḥ
(devatābhyaḥ) to the gods
pitṛbhyaḥ
(pitṛbhyaḥ) to the ancestors
ca
and
mahāyōgibhyaḥ
(mahāyogibhyaḥ) to the great yogins
ēva
also
namaḥ
(namaḥ) salutation
astu
be
puṣṭyai
to Puṣṭi
svāhāyai
to Svāhā
nityam
(nityam) ever
bhavantu
may they be
iti
thus

Meaning

The "devatābhyaḥ" mantra, repeated several times in the rite. Puṣṭi is nourishment, Svāhā the consort of Agni and the offering itself; the closing words ask that such blessings continue. In the śrāddhas of 10.64-66 Svadhā, the offering to the ancestors, replaces Puṣṭi.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 31.