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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.36

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 36

वृद्धिश्राद्धप्रयोगःHow the vṛddhi-śrāddha is performed

Verse 36

तत आवाहयेद्विद्वान् विश्वान् देवान् पितॄंस्तथा । मातॄर्मातामहांश्चापि तथा मातामहीः शिवे ॥ ३६ ॥

tata āvāhayēdvidvān viśvān dēvān pitṝṁstathā | mātṝrmātāmahāṁścāpi tathā mātāmahīḥ śivē || 36 ||

Translation

Then the learned one should invite the Viśvedevas and the fathers, the mothers, the maternal grandfathers and the maternal grandmothers, O Śivā.

Word by word

tataḥ
(tataḥ) then
āvāhayēt
(āvāhayet) should invite
vidvān
the learned one
viśvān
the all
dēvān
gods
pitṝṁs
(pitṝn) the fathers
tathā
and
mātṝḥ
(mātṝḥ) the mothers
mātāmahāṁś
(mātāmahān) the maternal grandfathers
cāpi
(ca api) and also
mātāmahīḥ
(mātāmahīḥ) the maternal grandmothers
śivē
O Śivā

Meaning

The invitation, in the ṭīkā: "viśvedevā ihāgacchateha tiṣṭhateha sannidhatta mama pūjāṁ gṛhṇīta", "come here, stay here, be present, accept my worship".

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 34.