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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.37

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 37

वृद्धिश्राद्धप्रयोगःHow the vṛddhi-śrāddha is performed

Verse 37

आवाह्य पूजयेदादौ विश्वान् देवांस्ततो यजेत् । पितृत्रयं तथा मातृत्रयं मातामहत्रयम् ॥ ३७ ॥

āvāhya pūjayēdādau viśvān dēvāṁstatō yajēt | pitṛtrayaṁ tathā mātṛtrayaṁ mātāmahatrayam || 37 ||

Translation

Having invited them, he worships the Viśvedevas first; then the three fathers, the three mothers, the three maternal grandfathers

Word by word

āvāhya
having invited
pūjayēt
(pūjayet) should worship
ādau
first
viśvān
the all
dēvāṁs
(devān) gods
tataḥ
(tataḥ) then
yajēt
should worship
pitṛ
fathers
trayaṁ
the three
tathā
and
mātṛ
mothers
mātāmaha
maternal grandfathers
trayam
(trayam) the three

Meaning

Worship follows in the fixed order of verse 24.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Āvāhya" and the rest. Having invited the Viśvedevas and the rest in this way, with the sentence "viśvedevā etāni pādyārghyācamanādīni vo namaḥ" ("Viśvedevas, these offerings of water for the feet, arghya, sipping water and the rest are yours; salutation") he worships the Viśvedevas first with water for the feet, arghya, sipping water, incense, lamps, clothes and the rest; then, with the sentence "oṁ adya amuka-gotrā nāndīmukhāḥ pitṛ-pitāmaha-prapitāmahā amukāmukāmuka-devaśarmāṇa etāni gandha-puṣpa-dhūpa-dīpādīni vaḥ svadhā", the three fathers; likewise with "mātṛ-pitāmahī-prapitāmahyo devya etāni pādyādīni vaḥ svadhā" the three mothers; and with the sentences made in the same way the three maternal grandfathers and the three maternal grandmothers he should worship in order with water for the feet and the rest. O lovely Śivā, having worshipped the Viśvedevas and the rest in this way, then, in the order of the gods, in the order beginning with the side of the gods, he should put to the brāhmaṇa the question of setting down the vessels: "pātrāṇi pātayiṣye", "I shall set down the vessels".