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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.39

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 39

वृद्धिश्राद्धप्रयोगःHow the vṛddhi-śrāddha is performed

Verse 39

मण्डलं रचयेदेकं मायया चतुरस्रकम् । द्वे द्वे च मण्डले कुर्यात् तद्वत्पक्षद्वयोरपि ॥ ३९ ॥

maṇḍalaṁ racayēdēkaṁ māyayā caturasrakam | dvē dvē ca maṇḍalē kuryāt tadvatpakṣadvayōrapi || 39 ||

Translation

He should draw one square maṇḍala with māyā, and two maṇḍalas each in the same way for the other two sides.

Word by word

maṇḍalaṁ
a maṇḍala
racayēt
(racayet) should draw
ēkaṁ
one
māyayā
with māyā (hrīṁ)
caturasrakam
(caturasrakam) square
dvē
two
ca
and
maṇḍalē
maṇḍalas
kuryāt
should make
tadvat
(tadvat) likewise
pakṣa
sides
dvayōḥ
(dvayoḥ) for the two
api
also

Meaning

With hrīṁ (māyā) a square is drawn for the gods' vessel, and two for each ancestral side.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Maṇḍalam" and the rest. Then, receiving from the brāhmaṇa the answer "oṁ pātaya" ("yes, set them down"), on the side of the gods he should make one square maṇḍala with māyā, the seed hrīṁ; on each of the two sides, of the fathers and of the maternal grandfathers, he should likewise make two square maṇḍalas each with the seed hrīṁ.