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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.4

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 4

वृद्धिश्राद्धे व्यवस्थाThe rule of the vṛddhi-śrāddha

Verse 4

श्रीसदाशिव उवाच । जीवसेकादिविवाहान्तदशसंस्कारकर्मसु । यत्र यद्विहितं भद्रे सविशेषं प्रकीर्तितम् ॥ ४ ॥

śrīsadāśiva uvāca | jīvasēkādivivāhāntadaśasaṁskārakarmasu | yatra yadvihitaṁ bhadrē saviśēṣaṁ prakīrtitam || 4 ||

Translation

Śrī Sadāśiva said: In the rites of the ten sacraments, from the sprinkling of life to marriage, whatever is laid down for each, good lady, has been told with its particulars.

Word by word

jīvasēka
the sprinkling of life
ādi
from
vivāha
marriage
anta
to
daśa
ten
saṁskāra
of the sacraments
karmasu
in the rites
yatra
where
yad
(yat) what
vihitaṁ
is laid down
bhadrē
O good lady
saviśēṣaṁ
with its particulars
prakīrtitam
has been told

Meaning

For the ten sacraments the answer has been given already, in the ninth chapter: each sacrament there says where the kuśaṇḍikā and the vṛddhi-śrāddha come.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Asked thus by Śrī Devī, Śrī Sadāśiva said, "jīvaseka" and the rest. Jīvasekāt: beginning from jīvaseka.