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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.41

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 41

वृद्धिश्राद्धप्रयोगःHow the vṛddhi-śrāddha is performed

Verse 41

ततो मधुयवान् दत्वा ह्राँ हूँ फडिति मन्त्रकैः । संप्रोक्ष्यान्नानि सर्वाणि विश्वान् देवांस्तथा पितॄन् ॥ ४१ ॥

tatō madhuyavān datvā hrām̐ hūm̐ phaḍiti mantrakaiḥ | saṁprōkṣyānnāni sarvāṇi viśvān dēvāṁstathā pitṝn || 41 ||

Translation

Then, giving honey and barley and sprinkling all the food with the mantras "hrāṁ hūṁ phaṭ", naming the Viśvedevas and the fathers,

Word by word

tataḥ
(tataḥ) then
madhu
honey
yavān
and barley
datvā
having given
hrām̐
hrāṁ
hūm̐
hūṁ
phaḍ
(phaṭ) phaṭ
iti
thus
mantrakaiḥ
with the mantras
saṁprōkṣya
having sprinkled
annāni
the food
sarvāṇi
all
viśvān
the all
dēvāṁs
(devān) gods
tathā
and
pitṝn
the fathers

Meaning

The food is consecrated and offered, each side with its own formula, given in full in the commentary.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Tataḥ" and the rest. After that, giving honey and barley on the food, sprinkling all the food with the mantras "hrāṁ hūṁ phaṭ", the knower of the truth names the Viśvedevas, the fathers (father and the rest), the mothers, the maternal grandfathers and the maternal grandmothers, and offers all the food to the Viśvedevas and the rest: with the sentence "viśvedevāḥ pānārthodaka-madhu-yava-sarvopakaraṇa-sahitam etad annaṁ vo namaḥ" ("Viśvedevas, this food, with water for drinking, honey, barley and every accessory, is yours; salutation") to the Viśvedevas; with "amuka-gotrā nāndīmukhāḥ pitṛ-pitāmaha-prapitāmahā amukāmukāmuka-devaśarmāṇaḥ pānārthodaka-madhu-yava-sarvopakaraṇānvitam etad annaṁ vaḥ svadhā" to the fathers; and with the same sentence in its forms to the mothers, the maternal grandfathers and the maternal grandmothers. Having given the food with its accessories in order, he recites the goddess Gāyatrī ten times. Then he recites the mantra from "devatābhyaḥ" to "bhavantv iti" three times. Then he puts to the vipra the two questions about the remaining food and the piṇḍas: "āśe tataḥ paraṁ śeṣānnam asti kiṁ deyam" ("there is food left; what is to be done with it?") and "piṇḍadānaṁ kariṣye" ("I shall offer the piṇḍas").