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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.42

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 42

वृद्धिश्राद्धप्रयोगःHow the vṛddhi-śrāddha is performed

Verse 42

मातॄर्मातामहान् मातामहीरुल्लिख्य तत्त्ववित् । निवेद्य देवीं गायत्रीं देवताभ्यस्त्रिधा पठेत् ॥ ४२ ॥

mātṝrmātāmahān mātāmahīrullikhya tattvavit | nivēdya dēvīṁ gāyatrīṁ dēvatābhyastridhā paṭhēt || 42 ||

Translation

the mothers, the maternal grandfathers and grandmothers, the knower of truth offers it, and recites the goddess Gāyatrī and the "devatābhyaḥ" three times.

Word by word

mātṝḥ
(mātṝḥ) the mothers
mātāmahān
the maternal grandfathers
mātāmahīḥ
(mātāmahīḥ) the maternal grandmothers
ullikhya
having named
tattvavit
the knower of truth
nivēdya
having offered
dēvīṁ
the goddess
gāyatrīṁ
Gāyatrī
dēvatābhyaḥ
"devatābhyaḥ"
tridhā
three times
paṭhēt
should recite

Meaning

The ṭīkā: the Gāyatrī ten times, the "devatābhyaḥ" mantra of verse 32 three times.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 41.