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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.44

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 44

वृद्धिश्राद्धप्रयोगःHow the vṛddhi-śrāddha is performed

Verse 44

दत्तशेषैरक्षताद्यैर्मालूरफलसन्निभान् । द्विजात् प्राप्तोत्तरः पिण्डान् रचयेद्द्वादश प्रिये ॥ ४४ ॥

dattaśēṣairakṣatādyairmālūraphalasannibhān | dvijāt prāptōttaraḥ piṇḍān racayēddvādaśa priyē || 44 ||

Translation

Having received the twice-born's answer, with what is left of the offering, the unbroken rice and the rest, he should make twelve piṇḍas, beloved, each the size of a bilva fruit.

Word by word

datta
given
śēṣaiḥ
(śeṣaiḥ) with what is left
akṣata
unbroken rice
ādyaiḥ
(ādyaiḥ) and the rest
mālūra
of the bilva
phala
fruit
sannibhān
the size
dvijāt
(dvijāt) from the twice-born
prāpta
received
uttaraḥ
(uttaraḥ) the answer
piṇḍān
piṇḍas
racayēt
(racayet) should make
dvādaśa
twelve
priyē
O beloved

Meaning

Piṇḍas are balls of rice (or of other grain) offered to the ancestors, the visible sign of the bond between the living and their dead. Twelve are made, one for each ancestor named: three fathers, three mothers, three maternal grandfathers, three maternal grandmothers. The bilva (mālūra) is the wood-apple.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Dattaśeṣa" and the rest. After that, having received from the brāhmaṇa the answers "iṣṭebhyo dīyatām" ("let it be given to those dear") and "oṁ kuruṣva" ("yes, do it"), with what is left over from the offering, with unbroken rice and the rest, he should make twelve piṇḍas like the fruit of the bilva (mālūra), the size of a bilva fruit.