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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.45

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Ullāsas
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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 45

वृद्धिश्राद्धप्रयोगःHow the vṛddhi-śrāddha is performed

Verse 45

अन्यं तु कल्पयेदेकं पिण्डं तत्सममम्बिके । आस्तरेन्नैर्ऋते दर्भान् मण्डले यवसंयुतान् ॥ ४५ ॥

anyaṁ tu kalpayēdēkaṁ piṇḍaṁ tatsamamambikē | āstarēnnairṛtē darbhān maṇḍalē yavasaṁyutān || 45 ||

Translation

He should make one more piṇḍa of the same size, O Ambikā, and spread darbha with barley on a maṇḍala in the south-west.

Word by word

anyaṁ
another
tu
and
kalpayēt
(kalpayet) should make
ēkaṁ
one
piṇḍaṁ
piṇḍa
tat
(tat) to those
samam
(samam) equal
ambikē
O Ambikā
āstarēt
(āstaret) should spread
nairṛtē
in the south-west
darbhān
darbha
maṇḍalē
on a maṇḍala
yava
barley
saṁyutān
with

Meaning

The thirteenth piṇḍa is for those with no one to offer to them, given with the next two verses. The south-west is the corner of Nirṛti.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Anyam" and the rest. Then he should make one more piṇḍa like those, the size of a bilva fruit. Then, on a square maṇḍala made in the south-west (nairṛta) corner, he should spread kuśa with barley, covering it.