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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.47

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 47

वृद्धिश्राद्धप्रयोगःHow the vṛddhi-śrāddha is performed

Verse 47

ये बान्धवाबान्धवा वा येऽन्यजन्मनि बान्धवाः । मद्दत्तपिण्डतोयाभ्यां ते यान्तु तृप्तिमक्षयाम् ॥ ४७ ॥

yē bāndhavābāndhavā vā yē’nyajanmani bāndhavāḥ | maddattapiṇḍatōyābhyāṁ tē yāntu tṛptimakṣayām || 47 ||

Translation

kin or not kin, or kin in another birth: may they reach undying satisfaction through the piṇḍa and water I give."

Word by word

yē
those who
bāndhavāḥ
(bāndhavāḥ) kin
abāndhavāḥ
(abāndhavāḥ) not kin
vā
or
anya
in another
janmani
birth
mad
by me
datta
given
piṇḍa
the piṇḍa
tōyābhyāṁ
and water
tē
they
yāntu
may reach
tṛptim
(tṛptim) satisfaction
akṣayām
undying

Meaning

The circle widens to anyone who was ever kin, in this life or in another.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 46.