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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.49

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 49

वृद्धिश्राद्धप्रयोगःHow the vṛddhi-śrāddha is performed

Verse 49

उच्छिष्टपात्रपुरतः पूर्वोक्तविधिना बुधः । द्वे द्वे च मण्डले देवि रचयेत् पितृतः क्रमात् ॥ ४९ ॥

ucchiṣṭapātrapurataḥ pūrvōktavidhinā budhaḥ | dvē dvē ca maṇḍalē dēvi racayēt pitṛtaḥ kramāt || 49 ||

Translation

In front of the vessels of leftovers, by the procedure told, the wise one should draw two maṇḍalas each, O Goddess, in order from the fathers.

Word by word

ucchiṣṭa
of leftovers
pātra
the vessels
purataḥ
(purataḥ) in front of
pūrva
before
ukta
told
vidhinā
by the procedure
budhaḥ
the wise one
dvē
two
ca
and
maṇḍalē
maṇḍalas
dēvi
O Goddess
racayēt
should draw
pitṛtaḥ
(pitṛtaḥ) from the fathers
kramāt
(kramāt) in order

Meaning

Four square maṇḍalas in all, two for each ancestral side, one for its men and one for its women.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

By what procedure, in which place and how many maṇḍalas are to be made? To that he says "ucchiṣṭa" and the rest. O Devī, the wise performer of the śrāddha should make, by the procedure told before, in order beginning with the fathers, two square maṇḍalas each in front of the vessels of leftovers (ucchiṣṭa-pātra).