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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.5

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 5

वृद्धिश्राद्धे व्यवस्थाThe rule of the vṛddhi-śrāddha

Verse 5

तदेव कार्यं मनुजैस्तत्वज्ञैर्हितमिच्छुभिः । अन्यत्र यद्विधातव्यं तच्छृणुष्व वरानने ॥ ५ ॥

tadēva kāryaṁ manujaistatvajñairhitamicchubhiḥ | anyatra yadvidhātavyaṁ tacchṛṇuṣva varānanē || 5 ||

Translation

That alone should be done by people who know the truth and seek their good. What is to be done elsewhere, hear now, lovely one.

Word by word

tat
that
ēva
alone
kāryaṁ
should be done
manujaiḥ
(manujaiḥ) by people
tatvajñaiḥ
(tattvajñaiḥ) who know the truth
hitam
(hitam) good
icchubhiḥ
by those who seek
anyatra
elsewhere
yad
(yat) what
vidhātavyaṁ
is to be done
śṛṇuṣva
(śṛṇuṣva) hear
varānanē
O lovely one

Meaning

In the sacraments, follow what was told; for the other rites the rule is given next.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 4.