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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.52

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 52

वृद्धिश्राद्धप्रयोगःHow the vṛddhi-śrāddha is performed

Verse 52

पिण्डान्ते पिण्डशेषञ्च विकीर्य लेपभाजिनः । प्रीणयेत् करलेपेन नैकोद्दिष्टेष्वयं विधिः ॥ ५२ ॥

piṇḍāntē piṇḍaśēṣañca vikīrya lēpabhājinaḥ | prīṇayēt karalēpēna naikōddiṣṭēṣvayaṁ vidhiḥ || 52 ||

Translation

After the piṇḍas, scattering what is left of them, he should please with what clings to his hand those who share the wipings. This rule does not hold in the ekoddiṣṭa.

Word by word

piṇḍa
of the piṇḍas
antē
at the end
śēṣaṁ
what is left
ca
and
vikīrya
having scattered
lēpa
the wipings
bhājinaḥ
(bhājinaḥ) those who share
prīṇayēt
should please
kara
of the hand
lēpēna
with what clings
na
not
ēkōddiṣṭēṣu
in the ekoddiṣṭa
ayaṁ
this
vidhiḥ
(vidhiḥ) rule

Meaning

The lepabhāj ancestors are those of the fourth to sixth generation, who receive no piṇḍa of their own but share in what is "wiped" from the hand, with "oṁ lepabhujaḥ pitaraḥ prīyantām". In the ekoddiṣṭa, made for one person, this is omitted.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 51.