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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.55

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 55

वृद्धिश्राद्धप्रयोगःHow the vṛddhi-śrāddha is performed

Verse 55

पिता मे परमो धर्मः पिता मे परमं तपः । स्वर्गः पिता मे तत्तृप्तौ तृप्तमस्त्यखिलं जगत् ॥ ५५ ॥

pitā mē paramō dharmaḥ pitā mē paramaṁ tapaḥ | svargaḥ pitā mē tattṛptau tṛptamastyakhilaṁ jagat || 55 ||

Translation

"My father is my highest dharma, my father my highest austerity, my father my heaven: when he is satisfied, the whole world is satisfied."

Word by word

pitā
father
mē
my
paramaḥ
(paramaḥ) highest
dharmaḥ
(dharmaḥ) dharma
paramaṁ
highest
tapaḥ
(tapaḥ) austerity
svargaḥ
(svargaḥ) heaven
tat
his
tṛptau
when satisfied
tṛptam
(tṛptam) satisfied
asti
is
akhilaṁ
the whole
jagat
world

Meaning

Here "father" stands for all the ancestors. Duty, discipline and reward are all found in honouring those who gave one life.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

He gives that mantra itself: "pitā me" and the rest.