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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.56

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 56

वृद्धिश्राद्धप्रयोगःHow the vṛddhi-śrāddha is performed

Verse 56

ततो निर्माल्यमादाय प्रार्थयेदाशिषः पितॄन् ॥ ५६ ॥

tatō nirmālyamādāya prārthayēdāśiṣaḥ pitṝn || 56 ||

Translation

Then, taking the flowers that were offered, he should ask the ancestors for blessings:

Word by word

tataḥ
(tataḥ) then
nirmālyam
(nirmālyam) the offered flowers
ādāya
having taken
prārthayēt
(prārthayet) should ask
āśiṣaḥ
(āśiṣaḥ) blessings
pitṝn
the ancestors

Meaning

Nirmālya is what remains of an offering after use, here the flowers.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Tataḥ" and the rest. After that, taking the nirmālya (the flowers and other offerings that have been used), uttering the two mantras from "āśiṣo me pradīyantām" to "mā ca yācāmi kañcana", the performer should ask the fathers for blessings, for what he desires.