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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.57

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 57

वृद्धिश्राद्धप्रयोगःHow the vṛddhi-śrāddha is performed

Verse 57

आशिषो मे प्रदीयन्तां पितरः करुणामयाः । वेदाः सन्ततयो नित्यं वर्द्धन्तां बान्धवा मम ॥ ५७ ॥

āśiṣō mē pradīyantāṁ pitaraḥ karuṇāmayāḥ | vēdāḥ santatayō nityaṁ varddhantāṁ bāndhavā mama || 57 ||

Translation

"Ancestors, full of compassion, grant me blessings: may my Vedas, my offspring and my kin always increase;

Word by word

āśiṣaḥ
(āśiṣaḥ) blessings
mē
to me
pradīyantāṁ
may be granted
pitaraḥ
(pitaraḥ) O ancestors
karuṇāmayāḥ
(karuṇāmayāḥ) full of compassion
vēdāḥ
(vedāḥ) Vedas
santatayaḥ
(santatayaḥ) offspring
nityaṁ
always
varddhantāṁ
may increase
bāndhavāḥ
(bāndhavāḥ) kin
mama
my

Meaning

The classic prayer of the śrāddha.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 56.