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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.58

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 58

वृद्धिश्राद्धप्रयोगःHow the vṛddhi-śrāddha is performed

Verse 58

पातारो मे विवर्द्धन्तां बहून्यन्नानि सन्तु मे । याचितारः सदा सन्तु मा च याचामि कञ्चन ॥ ५८ ॥

pātārō mē vivarddhantāṁ bahūnyannāni santu mē | yācitāraḥ sadā santu mā ca yācāmi kañcana || 58 ||

Translation

may those who protect me increase; may I have food in plenty; may there always be those who ask of me, and may I ask of no one."

Word by word

pātāraḥ
(pātāraḥ) those who protect
mē
my
vivarddhantāṁ
may increase
bahūni
(bahūni) plenty
annāni
food
santu
may be
yācitāraḥ
(yācitāraḥ) those who ask
sadā
always
mā
not
ca
and
yācāmi
I ask
kañcana
of anyone

Meaning

The ancestors are asked that those who protect and support the family may prosper, and that the household may always be one that gives, never one that has to ask.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 56.