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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.59

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 59

वृद्धिश्राद्धप्रयोगःHow the vṛddhi-śrāddha is performed

Verse 59

दैवादितो द्विजान् पिण्डान् विसृजेत्तदनन्तरम् । तथैव दक्षिणां कुर्यात् पक्षेषु त्रिषु तत्त्ववित् ॥ ५९ ॥

daivāditō dvijān piṇḍān visṛjēttadanantaram | tathaiva dakṣiṇāṁ kuryāt pakṣēṣu triṣu tattvavit || 59 ||

Translation

After that he should dismiss the twice-born and the piṇḍas, from the gods on; and likewise give the fee on all three sides, the knower of truth.

Word by word

daiva
the gods
āditaḥ
(āditaḥ) from
dvijān
the twice-born
piṇḍān
the piṇḍas
visṛjēt
(visṛjet) should dismiss
tadanantaram
after that
tathaiva
likewise
dakṣiṇāṁ
the fee
kuryāt
should give
pakṣēṣu
on the sides
triṣu
three
tattvavit
the knower of truth

Meaning

With "brahman kṣamasva", "brāhmaṇa, forgive", and "piṇḍa, go to Gayā", the figures and piṇḍas are dismissed. A fee is given for each of the three sides.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Daivāditaḥ" and the rest. After that, in the order beginning with the side of the gods, saying "brahman kṣamasva" ("O brāhmaṇa, forgive") and "piṇḍa gayāṁ gaccha" ("piṇḍa, go to Gayā"), the knowing sādhaka should dismiss the vipras of darbha and the piṇḍas. Likewise, in the order beginning with the gods, on all three sides, with "oṁ tat sat adya" and the rest, "kṛtaitad-ābhyudayika-śrāddha-pratiṣṭhārthaṁ hiraṇyādikam amuka-gotrāya amuka-devaśarmaṇe brāhmaṇāya dakṣiṇāṁ dātum aham utsṛje" ("for the completion of this ābhyudayika śrāddha now done, I give gold and the rest as a fee to the brāhmaṇa so-and-so of such a gotra"), he should give a fee of gold and the rest according to his means.