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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.61

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 61

वृद्धिश्राद्धप्रयोगःHow the vṛddhi-śrāddha is performed

Verse 61

इदं श्राद्धं समुच्चार्य साङ्गं जातमुदीरयेत् । द्विजो वदेत् सम्यगेव साङ्गं जातं विधानतः ॥ ६१ ॥

idaṁ śrāddhaṁ samuccārya sāṅgaṁ jātamudīrayēt | dvijō vadēt samyagēva sāṅgaṁ jātaṁ vidhānataḥ || 61 ||

Translation

Saying "this śrāddha", he should ask "has it been completed in all its parts?"; the twice-born should say, "It has been completed properly, in all its parts, by the rule."

Word by word

idaṁ
this
śrāddhaṁ
śrāddha
samuccārya
having said
sāṅgaṁ
in all its parts
jātam
(jātam) completed
udīrayēt
should ask
dvijaḥ
(dvijaḥ) the twice-born
vadēt
should say
samyag
(samyak) properly
ēva
indeed
jātaṁ
completed
vidhānataḥ
by the rule

Meaning

A formal question and answer that seals the rite.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

What should he ask the vipra? To that he says "idam" and the rest. He should say "idaṁ śrāddhaṁ sāṅgaṁ jātam": that is, he should ask the vipra, "Has this śrāddha been completed in all its parts?" Then the twice-born should say, "It has been completed in all its parts, properly, according to rule."