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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.62

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 62

वृद्धिश्राद्धप्रयोगःHow the vṛddhi-śrāddha is performed

Verse 62

अङ्गवैगुण्यशान्त्यर्थं प्रणवं दशधा जपन् । अच्छिद्राभिविधानेन कुर्यात् कर्मसमापनम् । पात्रीयान्नानि पिण्डांश्च ब्राह्मणाय निवेदयेत् ॥ ६२ ॥

aṅgavaiguṇyaśāntyarthaṁ praṇavaṁ daśadhā japan | acchidrābhividhānēna kuryāt karmasamāpanam | pātrīyānnāni piṇḍāṁśca brāhmaṇāya nivēdayēt || 62 ||

Translation

For the quieting of any defect in its parts he recites the praṇava ten times and closes the rite with the words of flawlessness; the food in the vessels and the piṇḍas he gives to a brāhmaṇa.

Word by word

aṅga
in its parts
vaiguṇya
of any defect
śānti
the quieting
arthaṁ
for
praṇavaṁ
the praṇava
daśadhā
ten times
japan
reciting
acchidra
of flawlessness
abhividhānēna
with the words
kuryāt
should make
karma
of the rite
samāpanam
the close
pātrīya
in the vessels
annāni
the food
piṇḍāṁś
(piṇḍān) the piṇḍas
ca
and
brāhmaṇāya
to a brāhmaṇa
nivēdayēt
should give

Meaning

The closing words are "kṛtam etac chrāddha-karmācchidram astu", "may this śrāddha now done be without flaw".

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Acchidrābhividhānena": with the sentence "kṛtam etac chrāddha-karmācchidram astu" ("may this śrāddha now done be without flaw").