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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.63

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 63

वृद्धिश्राद्धप्रयोगःHow the vṛddhi-śrāddha is performed

Verse 63

विप्राभावे गवाजेभ्यः सलिले वा विनिःक्षिपेत् । वृद्धिश्राद्धमिदं प्रोक्तं नित्यसंस्कारकर्मणि ॥ ६३ ॥

viprābhāvē gavājēbhyaḥ salilē vā viniḥkṣipēt | vṛddhiśrāddhamidaṁ prōktaṁ nityasaṁskārakarmaṇi || 63 ||

Translation

If there is no vipra, he gives them to cows and goats, or casts them into water. This is the vṛddhi-śrāddha, told for the regular rites of the sacraments.

Word by word

vipra
of a vipra
abhāvē
in the absence
gō
to cows
ajēbhyaḥ
and goats
salilē
into water
vā
or
viniḥkṣipēt
should cast
vṛddhiśrāddham
(vṛddhiśrāddham) the vṛddhi-śrāddha
idaṁ
this
prōktaṁ
is told
nitya
regular
saṁskāra
of the sacraments
karmaṇi
in the rites

Meaning

Nothing of the offering is wasted or left lying.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 62.