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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.66

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 66

पार्वणश्राद्धविधानम्The pārvaṇa śrāddha

Verse 66

नैतेषु श्राद्धकृत्येषु पितॄन्नान्दीमुखान् वदेत् । नमोऽन्तपुष्ट्यायित्यत्र स्वधायै पदमुच्चरेत् ॥ ६६ ॥

naitēṣu śrāddhakṛtyēṣu pitṝnnāndīmukhān vadēt | namō’ntapuṣṭyāyityatra svadhāyai padamuccarēt || 66 ||

Translation

In these śrāddhas he should not call the fathers nāndīmukha, and in "namo 'stu puṣṭyai" he should say the word "svadhāyai".

Word by word

na
not
ētēṣu
in these
śrāddha
śrāddha
kṛtyēṣu
rites
pitṝn
(pitṝn) the fathers
nāndīmukhān
nāndīmukha
vadēt
should call
namaḥ
(namaḥ) salutation
anta
ending
puṣṭyāyi
"to Puṣṭi"
iti
thus
atra
here
svadhāyai
"to Svadhā"
padam
(padam) the word
uccarēt
should say

Meaning

The joyful epithet belongs to the vṛddhi-śrāddha only; in the pārvaṇa the mantra of verse 32 honours Svadhā, the offering to the ancestors.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Naiteṣu" and the rest. In these acts of śrāddha he should not call the fathers nāndīmukha; and in the mantra "devatābhyaḥ pitṛbhyaś ca", in the place of "namo 'ntu puṣṭyai" he should say the word "svadhāyai". Everything else is to be done as before.