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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.67

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 67

श्राद्धविषये व्यवस्थाRules concerning śrāddha

Verse 67

पित्रादित्रयमध्ये तु यो जीवति वरानने । तस्योर्द्ध्वतनमुल्लिख्य श्राद्धं कुर्याद्विचक्षणः ॥ ६७ ॥

pitrāditrayamadhyē tu yō jīvati varānanē | tasyōrddhvatanamullikhya śrāddhaṁ kuryādvicakṣaṇaḥ || 67 ||

Translation

If among the three, the father and the rest, one is living, lovely one, the discerning one should name the one above him and perform the śrāddha.

Word by word

pitṛ
the father
ādi
and the rest
traya
the three
madhyē
among
tu
and
yaḥ
(yaḥ) who
jīvati
is living
varānanē
O lovely one
tasya
of him
ūrddhvatanam
(ūrdhvatanam) the one above
ullikhya
naming
śrāddhaṁ
the śrāddha
kuryāt
should perform
vicakṣaṇaḥ
the discerning one

Meaning

A living ancestor is skipped, and the next generation up takes his place in the formula.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Ūrdhvatanam: the one above (in the line).