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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.68

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 68

श्राद्धविषये व्यवस्थाRules concerning śrāddha

Verse 68

जनकादिषु जीवत्सु त्रिषु श्राद्धं विवर्ज्जयेत् । तेषु प्रीतेषु देवेशि श्राद्धयज्ञफलं लभेत् ॥ ६८ ॥

janakādiṣu jīvatsu triṣu śrāddhaṁ vivarjjayēt | tēṣu prītēṣu dēvēśi śrāddhayajñaphalaṁ labhēt || 68 ||

Translation

If all three, father and the rest, are living, he should leave the śrāddha aside; by pleasing them, O Deveśī, he gains the fruit of the śrāddha sacrifice.

Word by word

janaka
the father
ādiṣu
and the rest
jīvatsu
living
triṣu
all three
śrāddhaṁ
the śrāddha
vivarjjayēt
(vivarjayet) should leave aside
tēṣu
they
prītēṣu
being pleased
dēvēśi
O Deveśī
śrāddha
of the śrāddha
yajña
sacrifice
phalaṁ
the fruit
labhēt
he gains

Meaning

By custom living elders are feasted instead. The point is plain: care for the living is the true śrāddha.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 67.