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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.69

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 69

श्राद्धविषये व्यवस्थाRules concerning śrāddha

Verse 69

जीवत्पितरि कल्याणि नान्यश्राद्धाधिकारिता । मातुः श्राद्धं विना पत्न्यास्तथा नान्दीमुखं विना ॥ ६९ ॥

jīvatpitari kalyāṇi nānyaśrāddhādhikāritā | mātuḥ śrāddhaṁ vinā patnyāstathā nāndīmukhaṁ vinā || 69 ||

Translation

While the father lives, auspicious one, there is no right to any other śrāddha, except the mother's, the wife's, and the nāndīmukha.

Word by word

jīvat
living
pitari
the father
kalyāṇi
O auspicious one
na
no
anya
other
śrāddha
śrāddha
adhikāritā
right
mātuḥ
(mātuḥ) of the mother
śrāddhaṁ
the śrāddha
vinā
except
patnyāḥ
(patnyāḥ) of the wife
tathā
and
nāndīmukhaṁ
the nāndīmukha

Meaning

The son with a living father performs only these three.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Jīvat" and the rest. O auspicious one, while the father is living, the son has no right to any other śrāddha except the śrāddha of his mother and of his wife, and the nāndīmukha, the ābhyudayika śrāddha: that is how the words go.