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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.7

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 7

वृद्धिश्राद्धे व्यवस्थाThe rule of the vṛddhi-śrāddha

Verse 7

सर्वत्र पञ्चदेवानां मातृणामपि पूजनम् । वसोर्धारा च कर्त्तव्या वृद्धिश्राद्धकुशण्डिके ॥ ७ ॥

sarvatra pañcadēvānāṁ mātṛṇāmapi pūjanam | vasōrdhārā ca karttavyā vṛddhiśrāddhakuśaṇḍikē || 7 ||

Translation

in all of them the five gods and the Mothers are to be worshipped, the stream of wealth made, and the vṛddhi-śrāddha and the kuśaṇḍikā performed.

Word by word

sarvatra
in all of them
pañca
of the five
dēvānāṁ
gods
mātṛṇām
(mātṛṇām) of the Mothers
api
also
pūjanam
(pūjanam) worship
vasōḥ
(vasoḥ) of wealth
dhārā
the stream
ca
and
karttavyā
is to be done
vṛddhiśrāddha
the vṛddhi-śrāddha
kuśaṇḍikē
and the kuśaṇḍikā

Meaning

The answer: in every consecration the full sequence is done, the worship of the five gods (Brahmā and the rest), the Mothers (Gaurī and the rest), the vasudhārā (9.91-92), the vṛddhi-śrāddha and the kuśaṇḍikā.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Pañcadevānām: of Brahmā and the rest. Mātṝṇām: of Gaurī and the rest.