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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.70

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 70

एकोद्दिष्टश्राद्धविधानम्The ekoddiṣṭa śrāddha

Verse 70

एकोद्दिष्टे तु कौलेशि विश्वदेवान्न पूजयेत् । एकमेव समुद्दिश्याऽनुज्ञावाक्यं प्रकल्पयेत् ॥ ७० ॥

ēkōddiṣṭē tu kaulēśi viśvadēvānna pūjayēt | ēkamēva samuddiśyā’nujñāvākyaṁ prakalpayēt || 70 ||

Translation

In the ekoddiṣṭa, Kauleśī, he should not worship the Viśvedevas, and should make the sentence of permission for the one person alone.

Word by word

ēkōddiṣṭē
in the ekoddiṣṭa
tu
and
kaulēśi
O Kauleśī
viśvadēvān
(viśvadevān) the Viśvedevas
na
not
pūjayēt
should worship
ēkam
(ekam) one
ēva
alone
samuddiśya
for
anujñā
of permission
vākyaṁ
the sentence
prakalpayēt
should make

Meaning

Ekoddiṣṭa means "aimed at one".

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Ekoddiṣṭe: in the ekoddiṣṭa śrāddha.