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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.73

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 73

प्रेतश्राद्धविधानम्The preta-śrāddha

Verse 73

एकमुद्दिश्य यत् श्राद्धमेकोद्दिष्टं तदुच्यते । प्रेतस्यान्ने च पिण्डे च मतस्यं मांसं नियोजयेत् ॥ ७३ ॥

ēkamuddiśya yat śrāddhamēkōddiṣṭaṁ taducyatē | prētasyānnē ca piṇḍē ca matasyaṁ māṁsaṁ niyōjayēt || 73 ||

Translation

The śrāddha made for one alone is called ekoddiṣṭa. In the food and piṇḍa of the preta he should offer fish and meat.

Word by word

ēkam
(ekam) one
uddiśya
for
yat
(yat) which
śrāddham
(śrāddham) śrāddha
ēkōddiṣṭaṁ
ekoddiṣṭa
tat
(tat) that
ucyatē
is called
prētasya
of the preta
annē
in the food
ca
and
piṇḍē
in the piṇḍa
matasyaṁ
(matsyam) fish
māṁsaṁ
meat
niyōjayēt
should offer

Meaning

Fish and meat are offered to the newly dead in this Tantra's rite: the preta is given the foods he enjoyed in life, as verse 90 also says of the gifts.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

But what is the ekoddiṣṭa śrāddha? To that he says "ekam uddiśya" and the rest. Niyojayet: he should offer.