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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.79

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 79

शवदाहव्यवस्था, सहमरणनिषेधःCremation; a wife is not to die with her husband

Verse 79

पञ्चवर्षाधिकान् मर्त्यान् दाहयेत् पितृकानने । भर्त्रा सह कुलेशानि न दहेत् कुलकामिनीम् ॥ ७९ ॥

pañcavarṣādhikān martyān dāhayēt pitṛkānanē | bhartrā saha kulēśāni na dahēt kulakāminīm || 79 ||

Translation

Those over five years old should be cremated in the cremation ground. O Kuleśānī, a woman of the kula must not be burned with her husband.

Word by word

pañca
five
varṣa
years
adhikān
(adhikān) over
martyān
people
dāhayēt
should cremate
pitṛkānanē
in the cremation ground
bhartrā
her husband
saha
with
kulēśāni
O Kuleśānī
na
not
dahēt
should burn
kula
of the kula
kāminīm
(kāminīm) a woman

Meaning

Here the Tantra forbids satī, the burning of a widow with her husband's body, outright. What the Tantra prescribes here is its own teaching, given as the text presents it; taking up any practice is a matter for one's tradition and teacher.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Pitṛkānane: in the cremation ground.