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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.8

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 8

वृद्धिश्राद्धे व्यवस्थाThe rule of the vṛddhi-śrāddha

Verse 8

स्त्रीणां विधेयकृत्येषु वृद्धिश्राद्धं न विद्यते । देवतापितृतृप्त्यर्थं भोज्यमेकं समुत्सृजेत् ॥ ८ ॥

strīṇāṁ vidhēyakṛtyēṣu vṛddhiśrāddhaṁ na vidyatē | dēvatāpitṛtṛptyarthaṁ bhōjyamēkaṁ samutsṛjēt || 8 ||

Translation

In the rites that women perform there is no vṛddhi-śrāddha; for the satisfaction of the gods and ancestors she should give a single dish of food.

Word by word

strīṇāṁ
by women
vidhēya
to be done
kṛtyēṣu
in the rites
vṛddhiśrāddhaṁ
the vṛddhi-śrāddha
na
not
vidyatē
there is
dēvatā
of the gods
pitṛ
and ancestors
tṛpti
satisfaction
arthaṁ
for
bhōjyam
(bhojyam) food
ēkaṁ
one
samutsṛjēt
she should give

Meaning

When a woman performs a rite herself, she gives one offering of cooked food (bhojya) in place of the ancestral rite.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Strīṇām" and the rest. "Strīṇām" is a genitive of the agent with the gerundive (kṛtya), by the rule "kṛtyānāṁ kartari vā". "Samutsṛjet": supply "the woman".