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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.81

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 81

मृतब्रह्मोपासकदेहस्थापनव्यवस्थाThe body of a worshipper of Brahman

Verse 81

ब्रह्ममन्त्रोपासकांस्तु तेषामाज्ञानुसारतः । प्रवाहयेद्वा निखनेद्दाहयेद्वापि कालिके ॥ ८१ ॥

brahmamantrōpāsakāṁstu tēṣāmājñānusārataḥ | pravāhayēdvā nikhanēddāhayēdvāpi kālikē || 81 ||

Translation

Those who worship with the Brahma-mantra should, by their own wish, be given to the stream, buried or cremated, O Kālikā.

Word by word

brahma
Brahma
mantra
mantra
upāsakāṁs
(upāsakān) those who worship with
tu
and
tēṣām
(teṣām) their
ājñā
wish
anusārataḥ
according to
pravāhayēt
(pravāhayet) should give to the stream
vā
or
nikhanēt
(nikhanet) should bury
dāhayēt
(dāhayet) should cremate
api
also
kālikē
O Kālikā

Meaning

The worshippers of Brahman (chapter 3) choose the disposal of their own bodies.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 79.