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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.84

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 84

अन्त्येष्टिक्रियाThe last rites

Verse 84

प्रेतभूमौ शवं नीत्वा स्नापयित्वा घृतोक्षितम् । उत्तराभिमुखं कृत्वा शाययेत्तं चितोपरि ॥ ८४ ॥

prētabhūmau śavaṁ nītvā snāpayitvā ghṛtōkṣitam | uttarābhimukhaṁ kṛtvā śāyayēttaṁ citōpari || 84 ||

Translation

Taking the body to the cremation ground, bathing it and smearing it with ghee, he should lay it on the pyre facing north.

Word by word

prēta
of the dead
bhūmau
to the ground
śavaṁ
the body
nītvā
having taken
snāpayitvā
having bathed
ghṛta
with ghee
ukṣitam
(ukṣitam) smeared
uttara
north
abhimukhaṁ
facing
kṛtvā
having turned
śāyayēt
(śāyayet) should lay
taṁ
it
citā
the pyre
upari
on

Meaning

The funeral itself.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Pretabhūmau" and the rest. Taking the body to the ground of the dead, smearing it with ghee and bathing it, turning it to face north, he should lay that body on the pyre.