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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.85

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 85

अन्त्येष्टिक्रियाThe last rites

Verse 85

सम्बोधनान्तं तद्गोत्रं प्रेताख्यानं समुच्चरन् । दत्त्वा पिण्डं प्रेतमुखे दहेद्वह्निमनुं स्मरन् ॥ ८५ ॥

sambōdhanāntaṁ tadgōtraṁ prētākhyānaṁ samuccaran | dattvā piṇḍaṁ prētamukhē dahēdvahnimanuṁ smaran || 85 ||

Translation

Saying the gotra in the vocative and naming him preta, giving the piṇḍa into the dead man's mouth, he should burn him, remembering the fire mantra.

Word by word

sambōdhana
the vocative
antaṁ
ending in
tad
his
gōtraṁ
gotra
prēta
of the dead
ākhyānaṁ
naming
samuccaran
saying
dattvā
having given
piṇḍaṁ
the piṇḍa
mukhē
into the mouth
dahēt
(dahet) should burn
vahni
of fire
manuṁ
the mantra (raṁ)
smaran
remembering

Meaning

The fire mantra is raṁ. The formula: "amuka-gotra preta pitar amuka-devaśarmann eṣa piṇḍas te svadhā".

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Sambodhanāntam" and the rest. Uttering the name of the dead with "preta", in the vocative, and his gotra, saying the sentence "oṁ adya amuka-gotra preta pitar amuka-devaśarmann eṣa piṇḍas te svadhā" ("O father so-and-so of such a gotra, now a preta, this piṇḍa is yours; svadhā"), giving the piṇḍa into the mouth of the dead, remembering the fire-mantra, the mantra raṁ, he should burn the body. Jyeṣṭhe: in the eldest son.