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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.88

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 88

तिलकाञ्चनोत्सर्गःThe gift of sesame and gold

Verse 88

अशौचान्तान्तदिवसे कृतस्नानो नरः शुचिः । मृतप्रेतत्वमुक्त्यर्थमुत्सृजेत्तिलकाञ्चनम् ॥ ८८ ॥

aśaucāntāntadivasē kṛtasnānō naraḥ śuciḥ | mṛtaprētatvamuktyarthamutsṛjēttilakāñcanam || 88 ||

Translation

On the day after the last day of impurity, bathed and pure, the man should give sesame and gold for the dead one's release from the state of a preta.

Word by word

aśauca
of impurity
antānta
the last day
divasē
on the day
kṛta
done
snānaḥ
(snānaḥ) having bathed
naraḥ
(naraḥ) the man
śuciḥ
(śuciḥ) pure
mṛta
of the dead
prētatva
from pretahood
mukti
release
artham
(artham) for
utsṛjēt
should give
tila
sesame
kāñcanam
(kāñcanam) and gold

Meaning

The gift, by the formula the ṭīkā writes out, is made to a brāhmaṇa "for the release of my father from pretahood".

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Aśaucānta" and the rest. Aśaucāntāntadivase: on the day after the last day of impurity. Having bathed and being pure, with the sentence "oṁ adya amuka-gotrasya pretasya pitur amuka-devaśarmaṇaḥ pretatva-vimuktyartham amuka-gotrāya amuka-devaśarmaṇe brāhmaṇāya dātuṁ kāñcana-sahitāṁs tilān aham utsṛje" ("for the release of my father so-and-so from the state of a preta I give sesame with gold to the brāhmaṇa so-and-so"), he should give sesame and gold for the release of the dead from the state of a preta.