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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.9

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 9

वृद्धिश्राद्धे व्यवस्थाThe rule of the vṛddhi-śrāddha

Verse 9

देवमात्रार्चनं तत्र वसुधारा कुशण्डिका । भक्त्या स्त्रिया विधातव्या ऋत्विजा कमलानने ॥ ९ ॥

dēvamātrārcanaṁ tatra vasudhārā kuśaṇḍikā | bhaktyā striyā vidhātavyā ṛtvijā kamalānanē || 9 ||

Translation

In those rites, lotus-faced one, the worship of the gods and the Mothers, the stream of wealth and the kuśaṇḍikā are to be done devoutly by the woman through a priest.

Word by word

dēva
of the gods
mātṛ
and the Mothers
arcanaṁ
the worship
tatra
there
vasudhārā
the stream of wealth
kuśaṇḍikā
the kuśaṇḍikā
bhaktyā
devoutly
striyā
by the woman
vidhātavyā
is to be done
ṛtvijā
through a priest
kamalānanē
O lotus-faced one

Meaning

The fire rite and the worship are done on her behalf by the ṛtvij, the family priest, as her substitute.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Tatra": in the rites to be done by women. "Ṛtvijā": by a purohita acting as her substitute.