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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.90

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 90

शय्यादिदानम्The gift of a bed and the rest

Verse 90

गन्धं माल्यं फलं तोयं शय्यां प्रियकरीं तथा । यद् यत् प्रेतप्रियं द्रव्यं तत् स्वर्गाय समुत्सृजेत् ॥ ९० ॥

gandhaṁ mālyaṁ phalaṁ tōyaṁ śayyāṁ priyakarīṁ tathā | yad yat prētapriyaṁ dravyaṁ tat svargāya samutsṛjēt || 90 ||

Translation

Scent, garlands, fruit, water, a pleasing bed, and whatever thing the dead loved, he should give for his heaven.

Word by word

gandhaṁ
scent
mālyaṁ
garlands
phalaṁ
fruit
tōyaṁ
water
śayyāṁ
a bed
priyakarīṁ
pleasing
tathā
and
yad
(yat) whatever
yat
(yat) whatever
prēta
the dead
priyaṁ
loved
dravyaṁ
thing
tat
that
svargāya
for heaven
samutsṛjēt
should give

Meaning

Whatever the dead person cherished is given away for his sake.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 89.