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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.92

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 92

आद्यश्राद्धविधिःThe rule of the first śrāddha

Verse 92

प्रेतश्राद्धोक्तविधिना श्राद्धं कृत्वाऽतिभक्तितः । ब्रह्मज्ञान् ब्राह्मणान् कौलान् क्षुधितानपि भोजयेत् ॥ ९२ ॥

prētaśrāddhōktavidhinā śrāddhaṁ kṛtvā’tibhaktitaḥ | brahmajñān brāhmaṇān kaulān kṣudhitānapi bhōjayēt || 92 ||

Translation

Having performed the śrāddha with deep devotion by the procedure told for the preta-śrāddha, he should feed brāhmaṇas who know Brahman, Kaulas, and the hungry as well.

Word by word

prētaśrāddha
for the preta-śrāddha
ukta
told
vidhinā
by the procedure
śrāddhaṁ
the śrāddha
kṛtvā
having performed
atibhaktitaḥ
with deep devotion
brahmajñān
who know Brahman
brāhmaṇān
brāhmaṇas
kaulān
Kaulas
kṣudhitān
(kṣudhitān) the hungry
api
as well
bhōjayēt
should feed

Meaning

Feeding the hungry stands beside feeding the learned: the merit of the rite reaches the dead through the satisfied living.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 91.