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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.93

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 93

आद्यश्राद्धविधिःThe rule of the first śrāddha

Verse 93

दानेष्वशक्तो मनुजः कुर्वन् श्राद्धं स्वशक्तितः । बुभुक्षितान् भोजयित्वा प्रेतत्वं मोचयेत् पितुः ॥ ९३ ॥

dānēṣvaśaktō manujaḥ kurvan śrāddhaṁ svaśaktitaḥ | bubhukṣitān bhōjayitvā prētatvaṁ mōcayēt pituḥ || 93 ||

Translation

A man unable to give gifts, performing the śrāddha as he can and feeding the hungry, frees his father from the state of a preta.

Word by word

dānēṣu
(dāneṣu) in gifts
aśaktaḥ
(aśaktaḥ) unable
manujaḥ
a man
kurvan
performing
śrāddhaṁ
the śrāddha
svaśaktitaḥ
as he can
bubhukṣitān
the hungry
bhōjayitvā
having fed
prētatvaṁ
pretahood
mōcayēt
frees
pituḥ
(pituḥ) of his father

Meaning

The poor are not shut out: feeding the hungry alone, with a śrāddha within one's means, is enough.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Bubhukṣitān: the hungry.