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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.97

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 97

शुभकर्मदिननिर्णयःThe days for auspicious rites

Verse 97

शुक्लां चतुर्थीमारभ्य शुभकर्माणि साधयेत् । असितां पञ्चमीं यावत् विधिरेष शिवोदितः ॥ ९७ ॥

śuklāṁ caturthīmārabhya śubhakarmāṇi sādhayēt | asitāṁ pañcamīṁ yāvat vidhirēṣa śivōditaḥ || 97 ||

Translation

From the fourth day of the bright fortnight to the fifth of the dark, auspicious rites may be done: this rule is told by Śiva.

Word by word

śuklāṁ
of the bright fortnight
caturthīm
(caturthīm) the fourth
ārabhya
from
śubha
auspicious
karmāṇi
rites
sādhayēt
may be done
asitāṁ
of the dark
pañcamīṁ
the fifth
yāvat
to
vidhiḥ
(vidhiḥ) rule
ēṣaḥ
(eṣaḥ) this
śiva
by Śiva
uditaḥ
(uditaḥ) told

Meaning

The bright fortnight (śukla) is the waxing moon; the dark (asita) the waning.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Śuklām" and the rest. Asitām: of the dark fortnight. "Yāvat" marks the limit.