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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.58

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 58

मातृ-पितृ-पतिबन्धुनिरूपणम्The kin of mother, father and husband

Verse 58

न विद्यते पिता यस्य शिशोर्माता पितामहः । नियतं पालने तस्य मातृवन्धुः प्रशस्यते ॥ ५८ ॥

na vidyatē pitā yasya śiśōrmātā pitāmahaḥ | niyataṁ pālanē tasya mātṛvandhuḥ praśasyatē || 58 ||

Translation

For the care of a child who has no father, mother or grandfather, the mother's kin are certainly preferred.

Word by word

na
not
vidyatē
has
pitā
father
yasya
who
śiśōḥ
(śiśoḥ) of a child
mātā
mother
pitāmahaḥ
(pitāmahaḥ) grandfather
niyataṁ
certainly
pālanē
for the care
tasya
of him
mātṛ
of the mother
vandhuḥ
(bandhuḥ) kin
praśasyatē
is preferred

Meaning

Guardianship of orphans.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

But who is better for the care of a child whose mother, father and grandfather have died, the father's kin or the mother's? Answering the Devī's question he says "na vidyate" and the rest. For the care of a child who has no father, mother or grandfather, the mother's kin is certainly (niyatam) to be preferred.