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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.59

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 59

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

Verse 59

मातुर्माता पिता भ्राता मातुर्भ्रातुः सुतास्तथा । मातुः पितुः सोदराश्च विज्ञेया मातृबान्धवाः ॥ ५९ ॥

māturmātā pitā bhrātā māturbhrātuḥ sutāstathā | mātuḥ pituḥ sōdarāśca vijñēyā mātṛbāndhavāḥ || 59 ||

Translation

The mother's mother, father and brother, the sons of the mother's brother, and the brothers of the mother's father are to be known as the mother's kin.

Word by word

mātuḥ
(mātuḥ) the mother's
mātā
mother
pitā
father
bhrātā
brother
bhrātuḥ
(bhrātuḥ) brother's
sutāḥ
(sutāḥ) sons
tathā
and
pituḥ
(pituḥ) father's
sōdarāḥ
(sodarāḥ) brothers
ca
and
vijñēyāḥ
(vijñeyāḥ) are to be known
mātṛ
mother's
bāndhavāḥ
(bāndhavāḥ) kin

Meaning

Defined lines of kinship decide guardianship and support.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

But who are the mother's kin and the rest? To that he says "mātuḥ" and the rest. The mother's mother, the maternal grandmother; the mother's father, the maternal grandfather; the mother's brother, the maternal uncle; likewise the maternal uncle's sons; and the brothers of the mother's father, of the maternal grandfather: these are to be known as the mother's kin.