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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.62

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 62

ग्रासाच्छादनार्हनिरूपणम्Who is owed food and clothing

Verse 62

पित्रे मात्रे पितुः पित्रे पितामह्यै तथा स्त्रियै । अयोग्यसूनवे पुत्रहीनमातामहाय च ॥ ६२ ॥

pitrē mātrē pituḥ pitrē pitāmahyai tathā striyai | ayōgyasūnavē putrahīnamātāmahāya ca || 62 ||

Translation

To father and mother, to the father's father and the grandmother, to a woman whose son is unfit, to a maternal grandfather without sons,

Word by word

pitrē
to the father
mātrē
to the mother
pituḥ
(pituḥ) the father's
pitāmahyai
to the grandmother
tathā
and
striyai
to a woman
ayōgya
unfit
sūnavē
whose son is
putra
sons
hīna
without
mātāmahāya
to a maternal grandfather
ca
and

Meaning

Who must be supported by a man of means, verses 62-63.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now he says in two verses, "pitre" and the rest, that a man should give food and the like to poor relatives, father and the rest. O Ambikā, mother of the world, to the father, the mother, the father's father to the father's father, the grandfather, and to the grandmother; likewise to a woman whose son is unfit (ayogyasūnu); and to a maternal grandfather without sons and to such a maternal grandmother: to these poor relatives, the father and the rest, the king should make a man give clothing and food, according to his means, without going beyond his means.