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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 4.65

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Ullāsas
14
Published
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Verses
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Minutes
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Ullāsa 4 · Verse 65

Verse 65

जीवसेकादिसंस्काराः पितृश्राद्धादिकाः क्रियाः । ये कुर्वन्ति कुलाचारैर्न हि तान् बाधते कलिः ॥ ६५ ॥

jīvasēkādisaṁskārāḥ pitṛśrāddhādikāḥ kriyāḥ | yē kurvanti kulācārairna hi tān bādhatē kaliḥ || 65 ||

Translation

Those who perform the saṁskāras from the jīvaseka on, and rites such as śrāddha for the ancestors, by the rites of kula: the Kali age does not afflict them.

Word by word

jīvasēkādisaṁskārāḥ
the saṁskāras beginning with jīvaseka
pitṛśrāddhādikāḥ
such as śrāddha for the ancestors
kriyāḥ
rites
yē
who
kurvanti
perform
kulācārairna
by the rites of kula; not
hi
indeed
tān
them
bādhatē
afflicts
kaliḥ
the Kali age

Meaning

Jīvaseka, the commentary says, begins the series of sacraments of a life (chapter 9).