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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 8.33

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Ullāsa 8 · Verse 33

गृहस्थकर्त्तव्यानिThe duties of the householder

Verse 33

मातरं पितरं पुत्रं दारानतिथिसोदरान् । हित्वा गृही न भुञ्जीयात् प्राणैः कण्ठगतैरपि ॥ ३३ ॥

mātaraṁ pitaraṁ putraṁ dārānatithisōdarān | hitvā gṛhī na bhuñjīyāt prāṇaiḥ kaṇṭhagatairapi || 33 ||

Translation

Leaving out mother and father, son, wife, guest and brothers, the householder should not eat, even if his life were at his throat.

Word by word

mātaraṁ
mother
pitaraṁ
father
putraṁ
son
dārān
(dārān) wife
atithi
guest
sōdarān
and brothers
hitvā
leaving out
gṛhī
the householder
na
not
bhuñjīyāt
should eat
prāṇaiḥ
his life
kaṇṭha
at his throat
gataiḥ
(gataiḥ) were
api
even if

Meaning

The householder eats last, after his dependants and his guest have eaten. "Even if his life were at his throat", that is, even in the extremity of hunger, he must not feed himself first. The commentary reads verses 32 and 33 together, as two sides of the duty to parents and family.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 32.