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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 8.97

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Ullāsa 8 · Verse 97

पुण्यकालनिर्देशःThe holy times

Verse 97

निजजन्मदिनञ्चैव पित्रोर्मरणवासरः । वैधोत्सवदिनञ्चैव पुण्यकालः प्रकीर्त्तितः ॥ ९७ ॥

nijajanmadinañcaiva pitrōrmaraṇavāsaraḥ | vaidhōtsavadinañcaiva puṇyakālaḥ prakīrttitaḥ || 97 ||

Translation

one's own birthday, the day of a parent's death, and the day of a prescribed festival: these are declared holy times.

Word by word

nija
one's own
janma
birth
dinañ
(dinam) day
ca
and
ēva
also
pitrōr
(pitroḥ) of a parent
maraṇa
of the death
vāsaraḥ
the day
vaidha
prescribed
utsava
of a festival
puṇya
holy
kālaḥ
time
prakīrttitaḥ
is declared

Meaning

The personal holy days: one's birthday, the anniversary of a parent's death (when the śrāddha is done), and the festivals enjoined by scripture (vaidha-utsava).

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 96.