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The Great Liberation Tantra3.21

3.21
अस्मत्कुले कुलश्रेष्ठो जातो ब्रह्मोपदेशिकः । किमस्माकं गयापिण्डैः किं तीर्थैः श्राद्धतर्पणैः ॥२१॥
asmatkule kulaśreṣṭho jāto brahmopadeśikaḥ | kimasmākaṃ gayāpiṇḍaiḥ kiṃ tīrthaiḥ śrāddhatarpaṇaiḥ ||21||
— in our family ; — the best of the family ; — is born ; — a teacher of (the knowledge of) Brahman ; — what for us ; — by the funeral offerings at Gayā ; — what ; — by sacred fords ; — by śrāddhas and libations

'In our family is born the best of the line, a teacher of Brahman! What need have we of the funeral offerings at Gayā, of pilgrimages, of śrāddhas and libations?'