Agni Purana — Chapter 123

AgP 123.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे कालगणनं नाम द्वाविंशत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {१२३} :श् अथ त्रयोविंशत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः युद्धजयार्णवीयनानायोगाः वक्ष्ये जयशुभाद्यर्थं सारं युद्धजयार्णवे अ+इ+उ+ए+ओ स्वराः स्युः क्रमान्नन्दादिका तिथिः

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe kālagaṇanaṃ nāma dvāviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {123} :ś atha trayoviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ yuddhajayārṇavīyanānāyogāḥ vakṣye jayaśubhādyarthaṃ sāraṃ yuddhajayārṇave a+i+u+e+o svarāḥ syuḥ kramānnandādikā tithiḥ

Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa, the one hundred twenty-second chapter, called "The Reckoning of Time." — Now the one hundred twenty-third chapter: the various yogas drawn from the Yuddhajayārṇava. I shall declare the essence (contained) in the Yuddhajayārṇava, for the sake of victory, auspiciousness and the rest. The vowels a, i, u, e, o are, in order, the lunar days beginning with Nandā.

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AgP 123.2

कादिहान्ता भौमरवी ज्ञसोमौ गुरुभार्गवौ शनिर्दक्षिणनाड्यान्तु भौमार्कशनयः परे

kādihāntā bhaumaravī jñasomau gurubhārgavau śanirdakṣiṇanāḍyāntu bhaumārkaśanayaḥ pare

(The consonants) from ka to ha (are assigned to): Mars and the Sun; Mercury and the Moon; Jupiter and Venus; Saturn. But in the southern channel the others (are) Mars, the Sun and Saturn.

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AgP 123.3

खार्णवः खससैर् गुण्यो रुद्रैर् भागं समाहरेत् रसाहतन्तु तत् कृत्वा पूर्वभागेन भाजयेत्

khārṇavaḥ khasasair guṇyo rudrair bhāgaṃ samāharet rasāhatantu tat kṛtvā pūrvabhāgena bhājayet

The (number) forty is to be multiplied by seventy-seven; one should take the quotient by eleven; and having made that multiplied by six, one should divide it by the earlier quotient.

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AgP 123.4

वह्निभिश्चाहतं कृत्वा(१) रूपन्तत्रैव निक्षिपेत् स्पन्दनं नाड्याः फलानि सप्राणस्पन्दनं पुनः

vahnibhiścāhataṃ kṛtvā(1) rūpantatraiva nikṣipet spandanaṃ nāḍyāḥ phalāni saprāṇaspandanaṃ punaḥ

And having multiplied it by three, one should throw unity into that same (result). The throbbing of the channel (gives) the results; and again, together with the throbbing of the breath.

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AgP 123.5

अनेनैव तु मानेन उदयन्ति दिने दिने स्फुरणैस्रिभिरुच्छ्वास उच्छ्वासैस्तु पलं स्मृतम्

anenaiva tu mānena udayanti dine dine sphuraṇaisribhirucchvāsa ucchvāsaistu palaṃ smṛtam

By this very measure they rise day after day. By three throbs, one exhalation; and by (six) exhalations a pala is held (to be measured).

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AgP 123.6

:न् १ वह्निभिश् च हृतं कृत्वा इति घ॥ :प् ४२ षष्टिभिश् च पलैर् लिप्ता लिप्ताषष्टिस्त्वहर्निशं पञ्चमार्धोदये बालकुमारयुववृद्धकाः

:n 1 vahnibhiś ca hṛtaṃ kṛtvā iti gha.. :p 42 ṣaṣṭibhiś ca palair liptā liptāṣaṣṭistvaharniśaṃ pañcamārdhodaye bālakumārayuvavṛddhakāḥ

[Footnote: 1. "vahnibhiś ca hṛtaṃ kṛtvā" in gha.] By sixty palas, a liptā; and sixty liptās (make) a day and night. At the rising of the half of the fifth (there are) the boy, the lad, the youth and the old man.

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AgP 123.7

मृत्युर्येनोदयस्तेन चास्तमेकादशांशकैः कुलागमे भवेद्भङ्गः समृत्युः पञ्चमो ऽपिवा

mṛtyuryenodayastena cāstamekādaśāṃśakaiḥ kulāgame bhavedbhaṅgaḥ samṛtyuḥ pañcamo 'pivā

Death is by that (element) by which the rising occurs, and the setting likewise, by way of the eleven parts. At the arrival of one's own (kula) family element there would be ruin, together with death — or else the fifth (part).

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AgP 123.8

स्वरोदयञ्चक्रं शनिचक्रे चार्धमासङ्ग्रहाणामुदयः क्रमात् विभागैः पञ्चदशभिः शनिभागस्तु मृत्युदः

svarodayañcakraṃ śanicakre cārdhamāsaṅgrahāṇāmudayaḥ kramāt vibhāgaiḥ pañcadaśabhiḥ śanibhāgastu mṛtyudaḥ

The rising of the vowels is the wheel (cakra); and in the Saturn-wheel the rising of the planets (occurs) by half-months in order. By the fifteen divisions — the division belonging to Saturn is the giver of death.

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AgP 123.9

शनिचक्रं दशकोतिसहस्राणि अर्वुदान्यर्वुदं हरेत्(१) त्रयोदशे च लक्षाणि प्रमाणं कूर्मरूपिणः

śanicakraṃ daśakotisahasrāṇi arvudānyarvudaṃ haret(1) trayodaśe ca lakṣāṇi pramāṇaṃ kūrmarūpiṇaḥ

The Saturn-wheel: ten thousand crores of arbudas — one arbuda is to be subtracted — and thirteen lakhs is the measure of the one having the form of a tortoise.

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AgP 123.10

मघादौ कृत्तिकाद्यन्तस्तद्देशान्तः शनिस्थितौ कूर्मचक्रं राहुचक्रे च सप्तोर्धमधः सप्त च संलिखेत्(२)

maghādau kṛttikādyantastaddeśāntaḥ śanisthitau kūrmacakraṃ rāhucakre ca saptordhamadhaḥ sapta ca saṃlikhet(2)

Beginning with Maghā and ending with Kṛttikā and the rest, up to that region, in the positions of Saturn — (that is) the tortoise-wheel. And in the Rāhu-wheel one should draw seven above and seven below.

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AgP 123.11

वाय्वग्न्योश् चैव नैरृत्ये पूर्णिमाग्नेयभागतः अभावास्यां वायवे च राहुर्वै तिथिरूपकः

vāyvagnyoś caiva nairṛtye pūrṇimāgneyabhāgataḥ abhāvāsyāṃ vāyave ca rāhurvai tithirūpakaḥ

And in (the quarters) of Vāyu and Agni, and in the southwest: the full moon is from the Agni quarter, and on the new moon (Rāhu is) in the Vāyu quarter; for Rāhu has the form of the lunar day.

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AgP 123.12

रकारं दक्षभागे तु हकारं वायवे लिखेत् प्रतिपदादौ ककारादीन् सकारं नैरृते पुनः

rakāraṃ dakṣabhāge tu hakāraṃ vāyave likhet pratipadādau kakārādīn sakāraṃ nairṛte punaḥ

But one should write the syllable ra in the right-hand (southern) portion, and the syllable ha in the northwest; the syllables beginning with ka at pratipad and the rest, and again the syllable sa in the southwest.

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AgP 123.13

राहोएमुखे तु भङ्गः स्यादिति राहुरुदाहृतः विष्टिरग्नौ(३) पौर्णमास्यां कराणीन्द्रे तृतीयकं

rāhoemukhe tu bhaṅgaḥ syāditi rāhurudāhṛtaḥ viṣṭiragnau(3) paurṇamāsyāṃ karāṇīndre tṛtīyakaṃ

In the face of Rāhu there would be ruin — thus has Rāhu been set forth. Viṣṭi is in the fire-quarter on the full-moon day; among the karaṇas, the third is in the east.

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AgP 123.14

घोरा याम्यान्तु सप्तम्यां दशम्यां रौद्रसौम्यगा चतुर्दश्यान्तु वायव्ये चतुर्थ्यां वरुणाश्रये

ghorā yāmyāntu saptamyāṃ daśamyāṃ raudrasaumyagā caturdaśyāntu vāyavye caturthyāṃ varuṇāśraye

Ghorā (is) in the south on the seventh; on the tenth she goes to the quarters of Rudra and Soma; on the fourteenth in the northwest; on the fourth in the abode of Varuṇa.

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AgP 123.15

:न् १ अर्वुदान्यर्वुदं क्रमादिति झ॥ २ सप्तरसांल्लिखेदिति झ॥ ३ विष्तिर्वह्नौ इति ग॥ :प् ४३ शुक्लाष्टभ्यां दक्षिणे च एकादश्यां भृशन्त्यजेत् रौद्रश् चैव तथा श्वेतो मैत्रः सारभटस् तथा

:n 1 arvudānyarvudaṃ kramāditi jha.. 2 saptarasāṃllikhediti jha.. 3 viṣtirvahnau iti ga.. :p 43 śuklāṣṭabhyāṃ dakṣiṇe ca ekādaśyāṃ bhṛśantyajet raudraś caiva tathā śveto maitraḥ sārabhaṭas tathā

[Footnotes: 1. "arbudāny arbudaṃ kramāt" in jha. 2. "saptarasāṃl likhet" in jha. 3. "viṣṭir vahnau" in ga.] And on the bright eighth in the south, and on the eleventh, one should altogether avoid (it). Raudra, and likewise Śveta, Maitra, and Sārabhaṭa,

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AgP 123.16

सावित्री विरोचनश् च जयदेवो ऽभिजित्तथा(१) रावणो विजयश् चैव नन्दी वरुण एव च

sāvitrī virocanaś ca jayadevo 'bhijittathā(1) rāvaṇo vijayaś caiva nandī varuṇa eva ca

Sāvitrī and Virocana, Jayadeva and likewise Abhijit, Rāvaṇa and Vijaya, Nandī, and Varuṇa too,

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AgP 123.17

यमसौम्यौ भवश्चान्ते दशपञ्चमुहूर्तकाः रौद्रे रौद्राणि कुर्वीत श्वेते स्नानादिकं चरेत्

yamasaumyau bhavaścānte daśapañcamuhūrtakāḥ raudre raudrāṇi kurvīta śvete snānādikaṃ caret

Yama and Saumya, and Bhava at the end: (these are) the fifteen muhūrtas. In Raudra one should perform fierce acts; in Śveta one should carry out bathing and the like.

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AgP 123.18

मैत्रे कन्याविवाहादि शुभं सारभटे चरेत् सावित्रे स्थापनाद्यं वा विरोचने नृपक्रिया

maitre kanyāvivāhādi śubhaṃ sārabhaṭe caret sāvitre sthāpanādyaṃ vā virocane nṛpakriyā

In Maitra, the marriage of a girl and so on; in Sārabhaṭa one should do what is auspicious; in Sāvitra, installation and the rest; in Virocana, the business of a king.

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AgP 123.19

जयदेवे जयं कुर्याद् रावणे रणकर्म च(२) विजये कृषिवाणिज्यं पटबन्धं च नन्दिनि

jayadeve jayaṃ kuryād rāvaṇe raṇakarma ca(2) vijaye kṛṣivāṇijyaṃ paṭabandhaṃ ca nandini

In (the yoga called) Jayadeva one should perform (acts for) victory, and in Rāvaṇa the business of war; in Vijaya, agriculture and trade, and in Nandinī the binding-on of cloth (weaving/garment work).

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AgP 123.20

वरुणे च तडागादि नाशकर्म यमे चरेत् सौम्ये सौम्यादि कुर्वीत भवेल्लग्नमहर्दिवा

varuṇe ca taḍāgādi nāśakarma yame caret saumye saumyādi kurvīta bhavellagnamahardivā

In Varuṇa, (works such as) tanks and the like; in Yama one should undertake destructive work; in Saumya one should do gentle (auspicious) things — the ascendant occurs by day and night.

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AgP 123.21

योगा नाम्ना विरुद्धाः स्युर्योगा नाम्नैव शोभनाः राहुरिन्द्रात्समीरञ्च वायोर्दक्षं यमाच्छिवम्(३)

yogā nāmnā viruddhāḥ syuryogā nāmnaiva śobhanāḥ rāhurindrātsamīrañca vāyordakṣaṃ yamācchivam(3)

Yogas are adverse according to their name, and by their very name (also) auspicious: Rāhu (goes) from Indra (east) to the wind-quarter (northwest), from Vāyu to the south, from Yama to Śiva (northeast).

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AgP 123.22

शिवादाप्यञ्जलादग्निरग्नेः सौम्यन्ततस्त्रयम् ततश् च सङ्क्रमं हन्ति चतस्रो घटिकाभ्रमन्

śivādāpyañjalādagniragneḥ saumyantatastrayam tataś ca saṅkramaṃ hanti catasro ghaṭikābhraman

From Śiva (northeast) to the water-quarter (west), from the water (quarter) to Agni (southeast), from Agni to Saumya (north), then those three; and thereafter it destroys the passage — four ghaṭikās of wandering.

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AgP 123.23

राहुचक्रं चण्डीन्द्राणी वाराही च मुशली गिरिकर्णिका बला चातिबला क्षीरी मल्लिकाजातियूथिकाः

rāhucakraṃ caṇḍīndrāṇī vārāhī ca muśalī girikarṇikā balā cātibalā kṣīrī mallikājātiyūthikāḥ

(This is) the Rāhu-diagram. Caṇḍī, Indrāṇī, Vārāhī and Muśalī, Girikarṇikā, Balā and Atibalā, Kṣīrī, Mallikā, Jāti, Yūthikā —

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AgP 123.24

यथालाभं धारयेत्ताः श्वेतार्कश् च शतावरी गुडूची वागुरी दिव्या ओषध्यो धारिता जये

yathālābhaṃ dhārayettāḥ śvetārkaś ca śatāvarī guḍūcī vāgurī divyā oṣadhyo dhāritā jaye

one should wear these as available; and white arka, śatāvarī, guḍūcī, vāgurī, divyā — these herbs, when worn, (serve) for victory.

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AgP 123.25

:न् १ स्पन्दनमित्यादिः, जयदेवोभिजित्तथेत्यन्तः पाठः घ॥ पुस्तके नास्ति २ जीवकर्म चेति ख॥ ३ वायोर्याम्यं ततः शिवमिति घ॥ :प् ४४ ॐ नमो भैरवाय(१) खड्गपरशुहस्ताय ॐ ह्रूं(२) विघ्नविनाशाय ॐ ह्रूं(३) फट् अनेनैव तु मन्त्रेण शिखाबन्धादिकृज्जये तिलकञ्चाञ्जनञ्चैव धूपलेपनमेव च

:n 1 spandanamityādiḥ, jayadevobhijittathetyantaḥ pāṭhaḥ gha.. pustake nāsti 2 jīvakarma ceti kha.. 3 vāyoryāmyaṃ tataḥ śivamiti gha.. :p 44 oṃ namo bhairavāya(1) khaḍgaparaśuhastāya oṃ hrūṃ(2) vighnavināśāya oṃ hrūṃ(3) phaṭ anenaiva tu mantreṇa śikhābandhādikṛjjaye tilakañcāñjanañcaiva dhūpalepanameva ca

Oṃ, homage to Bhairava, who holds sword and axe; oṃ hrūṃ, to the destroyer of obstacles, oṃ hrūṃ phaṭ. With this very mantra one who ties up the hair-lock and so forth (acts) for victory; and (so too) the forehead-mark, the eye-salve, the incense, and the ointment.

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AgP 123.26

स्नानपानानि तैलानि योगधूलिमतः शृणु शुभगा मनःशिला तालं लाक्षारससमन्वितं

snānapānāni tailāni yogadhūlimataḥ śṛṇu śubhagā manaḥśilā tālaṃ lākṣārasasamanvitaṃ

Baths, drinks, oils — now hear from me the (magical) powder-preparations: śubhagā, red arsenic, orpiment, together with lac-juice.

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AgP 123.27

तरुणीक्षीरसंयुक्तो ललाटे तिलको वशे विष्णुक्रान्ता च सर्पाक्षी सहदेवञ्च(४) रोचना

taruṇīkṣīrasaṃyukto lalāṭe tilako vaśe viṣṇukrāntā ca sarpākṣī sahadevañca(4) rocanā

Mixed with the milk of a young woman, (this) as a mark on the forehead (brings people) under control. Viṣṇukrāntā, sarpākṣī, sahadevī, and rocanā —

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AgP 123.28

अजादुग्धेन संपिष्टं तिलकोवश्यकारकः प्रियङ्गुकुङ्कुमं कुष्ठं मोहनी तगरं घृतं

ajādugdhena saṃpiṣṭaṃ tilakovaśyakārakaḥ priyaṅgukuṅkumaṃ kuṣṭhaṃ mohanī tagaraṃ ghṛtaṃ

ground with goat's milk, the mark (made of it) is a subjugator. Priyaṅgu, saffron, kuṣṭha, mohanī, tagara, ghee —

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AgP 123.29

तिलको वश्यकृत्तच्च रोचना रक्तचन्दनं निशा मनःशिला तालं प्रियङ्गुसर्षपास् तथा

tilako vaśyakṛttacca rocanā raktacandanaṃ niśā manaḥśilā tālaṃ priyaṅgusarṣapās tathā

that mark too effects subjugation. Rocanā, red sandal, turmeric, red arsenic, orpiment, and likewise priyaṅgu and mustard seeds —

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AgP 123.30

मोहनी हरिता क्रान्ता सहदेवी शिखा तथा मातुलङ्गरसैः पिष्टं ललाटे तिलको वशे

mohanī haritā krāntā sahadevī śikhā tathā mātulaṅgarasaiḥ piṣṭaṃ lalāṭe tilako vaśe

mohanī, haritā, krāntā, sahadevī, and likewise śikhā: ground with the juices of citron, the mark on the forehead (brings people) under control.

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AgP 123.31

सेन्द्राः सुरा वशं यान्ति किं पुनः क्षुद्रमानुषाः मञ्जिष्ठा चन्दनं रक्तं कट्कन्दा विलासिनी

sendrāḥ surā vaśaṃ yānti kiṃ punaḥ kṣudramānuṣāḥ mañjiṣṭhā candanaṃ raktaṃ kaṭkandā vilāsinī

The gods together with Indra come under (one's) control — how much more petty humans! Mañjiṣṭhā, sandal, red (sandal), kaṭkandā, vilāsinī —

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AgP 123.32

पुनर्नवासमायुक्तो लेपो ऽयं भास्करो वशे चन्दनं नागपुष्पञ्च मञ्जिष्ठा तगरं वचा(५)

punarnavāsamāyukto lepo 'yaṃ bhāskaro vaśe candanaṃ nāgapuṣpañca mañjiṣṭhā tagaraṃ vacā(5)

combined with punarnavā, this ointment (brings even) the sun under control. Sandal, nāgapuṣpa, mañjiṣṭhā, tagara, vacā —

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AgP 123.33

लोध्नप्रियङ्गुरजनीमांसीतैलं वशङ्करं

lodhnapriyaṅgurajanīmāṃsītailaṃ vaśaṅkaraṃ

an oil of lodhra, priyaṅgu, turmeric and māṃsī is a subjugator.

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