Agni Purana — Chapter 124

AgP 124.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे नानायोगा नाम त्रयोविंशत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ :न् १ ॐ नमो भगवते भैरवायेति ख॥ , घ॥ च २,३ ॐ हूमिति ख॥ , ज॥ च ४ सहदेवा चेति ङ॥ ५ मञ्जिष्ठा तगरन्तथेति क॥ । मञ्जिष्ठा भल्लकं वचेति छ॥ :प् ४५ छप्तेर् {१२४} :श् अथ चतुर्विंशत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः युद्धजयार्णवीयज्योतिःशास्त्रसारः अग्निर् उवाच ज्योतिःशास्त्रादिसारञ्च वक्ष्ये युद्धजयार्णवे विना मन्त्रोषधाद्यञ्च यथ्योमामीश्वरो ऽब्रवीत्(१)

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe nānāyogā nāma trayoviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || :n 1 oṃ namo bhagavate bhairavāyeti kha.. , gha.. ca 2,3 oṃ hūmiti kha.. , ja.. ca 4 sahadevā ceti ṅa.. 5 mañjiṣṭhā tagarantatheti ka.. / mañjiṣṭhā bhallakaṃ vaceti cha.. :p 45 chapter {124} :ś atha caturviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ yuddhajayārṇavīyajyotiḥśāstrasāraḥ agnir uvāca jyotiḥśāstrādisārañca vakṣye yuddhajayārṇave vinā mantroṣadhādyañca yathyomāmīśvaro 'bravīt(1)

Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa the one hundred twenty-third chapter, called "The Various Yogas." — Now the one hundred twenty-fourth chapter: the essence of the science of astral lore belonging to the "Ocean of Victory in Battle." Agni said: I shall declare the essence of astrology and the rest in (the work) "Ocean of Victory in Battle," apart from mantras, herbs and so on, just as Īśvara told it to Umā.

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AgP 124.2

देव्युवाच देवैर् जिता दानवाश् च(२) येनोपायेन तद्वद शुभाशुभविवेकाद्यं ज्ञानं युद्धजयार्णवं

devyuvāca devair jitā dānavāś ca(2) yenopāyena tadvada śubhāśubhavivekādyaṃ jñānaṃ yuddhajayārṇavaṃ

The Goddess said: Tell by what means the gods conquered the Dānavas — that knowledge (called) "Ocean of Victory in Battle," which begins with the discrimination of the auspicious and inauspicious.

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AgP 124.3

ईश्वर उवाच मूलदेवेच्चया जाता शक्तिः पञ्चादशाक्षरा चराचरं ततो जातं यामाराध्याखिलार्थवित्(३)

īśvara uvāca mūladeveccayā jātā śaktiḥ pañcādaśākṣarā carācaraṃ tato jātaṃ yāmārādhyākhilārthavit(3)

Īśvara said: By the will of the primal god there arose the Śakti of fifteen syllables; from her the moving and unmoving (world) came to be; he who worships her knows all things.

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AgP 124.4

मन्त्रपीठं प्रवक्ष्यामि पञ्चमन्त्रसमुद्भवं ते मन्त्राः सर्वमन्त्राणां जीविते मरणे स्थिताः

mantrapīṭhaṃ pravakṣyāmi pañcamantrasamudbhavaṃ te mantrāḥ sarvamantrāṇāṃ jīvite maraṇe sthitāḥ

I shall declare the seat of mantras, arising from the five mantras; those mantras stand in the life and death of all mantras.

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AgP 124.5

ऋग्यजुःसामाथर्वाख्यदेवमन्त्राः क्रमेण ते सद्योजातादयो मन्त्रा ब्रह्मा विष्णुश् च रुद्रकः

ṛgyajuḥsāmātharvākhyadevamantrāḥ krameṇa te sadyojātādayo mantrā brahmā viṣṇuś ca rudrakaḥ

They are, in order, the divine mantras named Ṛg, Yajus, Sāman and Atharvan; the mantras beginning with Sadyojāta; Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Rudra,

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AgP 124.6

ईशः सप्तशिखा देवाः शक्राद्याः पञ्च च स्वराः अ+इ+उ+ए+ओ कलाश् च मूलं ब्रह्मेति कीर्तितं

īśaḥ saptaśikhā devāḥ śakrādyāḥ pañca ca svarāḥ a+i+u+e+o kalāś ca mūlaṃ brahmeti kīrtitaṃ

Īśa (is there), the seven flames, the gods beginning with Śakra, and the five vowels a, i, u, e, o are the parts (kalās); (this) root is declared to be Brahman.

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AgP 124.7

काष्ठमध्ये तथा वह्निरप्रवृद्धो न दृश्यते विद्यमाना तथा देहे शिवशक्तिर्न दृश्यते

kāṣṭhamadhye tathā vahnirapravṛddho na dṛśyate vidyamānā tathā dehe śivaśaktirna dṛśyate

Just as fire within wood, being unkindled, is not seen, so too Śiva's power, though present in the body, is not seen.

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AgP 124.8

आदौ शक्तिः समुत्पन्ना ओङ्कारस्वरभूषिता ततो विन्दुर्महादेवि एकारेण व्यवस्थितः

ādau śaktiḥ samutpannā oṅkārasvarabhūṣitā tato vindurmahādevi ekāreṇa vyavasthitaḥ

In the beginning Śakti arose, adorned with the vowel-sound of Oṃ; then, O great Goddess, the dot (bindu) was established by the letter e.

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AgP 124.9

:न् १ ईश्वरो ऽवदत् इति घ॥ २ दानवाद्या इति ज॥ ३ यामाराध्याखिलात्मविदिति ख॥ , ग॥ च :प् ४६ जातो नाद उकारस्तु नदते हृदि संस्थितः अर्धचन्द्र इकारस्तु मोक्षमार्गस्य बोधकः

:n 1 īśvaro 'vadat iti gha.. 2 dānavādyā iti ja.. 3 yāmārādhyākhilātmaviditi kha.. , ga.. ca :p 46 jāto nāda ukārastu nadate hṛdi saṃsthitaḥ ardhacandra ikārastu mokṣamārgasya bodhakaḥ

The sound (nāda) that arose is the letter u, which resounds, seated in the heart; and the half-moon is the letter i, which reveals the path to liberation. [The preceding items are editorial footnotes: "gha reads īśvaro 'vadat"; "ja reads dānavādyāḥ"; "kha and ga read yāmārādhyākhilātmavit"; page 46.]

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AgP 124.10

अकारो व्यक्त उत्पन्नो भोगमोक्षप्रदः परः(१) अकार ऐश्वरे भूमिर्निवृत्तिश् च कला स्मृता

akāro vyakta utpanno bhogamokṣapradaḥ paraḥ(1) akāra aiśvare bhūmirnivṛttiś ca kalā smṛtā

The letter a arose manifest, supreme, bestowing enjoyment and liberation; the letter a is in (the domain of) Īśvara: earth, and the part (kalā) called nivṛtti is (so) remembered.

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AgP 124.11

गन्धोनवीजः प्राणाख्य इडाशक्तिः स्थिरा स्मृता इकारश् च प्रतिष्ठाख्यो रसो पालश् च पिङ्गला

gandhonavījaḥ prāṇākhya iḍāśaktiḥ sthirā smṛtā ikāraś ca pratiṣṭhākhyo raso pālaś ca piṅgalā

The seed of smell, the ninth(?), is called prāṇa; the power Iḍā is held to be steady. And the letter i is called pratiṣṭhā: taste, the protector, and Piṅgalā.

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AgP 124.12

क्रूरा शक्तिरीवीजः स्याद्धरवीजो ऽग्निरूपवान् विद्या समाना गान्धारी शक्तिश् च दहनी स्मृता

krūrā śaktirīvījaḥ syāddharavījo 'gnirūpavān vidyā samānā gāndhārī śaktiś ca dahanī smṛtā

The power is fierce; it would be the seed ī; the seed hara has the form of fire; vidyā, samānā, Gāndhārī, and the power are held to be burning.

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AgP 124.13

प्रशान्तिर्वार्युपस्पृशो यश्चोदानश् चला क्रिया ओङ्कारः शान्त्यतीताख्यः खशब्दयूथपाणिनः

praśāntirvāryupaspṛśo yaścodānaś calā kriyā oṅkāraḥ śāntyatītākhyaḥ khaśabdayūthapāṇinaḥ

Praśānti is what the water(-breath) touches, and (that) which is udāna; kriyā is moving. Oṃ is called śāntyatīta, of the word "kha" (space), lord of the herd(?).

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AgP 124.14

पञ्च वर्गाः स्वरा जाताः कुजज्ञगुरुभार्गवाः शनिः क्रमादकाराद्याः ककाराद्यास्त्वधः स्थिताः

pañca vargāḥ svarā jātāḥ kujajñagurubhārgavāḥ śaniḥ kramādakārādyāḥ kakārādyāstvadhaḥ sthitāḥ

The five (consonant) classes and the vowels arose (as) Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus (and) Saturn in order; those beginning with the letter a (are above), while those beginning with ka stand below.

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AgP 124.15

एतन्मूलमतः सर्वं ज्ञायते सचराचरं विद्यापीठं प्रवक्ष्यामि प्रणवः शिव ईरितः

etanmūlamataḥ sarvaṃ jñāyate sacarācaraṃ vidyāpīṭhaṃ pravakṣyāmi praṇavaḥ śiva īritaḥ

This is the root; from it everything, with what moves and what does not move, is known. I shall now declare the seat of knowledge (vidyāpīṭha): the praṇava (Oṃ) is said to be Śiva.

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AgP 124.16

उमा सोमः स्वयं शक्तिर्वामा ज्येष्ठा च रौद्रापि ब्रह्मा विष्णुः क्रमाद्रुद्रो गुणाः सर्गादयस्त्रयः

umā somaḥ svayaṃ śaktirvāmā jyeṣṭhā ca raudrāpi brahmā viṣṇuḥ kramādrudro guṇāḥ sargādayastrayaḥ

Umā, the moon, Śakti herself, Vāmā, Jyeṣṭhā, and also Raudrī, Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and in order Rudra, the qualities (guṇas), and the three (acts) beginning with creation.

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AgP 124.17

रत्ननाडीत्रयञ्चैव(२) स्थूलः सूक्ष्मः परो ऽपरः चिन्तयेच्छ्वेतवर्णन्तं मुञ्चमानं परामृतं

ratnanāḍītrayañcaiva(2) sthūlaḥ sūkṣmaḥ paro 'paraḥ cintayecchvetavarṇantaṃ muñcamānaṃ parāmṛtaṃ

And the triad of jewel-channels: gross, subtle, far and near. One should meditate on it as white in colour, releasing the supreme nectar.

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AgP 124.18

प्लव्यमानं यथात्मानं चिन्तयेत्तं दिवानिशं अजरत्वं भवेद्देवि शिवत्वमुपगच्छति(३)

plavyamānaṃ yathātmānaṃ cintayettaṃ divāniśaṃ ajaratvaṃ bhaveddevi śivatvamupagacchati(3)

One should meditate day and night on oneself as being flooded (with that nectar); freedom from ageing comes about, O Goddess, and one attains the state of Śiva.

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AgP 124.19

:न् १ भोगमोक्षप्रदः शुभ इति ज॥ २ बहुनाडीत्रयञ्चैवेति क॥ , ङ॥ च ३ शिवत्वमधिगच्छतीति ज॥ :प् ४७ अङ्गुष्ठादौ न्यसेदङ्गान्नेत्रं मध्ये ऽथ देहके मृत्युञयं ततः प्रार्च्य रणादौ विजयी भवेत्

:n 1 bhogamokṣapradaḥ śubha iti ja.. 2 bahunāḍītrayañcaiveti ka.. , ṅa.. ca 3 śivatvamadhigacchatīti ja.. :p 47 aṅguṣṭhādau nyasedaṅgānnetraṃ madhye 'tha dehake mṛtyuñayaṃ tataḥ prārcya raṇādau vijayī bhavet

One should place the limbs (of the mantra) on the thumb and so on, and the eye in the middle, then on the body; then, having first worshipped Mṛtyuñjaya, one becomes victorious in battle and the like. [The preceding items are editorial footnotes: "ja reads bhogamokṣapradaḥ śubhaḥ"; "ka and ṅa read bahunāḍītrayaṃ caiva"; "ja reads śivatvam adhigacchati"; page 47.]

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AgP 124.20

शून्यो निरालयः शब्दः स्पर्शं तिर्यङ्नतं स्पृशेत् रूपस्योर्ध्वगतिः प्रोक्ता जलस्याधः समाश्रिता

śūnyo nirālayaḥ śabdaḥ sparśaṃ tiryaṅnataṃ spṛśet rūpasyordhvagatiḥ proktā jalasyādhaḥ samāśritā

Sound is empty, without support; touch would touch what is sideways-bent; the movement of form is said to be upward, that of water rests below.

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AgP 124.21

सर्वस्थानविनिर्मुक्तो गन्धो मध्ये च मूलकं नाभिमूले(१) स्थितं कन्दं शिवरूपन्तु मण्डितं

sarvasthānavinirmukto gandho madhye ca mūlakaṃ nābhimūle(1) sthitaṃ kandaṃ śivarūpantu maṇḍitaṃ

Smell is released from every place, and in the middle is the root; the bulb (kanda) situated at the base of the navel is adorned with the form of Śiva.

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AgP 124.22

शक्तिव्यूहेन सोमो ऽर्को हरिस्तत्र व्यवस्थितः दशवायुसमोपेतं पञ्चतन्मात्रमण्डितं

śaktivyūhena somo 'rko haristatra vyavasthitaḥ daśavāyusamopetaṃ pañcatanmātramaṇḍitaṃ

There, by the array of powers, the moon, the sun, and Hari are established; (it is) joined with the ten winds and adorned with the five subtle elements.

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AgP 124.23

कालानलसमाकारं प्रस्फुरन्तं शिवात्मकं तज्जीवं जीवलोकस्य(२) स्थावरस्य चरस्य च

kālānalasamākāraṃ prasphurantaṃ śivātmakaṃ tajjīvaṃ jīvalokasya(2) sthāvarasya carasya ca

It has the appearance of the fire of time, blazing forth, of the nature of Śiva; that is the life of the world of living beings, both immobile and mobile.

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AgP 124.24

तस्मिन्नष्टे(३) मृतं मन्ये मन्त्रपीठे ऽनिलात्मकं ॥२४

tasminnaṣṭe(3) mṛtaṃ manye mantrapīṭhe 'nilātmakaṃ //24

When that is destroyed, I hold (the body) to be dead — (that which is) of the nature of wind in the seat of the mantra. //24

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