Agni Purana — Chapter 129

AgP 129.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे युद्धजयार्णवे कोटचक्रं नामाष्टाविंशत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {१२९} :श् अथोनत्रिंशदधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः अर्घकाण्डम् ईश्वर उवाच अर्घमानं प्रवक्ष्यामि उल्कापातो ऽथ भूश् चला निर्घातो ग्रहणं वेशो दिशां दाहो भवेद्यदा

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe yuddhajayārṇave koṭacakraṃ nāmāṣṭāviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {129} :ś athonatriṃśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ arghakāṇḍam īśvara uvāca arghamānaṃ pravakṣyāmi ulkāpāto 'tha bhūś calā nirghāto grahaṇaṃ veśo diśāṃ dāho bhavedyadā

Thus in the Agni Mahāpurāṇa, in the "Ocean of Victory in Battle," the one hundred twenty-eighth chapter, called the Koṭa-diagram. Chapter 130 [129]: Now the one hundred twenty-ninth chapter: the Section on Prices. The Lord said: I shall declare the measure of prices. When there is a fall of meteors, or the earth quakes, (when there is) a thunderclap without cloud, an eclipse, an encircling (halo), or a burning of the quarters—

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AgP 129.2

लक्षयेन्मासि मास्येवं यद्येते स्युश् च चैत्रके अलङ्कारादि सङ्गृह्य षड्भिर्मासैश् चतुर्गुणम्

lakṣayenmāsi māsyevaṃ yadyete syuś ca caitrake alaṅkārādi saṅgṛhya ṣaḍbhirmāsaiś caturguṇam

—one should observe (these) month by month. If these occur in the month of Caitra, then, having collected ornaments and the like, within six months (one gains) fourfold.

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AgP 129.3

वैशाखे चाष्टमे मासि षड्गुणं सर्वसङ्ग्रहं ज्यैष्ठे मासि तथाषाढे यवगोधूमधान्यकैः

vaiśākhe cāṣṭame māsi ṣaḍguṇaṃ sarvasaṅgrahaṃ jyaiṣṭhe māsi tathāṣāḍhe yavagodhūmadhānyakaiḥ

And in Vaiśākha, in the eighth month, a sixfold (profit from) a collection of everything; in the month of Jyaiṣṭha and likewise in Āṣāḍha, (profit) by barley, wheat and coriander.

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AgP 129.4

श्रावणे घृततैलाद्यैर् आश्विने वस्त्रधान्यकैः कार्त्तिके धान्यकैः क्रीतैर् मासे स्यान्मार्गशीर्षके

śrāvaṇe ghṛtatailādyair āśvine vastradhānyakaiḥ kārttike dhānyakaiḥ krītair māse syānmārgaśīrṣake

In Śrāvaṇa by ghee, oil and the like; in Āśvina by cloth and coriander; in Kārttika by coriander bought (then), (the profit) will come in the month of Mārgaśīrṣa.

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AgP 129.5

पुष्ये कुङ्कुमगन्धाद्यैर् लाभो धान्यैश् च माघके गन्धाद्यैः फाल्गुने क्रीतैर् अर्घकाण्डमुदाहृतम्

puṣye kuṅkumagandhādyair lābho dhānyaiś ca māghake gandhādyaiḥ phālgune krītair arghakāṇḍamudāhṛtam

In Puṣya, profit by saffron, perfumes and the like; and in Māgha by grains; in Phālguna by perfumes and the like that are bought. (Thus) the Section on Prices has been declared.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition