Agni Purana — Chapter 131

AgP 131.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे युद्धजयार्णवे मण्डलं नाम त्रिंशदधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {१३१} :श् अथैकत्रिंशदधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः घातचक्रादिः ईश्वर उवाच प्रदक्षिणमकारादीन् स्वरान् पूर्वादितो लिखेत् चैत्राद्यं भ्रमणाच्चक्रं प्रतिपत् पूर्णिमा तिथिः

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe yuddhajayārṇave maṇḍalaṃ nāma triṃśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {131} :ś athaikatriṃśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ ghātacakrādiḥ īśvara uvāca pradakṣiṇamakārādīn svarān pūrvādito likhet caitrādyaṃ bhramaṇāccakraṃ pratipat pūrṇimā tithiḥ

[Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa, in the Ocean of Victory in Battle, the one hundred thirtieth chapter, called 'The Circle'. Chapter 131. Now the one hundred thirty-first chapter, beginning with the Wheel of Slaying.] The Lord said: One should write the vowels beginning with 'a' clockwise, starting from the east; by (this) circling the wheel begins with Caitra. The lunar days are the first day and the full-moon day,

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AgP 131.2

त्रयोदशी चतुर्दशी अष्टम्येका च सप्तमी प्रतिपत्त्रयोदश्यन्तास्तिथयो द्वादश स्मृताः

trayodaśī caturdaśī aṣṭamyekā ca saptamī pratipattrayodaśyantāstithayo dvādaśa smṛtāḥ

the thirteenth, the fourteenth, the eighth, the first(?), and the seventh; the lunar days from the first to the thirteenth are remembered as twelve.

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AgP 131.3

चैत्रचक्रे तु संस्पर्शाज्जयलाभादिकं विदुः चिषमे तु शुभं ज्ञेयं समे चाशुभमीरितम्

caitracakre tu saṃsparśājjayalābhādikaṃ viduḥ ciṣame tu śubhaṃ jñeyaṃ same cāśubhamīritam

In the Caitra-wheel, from the contact (of the syllables) they know victory, gain, and so forth; in an odd (position) it is to be known as auspicious, and in an even one it is declared inauspicious.

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AgP 131.4

युद्धकाले समुत्पत्रे यस्य नम ह्य् उदाहृतम् मात्रारूढन्तु यन्नाम आदित्यो गुरुरेव च

yuddhakāle samutpatre yasya nama hy udāhṛtam mātrārūḍhantu yannāma ādityo gurureva ca

When the time of battle has arrived, whosever name is pronounced — the name that is mounted on (i.e. falls under) a long vowel, and the Sun and Jupiter (being favourable) —

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AgP 131.5

:न् १ तिथिभेदे इति झ॥ :प् ६६ जयस्तस्य सदाकालं सङ्ग्रामे चैव भीषणे ह्रस्वनाम यदा योधो म्रियते ह्य् अनिवारितः(१)

:n 1 tithibhede iti jha.. :p 66 jayastasya sadākālaṃ saṅgrāme caiva bhīṣaṇe hrasvanāma yadā yodho mriyate hy anivāritaḥ(1)

[Note: jha reads 'tithibhede'. Page 66] his is victory at all times, even in a terrible battle. When a warrior's name is short, he dies, unstoppably.

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AgP 131.6

प्रथमो दीर्घ आदिस्थो द्वितीयो मध्ये अन्तकः द्वौ मध्येन प्रथमान्तौ जायेते नात्र संशयः

prathamo dīrgha ādistho dvitīyo madhye antakaḥ dvau madhyena prathamāntau jāyete nātra saṃśayaḥ

If the first (syllable) is long and stands at the beginning, the second in the middle is deadly; if two are (long), by way of the middle, the first and last conquer — there is no doubt here.

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AgP 131.7

पुनश्चान्ते यदा चादौ(२) स्वरारूढन्तु दृश्यते ह्रस्वस्य मरणं विद्याद् दीर्घस्यैव जयो भवेत्

punaścānte yadā cādau(2) svarārūḍhantu dṛśyate hrasvasya maraṇaṃ vidyād dīrghasyaiva jayo bhavet

And again, when the vowel-mounting is seen at the end and at the beginning, one should know death for the short (vowel), while for the long there will be victory.

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AgP 131.8

नरचक्रं प्रवक्ष्यामि ह्य् ऋक्षपिण्डात्मकं यथा प्रतिमामालिखेत् पूर्वं पद्यादृक्षाणि विन्यसेत्

naracakraṃ pravakṣyāmi hy ṛkṣapiṇḍātmakaṃ yathā pratimāmālikhet pūrvaṃ padyādṛkṣāṇi vinyaset

I shall declare the Man-wheel, how it consists of a mass of asterisms. One should first draw a figure (of a man) and set down the asterisms beginning from the feet.

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AgP 131.9

शीर्षे त्रीणि मुखे चैकं द्वे ऋक्षे नेत्रयोर्न्यसेत् वेदसङ्ख्यानि हस्ताभ्यां कर्णे ऋक्षद्वयं पुनः

śīrṣe trīṇi mukhe caikaṃ dve ṛkṣe netrayornyaset vedasaṅkhyāni hastābhyāṃ karṇe ṛkṣadvayaṃ punaḥ

Three on the head and one on the face; two asterisms one should place on the two eyes; four in number on the two hands, and again two asterisms on the ears;

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AgP 131.10

हृदये भूतसङ्ख्यानि षडृक्षाणि तु पादयोः नाम ह्य् ऋक्षं स्फुटं कृट्वा चक्रमध्ये तु विन्यसेत्

hṛdaye bhūtasaṅkhyāni ṣaḍṛkṣāṇi tu pādayoḥ nāma hy ṛkṣaṃ sphuṭaṃ kṛṭvā cakramadhye tu vinyaset

five in number on the heart, and six asterisms on the two feet. Having determined precisely the asterism of the name, one should place it in the middle of the wheel.

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AgP 131.11

नेत्रे शिरोदक्षकर्णे याम्यहस्ते च पादयोः हृद्ग्रीवावामहस्ते तु पुनर्गुह्ये तु पादयोः

netre śirodakṣakarṇe yāmyahaste ca pādayoḥ hṛdgrīvāvāmahaste tu punarguhye tu pādayoḥ

On the eyes, the head, the right ear, the right hand and the feet; on the heart, the neck, the left hand, and again on the private parts and the feet —

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AgP 131.12

यस्मिन्नृक्षे स्थितः सूर्यः सौरिर्भौमस्तु सैंहिकः तस्मिन् स्थाने स्थिते विद्याद् घातमेव न संशयः

yasminnṛkṣe sthitaḥ sūryaḥ saurirbhaumastu saiṃhikaḥ tasmin sthāne sthite vidyād ghātameva na saṃśayaḥ

in whatever asterism the Sun, Saturn, Mars, or Rāhu stands, when it stands in that place one should know it to be a slaying (ghāta) — no doubt.

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AgP 131.13

जयचक्रं प्रवक्ष्यामि आदिहान्तांश् च वै लिखेत् रेखास्त्रयोदशालिख्य षड्रेखास्तिर्यगालिखेत्

jayacakraṃ pravakṣyāmi ādihāntāṃś ca vai likhet rekhāstrayodaśālikhya ṣaḍrekhāstiryagālikhet

I shall declare the Wheel of Victory: one should write the letters from 'a' to 'ha'; having drawn thirteen lines, one should draw six lines crosswise.

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AgP 131.14

दिग् ग्रहा मुनयः सूर्या ऋत्विग्रुद्रस्तिथिः क्रमात् मूर्छनास्मृतिवेदर्क्षजिना(३) अकडमा ह्य् अधः

dig grahā munayaḥ sūryā ṛtvigrudrastithiḥ kramāt mūrchanāsmṛtivedarkṣajinā(3) akaḍamā hy adhaḥ

The directions (10), the planets (9), the sages (7), the suns (12), the priests (16?), the Rudras (11), the lunar day (15) — in order; the 'mūrchanā' (7?), the smṛtis, the Vedas (4), the asterisks (27), the Jinas (24) — the (series) a, ka, ḍa, ma below.

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AgP 131.15

:न् १ म्रियते ह्य् अविचारित इति ख॥ । म्रियते ह्य् अविचारत इति ग॥ , घ॥ , ङ॥ च २ यथा चादौ इति क॥ , ग॥ , घ॥ , ङ॥ च ३ मूर्छनास्मृतिवेदाङ्गजिना इति ञ॥ :प् ६७ आदित्याद्याः सप्तहृते नामान्ते बलिनो ग्रहाः आदित्यसौरिभौमाख्या जये सौम्याश् च सन्धये

:n 1 mriyate hy avicārita iti kha.. / mriyate hy avicārata iti ga.. , gha.. , ṅa.. ca 2 yathā cādau iti ka.. , ga.. , gha.. , ṅa.. ca 3 mūrchanāsmṛtivedāṅgajinā iti ña.. :p 67 ādityādyāḥ saptahṛte nāmānte balino grahāḥ ādityasauribhaumākhyā jaye saumyāś ca sandhaye

[Notes: kha reads 'mriyate hy avicāritaḥ'; ga, gha, ṅa read 'mriyate hy avicārataḥ'; ka, ga, gha, ṅa read 'yathā cādau'; ña reads 'mūrchanāsmṛtivedāṅgajinā'. Page 67] When (the number) is divided by seven beginning from the Sun, the planets at the end of the name are strong. Those called the Sun, Saturn and Mars are for victory, and the benefics for making peace.

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AgP 131.16

रेखा द्वादश चोद्धृत्य षट् च यास्यास्तथोत्तराः मनुश् चैव तु(१) ऋक्षाणि नेत्रे च रविमण्डलं

rekhā dvādaśa coddhṛtya ṣaṭ ca yāsyāstathottarāḥ manuś caiva tu(1) ṛkṣāṇi netre ca ravimaṇḍalaṃ

And having drawn out twelve lines, and six which run southward and likewise northward: Manu (14), the asterisms (27), the eyes (2), and the Sun's orb (1);

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AgP 131.17

तिथयश् च रसा वेदा अग्निः सप्तदशाथवा वसुरन्ध्राः समाख्याता अकटपानधो न्यसेत्

tithayaś ca rasā vedā agniḥ saptadaśāthavā vasurandhrāḥ samākhyātā akaṭapānadho nyaset

The lunar days (fifteen), the flavours (six), the Vedas (four), fire (three), or else seventeen, and the vasus (eight) and the openings (nine) are declared; one should place (them) beneath a, ka, ṭa, pa (etc.).

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AgP 131.18

एकैकमक्षरन्न्यस्त्वा शेषाण्येवङ्क्रमान् न्यसेत् नामाक्षरकृतं पिण्डं वसुभिर्भाजयेत्ततः

ekaikamakṣarannyastvā śeṣāṇyevaṅkramān nyaset nāmākṣarakṛtaṃ piṇḍaṃ vasubhirbhājayettataḥ

Having placed one syllable at a time, one should place the remaining ones likewise in order; then one should divide the total made of the syllables of the name by eight.

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AgP 131.19

वायसान्मण्डलो ऽत्यग्रो मण्डलाद्रासभो वरः रासभाद्वृषभः श्रेष्ठा वृषभात् कुञ्जरो वरः

vāyasānmaṇḍalo 'tyagro maṇḍalādrāsabho varaḥ rāsabhādvṛṣabhaḥ śreṣṭhā vṛṣabhāt kuñjaro varaḥ

Higher than the crow is the maṇḍala; better than the maṇḍala is the ass; better than the ass is the bull; better than the bull is the elephant.

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AgP 131.20

कुञ्जराच्चैव पुनः सिंहः सिंहाश् चैव खरुर्वरः खरोश् चैव बली धूम्रः एवमादि बलाबलं

kuñjarāccaiva punaḥ siṃhaḥ siṃhāś caiva kharurvaraḥ kharoś caiva balī dhūmraḥ evamādi balābalaṃ

And again, better than the elephant is the lion, and better than the lion is the kharu; and stronger than the kharu is the dark-grey one (dhūmra). Such is the (scale of) strength and weakness.

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