Agni Purana — Chapter 138
AgP 138.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महाओपुराणे युद्धजयार्णवे महामारी नाम सप्तत्रिंशदधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {१३८} :श् अथाष्टत्रिंशदधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः षट्कर्माणि ईश्वर उवाच षट्कर्माणि प्रवक्ष्यामि सर्वमन्त्रेषु तच्छृणु आदौ साध्यं लिखेत् पूर्वं चान्ते मन्त्रसमन्वितं
:e ity āgneye mahāopurāṇe yuddhajayārṇave mahāmārī nāma saptatriṃśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {138} :ś athāṣṭatriṃśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ ṣaṭkarmāṇi īśvara uvāca ṣaṭkarmāṇi pravakṣyāmi sarvamantreṣu tacchṛṇu ādau sādhyaṃ likhet pūrvaṃ cānte mantrasamanvitaṃ
Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa, in the Ocean of Victory in Battle, the one hundred thirty-seventh chapter, called the Great Slaughter. Now the one hundred thirty-eighth chapter: the six rites. Īśvara said: I shall declare the six rites in all the mantras; hear that. At the beginning one should write the target first, and at the end together with the mantra.
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AgP 138.2
पल्लवः स तु विज्ञेयो महोच्चाटकरः परः आदौ मन्त्रः ततः साध्यो मध्ये साध्यः पुनर्मनुः
pallavaḥ sa tu vijñeyo mahoccāṭakaraḥ paraḥ ādau mantraḥ tataḥ sādhyo madhye sādhyaḥ punarmanuḥ
That is to be known as the pallava, supreme, causing great eradication. At the beginning the mantra, then the target; in the middle the target, then again the mantra.
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AgP 138.3
योगाख्यः सम्प्रदायो ऽयङ्कुलोत्सादेषु योजयेत् आदौ मन्त्रपदन्दद्यान्मध्ये साध्यं नियोजयेत्
yogākhyaḥ sampradāyo 'yaṅkulotsādeṣu yojayet ādau mantrapadandadyānmadhye sādhyaṃ niyojayet
This convention is called yoga; one should employ it in the destruction of families. At the beginning one should set down the mantra-word, and in the middle should place the target.
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AgP 138.4
पुनश्चान्ते लिखेन्मन्त्रं साध्यं मन्त्रपदं पुनः :प् ८५ रोधकः सम्प्रदायस्तु स्तम्भनादिषु योजयेत्
punaścānte likhenmantraṃ sādhyaṃ mantrapadaṃ punaḥ :p 85 rodhakaḥ sampradāyastu stambhanādiṣu yojayet
And again at the end one should write the mantra, then the target, then the mantra-word again; that convention is the rodhaka, and one should employ it in immobilization and the like.
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AgP 138.5
अधोर्ध्वं याम्यवामे तु(१) मध्ये साध्यन्तु योजयेत् सम्पुटः सतु विज्ञेयो वश्याकर्षेषु योजयेत्
adhordhvaṃ yāmyavāme tu(1) madhye sādhyantu yojayet sampuṭaḥ satu vijñeyo vaśyākarṣeṣu yojayet
Below and above, to the right and to the left, and in the middle, one should place the target; that is to be known as the sampuṭa, and one should employ it in subjugation and attraction.
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AgP 138.6
मन्त्राक्षरं यदा साध्यं प्रथितञ्चाक्षराक्षरं प्रथमः सम्प्रदायः स्यादाकृष्टिवशकारकः
mantrākṣaraṃ yadā sādhyaṃ prathitañcākṣarākṣaraṃ prathamaḥ sampradāyaḥ syādākṛṣṭivaśakārakaḥ
When mantra-syllable and target are spread out syllable by syllable, that is the first convention, effecting attraction and subjugation.
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AgP 138.7
मन्त्राक्षरद्वयं लिख्य एकं साध्यक्षरं पुनः विदर्भः सतु विज्ञेयो वश्याकाकर्षेषु योजयेत्
mantrākṣaradvayaṃ likhya ekaṃ sādhyakṣaraṃ punaḥ vidarbhaḥ satu vijñeyo vaśyākākarṣeṣu yojayet
Having written two mantra-syllables, then one syllable of the target — that is to be known as the vidarbha, and one should employ it in subjugation and attraction.
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AgP 138.8
आकर्षणाद् यत् कर्म वसन्ते चैव कारयेत् तापज्वरे तथा वश्ये स्वाहा चाकर्षणे शुभं
ākarṣaṇād yat karma vasante caiva kārayet tāpajvare tathā vaśye svāhā cākarṣaṇe śubhaṃ
Whatever rite (proceeds) from attraction, one should have it done in the spring; in burning fever and likewise in subjugation, and in attraction, svāhā is auspicious.
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AgP 138.9
नमस्कारपदञ्चैव शान्तिवृद्धौ प्रयोजयेत् पौष्टिकेषु वषट्कारमाकर्षे वशकर्मणि
namaskārapadañcaiva śāntivṛddhau prayojayet pauṣṭikeṣu vaṣaṭkāramākarṣe vaśakarmaṇi
And the word of homage (namaḥ) one should employ for appeasing and for increase; vaṣaṭ in rites of nourishing, in attraction, and in the rite of subjugation.
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AgP 138.10
विद्वेषोच्चाटने मृत्यौ फट् स्यात् खण्डीकृतौ शुभे लाभादौ मन्त्रदीक्षादौ वषट्कारस्तु सिद्धिदः
vidveṣoccāṭane mṛtyau phaṭ syāt khaṇḍīkṛtau śubhe lābhādau mantradīkṣādau vaṣaṭkārastu siddhidaḥ
In causing enmity, in eradication, in death, let it be phaṭ; in cutting to pieces (too); but in what is auspicious, in gain and the like, in mantra-initiation and the like, vaṣaṭ grants success.
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AgP 138.11
यमो ऽसि यमाराजो ऽसि कालरूपो ऽसि धर्मराट् मयादत्तमिमं शत्रुमचिरेण निपातय
yamo 'si yamārājo 'si kālarūpo 'si dharmarāṭ mayādattamimaṃ śatrumacireṇa nipātaya
You are Yama, you are King Yama, you are the form of Time, the king of dharma: strike down without delay this enemy given over (to you) by me.
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AgP 138.12
निपातयामि यत्नेन निवृत्तो भव साधक संहृष्टमनसा(२) ब्रूयाद्देशिको ऽरिप्रसूदनः
nipātayāmi yatnena nivṛtto bhava sādhaka saṃhṛṣṭamanasā(2) brūyāddeśiko 'riprasūdanaḥ
"I strike (him) down with effort; be turned back, O adept!" — with a gladdened mind the teacher, the destroyer of enemies, should say (this).
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AgP 138.13
पद्मे शुक्ले यमं प्रार्च्य होमादेतत् प्रसिद्ध्यति आत्मानम्भैरवं ध्यात्वा ततो मध्ये कुलेश्वरीं
padme śukle yamaṃ prārcya homādetat prasiddhyati ātmānambhairavaṃ dhyātvā tato madhye kuleśvarīṃ
Having first worshipped Yama on a white lotus, this succeeds by the oblation. Having meditated on oneself as Bhairava, then in the middle on Kuleśvarī,
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AgP 138.14
रात्रौ वार्तां विजानाति आत्मनश् च परस्य च :न् १ अध ऊर्ध्वं याम्यवामे इति ख॥ २ संरम्भमन्सेति छ॥ :प् ८६ दुर्गे दुर्गे रक्षणीति दुर्गां प्रार्च्यारिहा भवेत्
rātrau vārtāṃ vijānāti ātmanaś ca parasya ca :n 1 adha ūrdhvaṃ yāmyavāme iti kha.. 2 saṃrambhamanseti cha.. :p 86 durge durge rakṣaṇīti durgāṃ prārcyārihā bhavet
(he) comes to know, at night, news of himself and of another. [notes: 'below, above, on the right and left' — MS kha; 'saṃrambhamanas' — MS cha] Having first worshipped Durgā with "durge durge rakṣaṇi," one becomes a slayer of enemies.
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AgP 138.15
जप्त्वा हसक्षमलवरयुम्भैरवीं घातयेदरिं ॥१५
japtvā hasakṣamalavarayumbhairavīṃ ghātayedariṃ //15
Having muttered "ha sa kṣa ma la va ra yuṃ," (one should invoke) Bhairavī and should slay the enemy.
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