Agni Purana — Chapter 149

AgP 149.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे युद्धजयार्णवे सङ्ग्रामविजयपूजा नाम अष्टचत्वारिंशदधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {१४९} :श् अथोनपञ्चाशदधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ लक्षकोटिहोमः ईश्वर उवाच होमाद्रणादौ विजयो राज्याप्तिर्विघ्ननाशनं कृच्छ्रेण शुद्धिमुत्पाद्य प्राणायामशतेन च

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe yuddhajayārṇave saṅgrāmavijayapūjā nāma aṣṭacatvāriṃśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {149} :ś athonapañcāśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || lakṣakoṭihomaḥ īśvara uvāca homādraṇādau vijayo rājyāptirvighnanāśanaṃ kṛcchreṇa śuddhimutpādya prāṇāyāmaśatena ca

Thus in the glorious Agni Mahāpurāṇa, in the "Ocean of Victory in Battle," the one hundred forty-eighth chapter, called "The Worship for Victory in Battle." || Chapter 149. Now the one hundred forty-ninth chapter: the offering of a hundred thousand and of ten million (oblations). Īśvara said: From the fire-offering come victory in battle and so on, the obtaining of a kingdom, and the destruction of obstacles. Having produced purification by the kṛcchra penance and by a hundred breath-controls,

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AgP 149.2

:न् १ दीप्ता धूमेति झ॥ २ विन्दु विन्दु समायुक्ता इति छ॥ :प् ११२ अन्तर्जले च गायत्रीं जप्त्वा षोडशधाचरेत् प्राणायामांश् च पूर्वाह्णे जुहुयात् पावके हविः

:n 1 dīptā dhūmeti jha.. 2 vindu vindu samāyuktā iti cha.. :p 112 antarjale ca gāyatrīṃ japtvā ṣoḍaśadhācaret prāṇāyāmāṃś ca pūrvāhṇe juhuyāt pāvake haviḥ

[Notes: 1 "dīptā dhūmā" in ms. jha; 2 "vindu vindu samāyuktā" in ms. cha.] [p. 112] and having muttered the Gāyatrī while standing in water, he should do so sixteen times, and (perform) the breath-controls; in the forenoon he should offer the oblation into the fire.

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AgP 149.3

भैक्ष्ययावकभक्षी च फलमूलाशनो ऽपि वा क्षीरशक्तुघृताहार एकमाहारमाश्रयेत्

bhaikṣyayāvakabhakṣī ca phalamūlāśano 'pi vā kṣīraśaktughṛtāhāra ekamāhāramāśrayet

Eating begged food and barley-gruel, or else living on fruits and roots, or taking milk, barley-meal and ghee as his food, he should keep to a single meal (a day),

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AgP 149.4

यावत्समाप्तिर्भवति लक्षहोमस्य पार्वति दक्षिणा लक्षहोमान्ते गावो वस्त्राणि काञ्चनं

yāvatsamāptirbhavati lakṣahomasya pārvati dakṣiṇā lakṣahomānte gāvo vastrāṇi kāñcanaṃ

until the completion of the hundred-thousandfold oblation, O Pārvatī. At the end of the hundred-thousandfold oblation the sacrificial fee is cows, garments, and gold.

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AgP 149.5

सर्वोत्पातसमुत्पत्तौ पञ्चभिर्दशभिर्द्विजैः नास्ति लोके स उत्पातो यो ह्य् अनेन न शाम्यति

sarvotpātasamutpattau pañcabhirdaśabhirdvijaiḥ nāsti loke sa utpāto yo hy anena na śāmyati

When all manner of portents arise, (it is to be performed) with five or ten brahmins; there is no portent in the world that is not quelled by this.

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AgP 149.6

मङ्गल्यं परमं नास्ति यदस्मादतिरिच्यते कोटिहोमन्तु यो राजा कारयेत् पूर्ववद्द्विजैः

maṅgalyaṃ paramaṃ nāsti yadasmādatiricyate koṭihomantu yo rājā kārayet pūrvavaddvijaiḥ

There is no supreme auspicious rite that surpasses this. And the king who has the ten-million oblation performed by brahmins as before —

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AgP 149.7

न तस्य शत्रवः सङ्ख्ये जातु तिष्ठन्ति कर्हिचित् न तस्य मारको देशे व्याधिर्वा जायते क्वचित्

na tasya śatravaḥ saṅkhye jātu tiṣṭhanti karhicit na tasya mārako deśe vyādhirvā jāyate kvacit

his enemies never at any time stand firm in battle, nor does any plague or disease arise anywhere in his land.

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AgP 149.8

अतिवृष्टिरनावृष्टिर्मूषकाः शलभाः शुकाः राक्षसाद्याश् च शाम्यन्ति सर्वे च रिपवो रणे

ativṛṣṭiranāvṛṣṭirmūṣakāḥ śalabhāḥ śukāḥ rākṣasādyāś ca śāmyanti sarve ca ripavo raṇe

Excessive rain, drought, mice, locusts, parrots, demons and the rest are quelled, and all foes in battle.

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AgP 149.9

कोटिहोमे तु वरयेद्ब्राह्मणान्विंशतिं तथा शतञ्चाथ सहस्रं वा यथेष्टाम्भूतिमाप्नुयात्

koṭihome tu varayedbrāhmaṇānviṃśatiṃ tathā śatañcātha sahasraṃ vā yatheṣṭāmbhūtimāpnuyāt

For the ten-million oblation he should choose twenty brahmins, or a hundred, or a thousand; he would obtain prosperity as he wishes.

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AgP 149.10

कोटिहोमन्तु यः कुर्याद् द्विजो भूपो ऽथवा च विट् यदिच्छेत् प्राप्नुयात्तत्तत् सशरीरो दिवं व्रजेत्

koṭihomantu yaḥ kuryād dvijo bhūpo 'thavā ca viṭ yadicchet prāpnuyāttattat saśarīro divaṃ vrajet

A twice-born, or a king, or a vaiśya who performs the ten-million oblation obtains whatever he may wish, and goes to heaven in his own body.

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AgP 149.11

गायत्र्या ग्रहमन्त्रैर् वा कुष्माण्डीजातवेदसैः ऐन्द्रवारुणवायव्ययाम्याग्नेयैश् च वैष्णवैः

gāyatryā grahamantrair vā kuṣmāṇḍījātavedasaiḥ aindravāruṇavāyavyayāmyāgneyaiś ca vaiṣṇavaiḥ

With the Gāyatrī, or with the planet-mantras, with the Kūṣmāṇḍī and Jātavedas (verses), and with the mantras of Indra, Varuṇa, Vāyu, Yama, Agni, and Viṣṇu,

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AgP 149.12

शाक्तेयैश् च शाम्भवैः सौरैर् मन्त्रैर् होमार्चनात्ततः अयुतेनाल्पसिद्धिः स्याल्लक्षहोमो ऽखिलार्तिनुत्

śākteyaiś ca śāmbhavaiḥ saurair mantrair homārcanāttataḥ ayutenālpasiddhiḥ syāllakṣahomo 'khilārtinut

and with Śākta, Śāmbhava and Saura mantras — thereafter by oblation and worship. With ten thousand (oblations) there is small success; the hundred-thousand oblation drives away every affliction.

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AgP 149.13

सर्वपीडादिनशाय कोटिहोमो ऽखिलार्थदः :प् ११३ यवव्रीहितिलक्षीरघृतकुशप्रमातिकाः

sarvapīḍādinaśāya koṭihomo 'khilārthadaḥ :p 113 yavavrīhitilakṣīraghṛtakuśapramātikāḥ

For the destruction of all pains and the rest, the ten-million oblation bestows every object. (p. 113) Barley, rice, sesame, milk, ghee, kuśa grass, pramātikā —

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AgP 149.14

पङ्कजोशीरविल्वाम्रदला होमे प्रकीर्तिताः अष्टहस्तप्रमाणेन कोटिहोमेषु खातकं

paṅkajośīravilvāmradalā home prakīrtitāḥ aṣṭahastapramāṇena koṭihomeṣu khātakaṃ

lotus, uśīra, bilva and mango leaves are declared (as materials) for the oblation. In the ten-million oblations the pit is of the measure of eight cubits.

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AgP 149.15

तस्मादर्धप्रमाणेन लक्षहोमे विधीयते होमो ऽयुतेन लक्षेण कोद्याज्याद्यैः प्रकीर्तितः

tasmādardhapramāṇena lakṣahome vidhīyate homo 'yutena lakṣeṇa kodyājyādyaiḥ prakīrtitaḥ

By half that measure it is prescribed in the hundred-thousand oblation. The oblation is declared (to be performed) with ten thousand, with a hundred thousand, with ten million (offerings) of ghee and the rest.

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