Agni Purana — Chapter 150

AgP 150.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे युद्धजयार्णवे अयुतलक्षकोटिहोमो नामोनपञ्चाशदधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {१५०} :श् अथ पञ्चाशदधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः मन्वन्तराणि अग्निर् उवाच मन्वन्तराणि वक्ष्यामि आद्याः स्वायम्भुवो मनुः अग्नीध्राद्यास्तस्य सुता यमो नाम तदा सुराः

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe yuddhajayārṇave ayutalakṣakoṭihomo nāmonapañcāśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {150} :ś atha pañcāśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ manvantarāṇi agnir uvāca manvantarāṇi vakṣyāmi ādyāḥ svāyambhuvo manuḥ agnīdhrādyāstasya sutā yamo nāma tadā surāḥ

Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa, in the "Ocean of Victory in Battle," the one hundred forty-ninth chapter, named "The Ten-thousand, Hundred-thousand and Ten-million Oblations." — Chapter 150. Now the one hundred fiftieth chapter: The Manvantaras. Agni said: I shall declare the manvantaras. The first Manu was Svāyambhuva; his sons were Agnīdhra and the rest; the gods then bore the name Yama.

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AgP 150.2

और्वाद्याश् च सप्तर्षय इन्द्रश् चैव शतक्रतुः पारावताः सतुषिता देवाः स्वारोचिषे ऽन्तरे

aurvādyāś ca saptarṣaya indraś caiva śatakratuḥ pārāvatāḥ satuṣitā devāḥ svārociṣe 'ntare

And Aurva and the others were the seven sages, and Indra was Śatakratu. In the Svārociṣa interval the gods were the Pārāvatas together with the Tuṣitas.

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AgP 150.3

विपश्चित्तत्र देवेन्द्र ऊर्जस्तम्भादयो द्विजाः चैत्रकिम्पुरुषाः पुत्रास्तृतीयश्चोत्तोतमो मनुः

vipaścittatra devendra ūrjastambhādayo dvijāḥ caitrakimpuruṣāḥ putrāstṛtīyaścottotamo manuḥ

There Vipaścit was the lord of the gods; the twice-born were Ūrjastambha and the rest; the sons were Caitra and Kimpuruṣa; and the third Manu was Uttama.

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AgP 150.4

सुशान्तिरिन्द्रो देवाश् च सुधामाद्या वशिष्ठजाः सप्तर्षयो ऽजाद्याः पुत्राश् चतुर्थस्तामसी मनुः

suśāntirindro devāś ca sudhāmādyā vaśiṣṭhajāḥ saptarṣayo 'jādyāḥ putrāś caturthastāmasī manuḥ

Suśānti was Indra, and the gods were Sudhāman and the rest; the seven sages were sons of Vasiṣṭha; the sons were Aja and the others; the fourth Manu was Tāmasa.

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AgP 150.5

:प् ११४ स्वरूपाद्याः सुरगणाः शिखिरिन्द्रः सुरेश्वरः ज्योतिर्धामादयो विप्रा नव ख्यातिमुखाः सुताः

:p 114 svarūpādyāḥ suragaṇāḥ śikhirindraḥ sureśvaraḥ jyotirdhāmādayo viprā nava khyātimukhāḥ sutāḥ

(p. 114) The troops of gods were Svarūpa and the rest; Śikhi was Indra, the lord of the gods; the brahmins were Jyotirdhāman and the others; the sons were nine, headed by Khyāti.

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AgP 150.6

रैवते वितथश्चेन्द्रो अमिताभास् तथा सुराः हिरण्यरोमाद्या मुनयो(१) बलबन्धादयः सुताः

raivate vitathaścendro amitābhās tathā surāḥ hiraṇyaromādyā munayo(1) balabandhādayaḥ sutāḥ

In the Raivata (interval) Vitatha was Indra, and the gods were the Amitābhas; the sages were Hiraṇyaroman and the rest, the sons Balabandha and the others.

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AgP 150.7

मनोजवश्चाक्षुषे ऽथ इन्द्रः स्वात्यादयः सुराः सुमेधाद्या महर्षयः पुरुप्रभृतयः सुताः

manojavaścākṣuṣe 'tha indraḥ svātyādayaḥ surāḥ sumedhādyā maharṣayaḥ puruprabhṛtayaḥ sutāḥ

Then in the Cākṣuṣa (interval) Manojava was Indra, the gods were Svāti and the rest, the great sages Sumedhas and the others, the sons Puru and the rest.

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AgP 150.8

विवस्वतः सुतो विप्रः श्राद्धदेवो मनुस्ततः आदित्यवसुरुद्राद्या देवा इन्द्रः पुरन्दरः

vivasvataḥ suto vipraḥ śrāddhadevo manustataḥ ādityavasurudrādyā devā indraḥ purandaraḥ

The son of Vivasvat was the brahmin Śrāddhadeva, the Manu thereafter; the gods were the Ādityas, Vasus, Rudras and the rest, and Indra was Purandara.

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AgP 150.9

वशिष्ठः काश्यपो ऽथात्रिर्जमदग्निः सगोतमः विश्वामित्रभरद्वाजौ मुनयः सप्त साम्प्रतं

vaśiṣṭhaḥ kāśyapo 'thātrirjamadagniḥ sagotamaḥ viśvāmitrabharadvājau munayaḥ sapta sāmprataṃ

Vasiṣṭha, Kaśyapa, then Atri, Jamadagni together with Gautama, and Viśvāmitra and Bharadvāja — these are the seven sages at present.

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AgP 150.10

इक्ष्वाकुप्रमुखाः पुत्रा अंशेन हरिराभवत् स्वायम्भुवे मानसो ऽभूदजितस्तदनन्तरे

ikṣvākupramukhāḥ putrā aṃśena harirābhavat svāyambhuve mānaso 'bhūdajitastadanantare

The sons were headed by Ikṣvāku; and Hari came into being by a portion (of himself). In the Svāyambhuva (interval) he was Mānasa; in the one next after that, Ajita.

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AgP 150.11

सत्यो हरिर्देवदरो वैकुण्ठो वामनः क्रमात् छायाजः सूर्यपुत्रस्तु भविता चाष्टमो मनुः

satyo harirdevadaro vaikuṇṭho vāmanaḥ kramāt chāyājaḥ sūryaputrastu bhavitā cāṣṭamo manuḥ

Satya, Hari, Devadara, Vaikuṇṭha, Vāmana, in order. But the son of Chāyā, the son of the Sun, will be the eighth Manu.

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AgP 150.12

पूर्वस्य च सवर्णो ऽसौ सावर्णिर्भविताष्टमः सुतपाद्या देवगणा दीप्तिमद्द्रौणिकादयः

pūrvasya ca savarṇo 'sau sāvarṇirbhavitāṣṭamaḥ sutapādyā devagaṇā dīptimaddrauṇikādayaḥ

And he, being of the same colour as the former one, will be Sāvarṇi, the eighth; the troops of gods are Sutapas and the rest; Dīptimat, Drauṇika and the others

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AgP 150.13

मुनयो बलिरिन्द्रश् च विरजप्रमुखाः सुताः नवमो दक्षसावर्णिः पाराद्याश् च तदा सुराः(२)

munayo balirindraś ca virajapramukhāḥ sutāḥ navamo dakṣasāvarṇiḥ pārādyāś ca tadā surāḥ(2)

are the sages, and Bali is Indra; the sons are headed by Viraja. The ninth is Dakṣasāvarṇi, and then the gods are the Pāras and the rest.

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AgP 150.14

इन्द्रश् चैवाद्भुतस्तेषां सवनाद्या द्विजोत्तमाः धृतकेत्वादयः पुत्रा ब्रह्मसावर्णिरित्यतः

indraś caivādbhutasteṣāṃ savanādyā dvijottamāḥ dhṛtaketvādayaḥ putrā brahmasāvarṇirityataḥ

And their Indra is Adbhuta; the best of the twice-born are Savana and the others; the sons are Dhṛtaketu and the rest. Hence (comes) Brahmasāvarṇi.

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AgP 150.15

सुखादयो देवगणास्तेषां शान्तिः शतक्रतुः :न् १ हिरण्यरोमाद्या ऋषय इति ञ॥ २ तथा सुरा इति छ॥ :प् ११५ हविष्याद्याश् च मुनयः सुक्षेत्राद्याश् च तत्सुताः

sukhādayo devagaṇāsteṣāṃ śāntiḥ śatakratuḥ :n 1 hiraṇyaromādyā ṛṣaya iti ña.. 2 tathā surā iti cha.. :p 115 haviṣyādyāś ca munayaḥ sukṣetrādyāś ca tatsutāḥ

The troops of gods are Sukha and the rest; their Śatakratu is Śānti. [Notes: 1. "the sages Hiraṇyaroman and the rest" in ms. ña; 2. "likewise the gods" in ms. cha.] (p. 115) And the sages are Haviṣya and the others, and their sons Sukṣetra and the rest.

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AgP 150.16

धर्मसावर्णिकश्चाथ विहङ्गाद्यास्तदा सुराः गणेशश्चेन्द्रो नश् चराद्या मुनयः पुत्रकामयोः

dharmasāvarṇikaścātha vihaṅgādyāstadā surāḥ gaṇeśaścendro naś carādyā munayaḥ putrakāmayoḥ

And then comes Dharmasāvarṇika; the gods then are Vihaṅga and the rest; Gaṇeśa is Indra; ... the sages are Cara and the others; of the two, the son and the desired one(?).

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AgP 150.17

सर्वत्रगाद्या रुद्राख्यः सावर्णिभविता मनुः ऋतधामा सुरेन्द्रश् च हरिताद्याश् च देवताः

sarvatragādyā rudrākhyaḥ sāvarṇibhavitā manuḥ ṛtadhāmā surendraś ca haritādyāś ca devatāḥ

(The gods) headed by Sarvatraga; the Manu named Rudra, born of Sāvarṇi, will be (the Manu); Ṛtadhāman (will be) the lord of the gods, and the deities (are those) headed by Harita.

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AgP 150.18

तपस्याद्याः सप्तर्षयः सुता वैदेववन्मुखाः मनुस्त्रयोदशो रौच्यः सूत्रामाणादयः सुराः

tapasyādyāḥ saptarṣayaḥ sutā vaidevavanmukhāḥ manustrayodaśo raucyaḥ sūtrāmāṇādayaḥ surāḥ

Tapasya and the rest (are) the seven sages; the sons are those headed by Vaideva; the thirteenth Manu is Raucya, and the gods are Sutrāman and the rest.

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AgP 150.19

इन्द्रो दिवस्पतिस्तेषां दानवादिविमर्दनः निर्मोहाद्याः सप्तर्षयश्चित्रसेनादयः सुताः

indro divaspatisteṣāṃ dānavādivimardanaḥ nirmohādyāḥ saptarṣayaścitrasenādayaḥ sutāḥ

Their Indra is Divaspati, crusher of the Dānavas and the rest; the seven sages are those headed by Nirmoha, and the sons those headed by Citrasena.

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AgP 150.20

मनुश् चतुर्दशो भौत्यः शुचिरिन्द्रो भविष्यति चाक्षुषाद्याः सुरगणा अग्निबाह्णादयो द्विजाः

manuś caturdaśo bhautyaḥ śucirindro bhaviṣyati cākṣuṣādyāḥ suragaṇā agnibāhṇādayo dvijāḥ

The fourteenth Manu will be Bhautya, and Śuci the Indra; the hosts of gods will be those headed by Cākṣuṣa, and the twice-born those headed by Agnibāhu.

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AgP 150.21

चतुर्दशस्य भौत्यस्य पुत्रा ऊरुमुखा मनोः प्रयर्तयन्ति देवांश् च भुवि सप्तर्षयो दिवः

caturdaśasya bhautyasya putrā ūrumukhā manoḥ prayartayanti devāṃś ca bhuvi saptarṣayo divaḥ

The sons of the fourteenth Manu Bhautya, headed by Ūru, will set in motion (things) on earth, and the seven sages the gods (of) heaven.

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AgP 150.22

देवा यज्ञभुजस्ते तु भूः पुत्रैः परिपाल्यते ब्रह्मणो दिवसे ब्रह्मन्मनवस्तु चतुर्दश

devā yajñabhujaste tu bhūḥ putraiḥ paripālyate brahmaṇo divase brahmanmanavastu caturdaśa

Those gods eat (their share of) the sacrifice, while the earth is protected by the sons; in one day of Brahmā, O Brahman, there are fourteen Manus.

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AgP 150.23

मन्वाद्याश् च हरिर्वेदं द्वापरान्ते विभेद सः आद्यो वेदश् चतुष्पादः शतसाहस्रसम्मितः

manvādyāś ca harirvedaṃ dvāparānte vibheda saḥ ādyo vedaś catuṣpādaḥ śatasāhasrasammitaḥ

And (there are) the Manus and the rest; Hari divided the Veda at the end of the Dvāpara (age). The original Veda had four parts and measured a hundred thousand (verses).

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AgP 150.24

एकश्चासीद् यजुर्वेदस्तं चतुर्धा व्यकल्पयत् आध्वर्यवं यजुर्भिस्तु ऋग्भिर्होत्रं तथा मुनिः

ekaścāsīd yajurvedastaṃ caturdhā vyakalpayat ādhvaryavaṃ yajurbhistu ṛgbhirhotraṃ tathā muniḥ

There was a single Yajurveda; he arranged it in four ways: the sage (made) the office of the adhvaryu with the yajus formulas, and the office of the hotṛ with the ṛc verses,

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AgP 150.25

औद्गात्रं सामभिओश् चक्रे ब्रह्मत्वञ्चाप्यथर्वभिः प्रथमं व्यासशिष्यस्तु पैलो ह्य् ऋग्वेदपारगः

audgātraṃ sāmabhioś cakre brahmatvañcāpyatharvabhiḥ prathamaṃ vyāsaśiṣyastu pailo hy ṛgvedapāragaḥ

he made the office of the udgātṛ with the sāman chants, and the office of the brahman with the atharvan (verses). Vyāsa's first pupil was Paila, who had mastered the Ṛgveda.

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AgP 150.26

इन्द्रः प्रमतये प्रादाद्वास्कलाय च संहितां बौध्यादिभ्यो ददौ सोपि चतुर्धा निजसंहितां

indraḥ pramataye prādādvāskalāya ca saṃhitāṃ baudhyādibhyo dadau sopi caturdhā nijasaṃhitāṃ

Indra(pramati) gave the collection to Pramati and to Bāṣkala; and he too gave his own collection, in four parts, to Baudhya and the others.

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AgP 150.27

:प् ११६ यजुर्वेदतरोः शाखाः सप्तविंशन्महामतिः वैशम्पायननामासौ व्यासशिष्यश् चकार वै

:p 116 yajurvedataroḥ śākhāḥ saptaviṃśanmahāmatiḥ vaiśampāyananāmāsau vyāsaśiṣyaś cakāra vai

That greatly wise pupil of Vyāsa named Vaiśampāyana made twenty-seven branches of the tree of the Yajurveda.

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AgP 150.28

काण्वा वाजसनेयाद्या याज्ञवल्क्यादिभिः स्मृताः सामवेदतरोः शाखा व्यासशिष्यः सजैमिनिः

kāṇvā vājasaneyādyā yājñavalkyādibhiḥ smṛtāḥ sāmavedataroḥ śākhā vyāsaśiṣyaḥ sajaiminiḥ

The Kāṇvas, the Vājasaneyins and the rest are recorded (as founded) by Yājñavalkya and others; the branch of the tree of the Sāmaveda (was made by) Vyāsa's pupil Jaimini.

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AgP 150.29

सुमन्तुश् च सुकर्मा च एकैकां संहितां ततः गृह्णते च सुकर्माख्यः सहस्रं संहितां गुरुः

sumantuś ca sukarmā ca ekaikāṃ saṃhitāṃ tataḥ gṛhṇate ca sukarmākhyaḥ sahasraṃ saṃhitāṃ guruḥ

And Sumantu and Sukarman (took) one collection each thereafter; and the teacher named Sukarman receives a thousand collections.

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AgP 150.30

सुमन्तुश्चाथर्वतरुं व्यासशिष्यो विभेद तं शिष्यानध्यापयामास पैप्यलादान् सहस्रशः

sumantuścātharvataruṃ vyāsaśiṣyo vibheda taṃ śiṣyānadhyāpayāmāsa paipyalādān sahasraśaḥ

And Sumantu, a pupil of Vyāsa, divided the tree of the Atharva(veda); he taught it to his pupils, Paippalāda and the rest, by the thousand.

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AgP 150.31

पुराणसंहितां चक्रे सुतो व्यासप्रसादतः ॥३१

purāṇasaṃhitāṃ cakre suto vyāsaprasādataḥ //31

By the grace of Vyāsa, Sūta made the collection of the Purāṇa.

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