Agni Purana — Chapter 153
AgP 153.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे गृहस्थवृत्तयो नाम व्रिपञ्चाशदधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {१५३} :श् अथ त्रिपञ्चाशदधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ब्रह्मचर्याश्रमधर्मः पुष्कर उवाच धर्ममाश्रमिणां वक्ष्ये भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदं शृणु षोडशर्तुनिशा स्त्रीणामाद्यस्तिस्रस्तु गर्हिताः
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe gṛhasthavṛttayo nāma vripañcāśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {153} :ś atha tripañcāśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ brahmacaryāśramadharmaḥ puṣkara uvāca dharmamāśramiṇāṃ vakṣye bhuktimuktipradaṃ śṛṇu ṣoḍaśartuniśā strīṇāmādyastisrastu garhitāḥ
Thus ends the one hundred and fifty-second chapter, named 'The Livelihoods of the Householder', in the glorious Agni Mahapurana. || Now the one hundred and fifty-third chapter: The Duties of the Stage of Studentship. Pushkara said: I shall declare the duty of those in the (four) stages of life, which bestows enjoyment and liberation; listen. The season-nights of women are sixteen, but the first three are censured.
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AgP 153.2
व्रजेद्युग्मासु पुत्रार्थी कर्माधानिकमिष्यते गर्भस्य स्पष्टताज्ञाने सवनं स्पन्दनात् पुरा
vrajedyugmāsu putrārthī karmādhānikamiṣyate garbhasya spaṣṭatājñāne savanaṃ spandanāt purā
One desiring a son should approach (his wife) on the even (nights); the garbhādhāna rite is enjoined. When the pregnancy is clearly known, the puṃsavana (is to be done) before the stirring (of the foetus).
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AgP 153.3
षष्ठे ऽष्टमे वा सीमन्तं पुत्रीयं नामभं शुभं अच्छिन्ननाड्यां कर्तव्यं जातकर्म विचक्षणैः
ṣaṣṭhe 'ṣṭame vā sīmantaṃ putrīyaṃ nāmabhaṃ śubhaṃ acchinnanāḍyāṃ kartavyaṃ jātakarma vicakṣaṇaiḥ
In the sixth or the eighth (month, one should perform) the parting of the hair (sīmantonnayana), which is auspicious and conducive to a son and to (a good) name; while the cord is still uncut the birth-rite is to be performed by the discerning.
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AgP 153.4
अशौचे तु व्यतिक्रान्ते नामकर्म विधीयते शर्मान्तं ब्राह्मस्योक्तं वर्मान्तं क्षत्रियस्य तु
aśauce tu vyatikrānte nāmakarma vidhīyate śarmāntaṃ brāhmasyoktaṃ varmāntaṃ kṣatriyasya tu
But when the period of impurity has passed, the name-rite is prescribed: for a brahmin (a name) ending in 'śarman' is enjoined, while for a kṣatriya one ending in 'varman'.
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AgP 153.5
गुप्तदासात्मकं नाम प्रशस्तं वैश्यशूद्रयोः :प् १२० शर्मान्तं ब्रह्मणस्योक्तं वर्मान्तं क्षत्रियस्य च
guptadāsātmakaṃ nāma praśastaṃ vaiśyaśūdrayoḥ :p 120 śarmāntaṃ brahmaṇasyoktaṃ varmāntaṃ kṣatriyasya ca
A name formed with 'gupta' or 'dāsa' is commended for the vaiśya and the śūdra. (For) a brahmin one ending in 'śarman' is enjoined, and for a kṣatriya one ending in 'varman'.
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AgP 153.6
गुप्तदासात्मकं नाम प्रशस्तं वैश्यशूद्रयोः बालं निवेदयेद्भर्त्रे तव पुत्रो ऽयमित्युत
guptadāsātmakaṃ nāma praśastaṃ vaiśyaśūdrayoḥ bālaṃ nivedayedbhartre tava putro 'yamityuta
A name formed with 'gupta' or 'dāsa' is commended for the vaiśya and the śūdra. (The mother) should present the child to the husband, (saying) 'This is your son.'
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AgP 153.7
यथाकुलन्तु चूडाकृद् ब्राह्मणस्योपनायनं गर्भाष्टमे ऽष्टमे वाब्दे गर्भादेकादशे नृपे
yathākulantu cūḍākṛd brāhmaṇasyopanāyanaṃ garbhāṣṭame 'ṣṭame vābde garbhādekādaśe nṛpe
The tonsure is to be done according to family custom; the initiation of a brahmin (takes place) in the eighth (year) from conception or in the eighth year (from birth), and for a king in the eleventh from conception.
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AgP 153.8
गर्भात्तु द्वादशे वैश्ये षोडशाब्दादितो न हि मुञ्जानां वल्कलानान्तु क्रमान्मौज्ज्याः प्रकीर्तिताः
garbhāttu dvādaśe vaiśye ṣoḍaśābdādito na hi muñjānāṃ valkalānāntu kramānmaujjyāḥ prakīrtitāḥ
But for a vaiśya in the twelfth from conception; not later than the sixteenth year. Of muñja grass and of bark-fibre respectively the girdles are declared.
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AgP 153.9
मार्गवैयाध्रवास्तानि चर्माणि व्रतचारिणां पर्णपिप्पलविल्वानां क्रमाद्दण्डाः प्रकीर्तिताः
mārgavaiyādhravāstāni carmāṇi vratacāriṇāṃ parṇapippalavilvānāṃ kramāddaṇḍāḥ prakīrtitāḥ
Those skins (are) of the antelope, the tiger, and the goat for the observers of the vow; and the staves are declared to be, in order, of palāśa, pippala, and bilva.
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AgP 153.10
केशदेशललाटास्यतुल्याः प्रोक्ताः क्रमेण तु अवक्राः सत्वचः सर्वे नाविप्लुष्टास्तु दण्डकाः
keśadeśalalāṭāsyatulyāḥ proktāḥ krameṇa tu avakrāḥ satvacaḥ sarve nāvipluṣṭāstu daṇḍakāḥ
They are declared to be, respectively, of the height of the hair, the forehead, and the mouth; all (should be) unbent, with their bark intact, and the staves not scorched by fire.
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AgP 153.11
वासोपवीते कार्पासक्षौमोर्णानां यथाक्रमं आदिमध्यावसानेषु भवच्छब्दोपलक्षितं
vāsopavīte kārpāsakṣaumorṇānāṃ yathākramaṃ ādimadhyāvasāneṣu bhavacchabdopalakṣitaṃ
The garment and the sacred thread are of cotton, linen and wool respectively; (the begging formula is) marked by the word 'bhavat' at the beginning, in the middle and at the end (for the three classes).
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AgP 153.12
प्रथमं तत्र भ्हिक्षेत यत्र भिक्षा ध्रुवं भवेत् स्त्रीणाममन्त्रतस्तानि विवाहस्तु समन्त्रकः
prathamaṃ tatra bhhikṣeta yatra bhikṣā dhruvaṃ bhavet strīṇāmamantratastāni vivāhastu samantrakaḥ
He should first beg there where alms will certainly be obtained. For women these (rites are performed) without mantras, but the marriage (rite) is with mantras.
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AgP 153.13
उपनीय गुरुः शिष्यं सिक्षयेच्छौचमादितः आचारमग्निकार्यं च सन्ध्योपासनमेव च
upanīya guruḥ śiṣyaṃ sikṣayecchaucamāditaḥ ācāramagnikāryaṃ ca sandhyopāsanameva ca
Having initiated the pupil, the teacher should teach him purification first, then right conduct, the fire-rite, and the worship at the twilights.
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AgP 153.14
आयुष्यं प्राङ्मुखो भुङ्क्ते यशस्यं दक्षिणामुखः श्रियं प्रत्यङ्मुखी भुङ्क्ते ऋतं भुङ्क्ते उदङ्मुखः
āyuṣyaṃ prāṅmukho bhuṅkte yaśasyaṃ dakṣiṇāmukhaḥ śriyaṃ pratyaṅmukhī bhuṅkte ṛtaṃ bhuṅkte udaṅmukhaḥ
Facing east he eats what gives long life; facing south, what gives fame; facing west he eats prosperity; facing north he eats truth.
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AgP 153.15
सायं प्रातश् च जुहुयान् नामेध्यं व्यस्तहस्तकं मधु मांस जनैः सार्धं गीतं नृत्यञ्च वै त्यजेत्(१)
sāyaṃ prātaś ca juhuyān nāmedhyaṃ vyastahastakaṃ madhu māṃsa janaiḥ sārdhaṃ gītaṃ nṛtyañca vai tyajet(1)
He should make the oblation evening and morning, not with an unclean or an unwashed hand; he should give up honey, meat, and singing and dancing in company with (worldly) people.
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AgP 153.16
:न् १ नृत्यञ्च वर्जयेदिति ख॥ , ग॥ , घ॥ , ङ॥ , छ॥ , ञ॥ , ट॥ च । सायं प्रातश्चेत्यादिः, नृत्यञ्च वै त्यजेदित्यन्तः पाठः ज॥ पुस्तके नास्ति :प् १२१ हिंसाम्परापवादं च अश्लीलं च विशेषतः दण्डादि धारयेन्नष्टमप्सु क्षिप्त्वान्यधारणं
:n 1 nṛtyañca varjayediti kha.. , ga.. , gha.. , ṅa.. , cha.. , ña.. , ṭa.. ca / sāyaṃ prātaścetyādiḥ, nṛtyañca vai tyajedityantaḥ pāṭhaḥ ja.. pustake nāsti :p 121 hiṃsāmparāpavādaṃ ca aślīlaṃ ca viśeṣataḥ daṇḍādi dhārayennaṣṭamapsu kṣiptvānyadhāraṇaṃ
(Editorial note: 'nṛtyañca varjayet' in MSS kha, ga, gha, ṅa, cha, ña, ṭa; the passage from 'sāyaṃ prātaḥ' to 'nṛtyañca vai tyajet' is absent in MS ja.) — (He should give up) violence, slander of others, and especially obscene speech. He should carry the staff and the rest; if one is lost, he should throw it in water and take up another.
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AgP 153.17
वेदस्वीकरणं कृत्वा स्रायाद्वै दत्तदक्षिणः
vedasvīkaraṇaṃ kṛtvā srāyādvai dattadakṣiṇaḥ
Having completed the acquisition of the Veda, he should bathe (the concluding bath), having given the teacher's fee.
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