Agni Purana — Chapter 155
AgP 155.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे विवाहो नाम सतुःपञ्चाशदधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {१५५} :श् अथ पञ्चपञ्चाशदधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः आचारः पुष्कर उवाच ब्राह्मे मुहूर्ते चोत्थाय विष्ण्वादीन् दैवतान् स्मरेत् उभे मूत्रपुरीषे तु दिवा कुर्यादुदङ्मुखः
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe vivāho nāma satuḥpañcāśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {155} :ś atha pañcapañcāśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ ācāraḥ puṣkara uvāca brāhme muhūrte cotthāya viṣṇvādīn daivatān smaret ubhe mūtrapurīṣe tu divā kuryādudaṅmukhaḥ
Thus, in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa, the one hundred fifty-fourth chapter, called Marriage. — Now the one hundred fifty-fifth chapter: Conduct. Puṣkara said: Having risen in the brāhma muhūrta, one should call to mind the deities beginning with Viṣṇu; both urine and faeces he should void by day facing the north.
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AgP 155.2
रातौ च दक्षिणे कुर्यादुभे सन्ध्ये यथा दिवा न मार्गादौ जले वीप्यां सतृणायां सदाचरेत्
rātau ca dakṣiṇe kuryādubhe sandhye yathā divā na mārgādau jale vīpyāṃ satṛṇāyāṃ sadācaret
And at night he should do (it) facing south; at both twilights as by day. He should never do (it) on a road and the like, in water, in a tank, or on ground covered with grass.
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AgP 155.3
:प् १२४ शौचं कृत्वा मृदाचम्य भक्षयेद्दन्तधावनं नित्यं नैमित्तिकं काम्यं क्रियाङ्गं मलकर्षणं
:p 124 śaucaṃ kṛtvā mṛdācamya bhakṣayeddantadhāvanaṃ nityaṃ naimittikaṃ kāmyaṃ kriyāṅgaṃ malakarṣaṇaṃ
Having performed the cleansing and rinsed (himself) with earth, he should chew the tooth-stick. (Bathing is of six kinds:) the regular, the occasional, the optional, that which is an adjunct of a rite, that which removes dirt,
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AgP 155.4
क्रियास्नानं तथा षष्ठं षोढास्नानं प्रकीर्तितं अस्नातस्याफलं कर्म प्रातःस्नानं चरेत्ततः
kriyāsnānaṃ tathā ṣaṣṭhaṃ ṣoḍhāsnānaṃ prakīrtitaṃ asnātasyāphalaṃ karma prātaḥsnānaṃ carettataḥ
and likewise the sixth, the bath for a rite: thus the sixfold bathing is declared. For one who has not bathed the rite is fruitless; therefore let him perform the morning bath.
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AgP 155.5
भूमिष्ठमुद्धृतात् पुण्यं ततः प्रस्रवणोदकं ततो ऽपि सारसं पुण्यं तस्मान्नादेयमुच्यते
bhūmiṣṭhamuddhṛtāt puṇyaṃ tataḥ prasravaṇodakaṃ tato 'pi sārasaṃ puṇyaṃ tasmānnādeyamucyate
(Water) standing on the ground is more meritorious than water drawn up; then spring water; more meritorious than that is lake water; more meritorious than that, river water is said (to be).
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AgP 155.6
तीर्थतोयं ततः पुण्यं गाङ्गं पुण्यन्तु सर्वतः संशोधितमलः पूर्वं निमग्नश् च जलाशये
tīrthatoyaṃ tataḥ puṇyaṃ gāṅgaṃ puṇyantu sarvataḥ saṃśodhitamalaḥ pūrvaṃ nimagnaś ca jalāśaye
Then more meritorious is the water of a sacred bathing place; but Ganges water is meritorious in every way. Having first washed off the dirt and immersed himself in the water,
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AgP 155.7
उपस्पृश्य ततः कुर्यादम्भसः परिमार्जनं हिरण्यवर्णास्तिसृभिः शन्नो देवीति चाप्यथ
upaspṛśya tataḥ kuryādambhasaḥ parimārjanaṃ hiraṇyavarṇāstisṛbhiḥ śanno devīti cāpyatha
Having touched (the water), he should then perform the wiping (of himself) with water, with the three verses beginning "hiraṇyavarṇāḥ" and also with "śaṃ no devīḥ."
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AgP 155.8
आपोहिष्ठेति तिसृभिरिदमापस्तथैव च ततो जलाशये मग्नः कुर्यादन्तर्जलं जपं
āpohiṣṭheti tisṛbhiridamāpastathaiva ca tato jalāśaye magnaḥ kuryādantarjalaṃ japaṃ
and with the three verses "āpo hi ṣṭhā," and likewise "idam āpaḥ"; then, immersed in the water, he should perform the recitation done under water.
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AgP 155.9
तत्राघमर्षणं सूक्तं द्रुपदां वा तथा जपेत् युञ्जते मन इत्य् एवं सूक्तं सूक्तं वाप्यथ पौरुषं
tatrāghamarṣaṇaṃ sūktaṃ drupadāṃ vā tathā japet yuñjate mana ity evaṃ sūktaṃ sūktaṃ vāpyatha pauruṣaṃ
There he should recite the Aghamarṣaṇa hymn, or else the Drupadā (verse), and likewise the hymn beginning "yuñjate manaḥ," or else the Puruṣa hymn.
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AgP 155.10
गायत्रीं तु विशेषेण अघमर्षणसूक्तके देवता भाववृत्तस्तु ऋषिश् चैवाघमर्षणः
gāyatrīṃ tu viśeṣeṇa aghamarṣaṇasūktake devatā bhāvavṛttastu ṛṣiś caivāghamarṣaṇaḥ
and especially the Gāyatrī. In the Aghamarṣaṇa hymn the deity is Bhāvavṛtta, and the seer is Aghamarṣaṇa.
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AgP 155.11
छन्दश्चानुष्टुभं तस्य भाववृत्तो हरिः स्मृतः आपीडमानः शाटीं तु देवतापितृतर्पणं(१)
chandaścānuṣṭubhaṃ tasya bhāvavṛtto hariḥ smṛtaḥ āpīḍamānaḥ śāṭīṃ tu devatāpitṛtarpaṇaṃ(1)
Its metre is anuṣṭubh, and Bhāvavṛtta is held to be Hari. Wringing out his cloth, (he performs) the offering of water to the gods and the ancestors.
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AgP 155.12
पौरुषेण तु सूक्तेन ददेच्चैवोदकाञ्जलिं ततो ऽग्निहवनं(२) कुर्याद्दानं दत्वा(३) तु शक्तितः
pauruṣeṇa tu sūktena dadeccaivodakāñjaliṃ tato 'gnihavanaṃ(2) kuryāddānaṃ datvā(3) tu śaktitaḥ
With the Puruṣa hymn he should offer a cupped handful of water; then he should perform the fire-oblation, and give a gift according to his means.
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AgP 155.13
:न् १ तत्राघमर्षणमित्यादिः देवतापितृतर्पणमित्यन्तः पाठः झ॥ पुस्तके नास्ति २ ततो ऽग्निहरणमिति ङ॥ , छ॥ च ३ दीपं दत्वेति झ॥ :प् १२५ ततः समभिगच्छेत योगाक्षेमार्थमीश्वरं आसनं शयनं यानं जायापत्यङ्कमण्डलुः
:n 1 tatrāghamarṣaṇamityādiḥ devatāpitṛtarpaṇamityantaḥ pāṭhaḥ jha.. pustake nāsti 2 tato 'gniharaṇamiti ṅa.. , cha.. ca 3 dīpaṃ datveti jha.. :p 125 tataḥ samabhigaccheta yogākṣemārthamīśvaraṃ āsanaṃ śayanaṃ yānaṃ jāyāpatyaṅkamaṇḍaluḥ
Then he should approach the Lord for the sake of security and welfare. Seat, bed, vehicle, wife, children and water-pot —
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AgP 155.14
आत्मनः शुचिरेतानि परेषां न शुचिर्भवेत् भाराक्रान्तस्य गुर्विण्याः पन्था देयो गुरुष्वपि
ātmanaḥ śuciretāni pareṣāṃ na śucirbhavet bhārākrāntasya gurviṇyāḥ panthā deyo guruṣvapi
— these are pure for oneself (but) would not be pure for others. The way should be yielded to one burdened with a load, to a pregnant woman, and also to elders.
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AgP 155.15
न पश्येच्चार्कमुद्यन्तन्नास्तं यान्तं न चाम्भसि नेक्षेन्नग्नां स्त्रियं कूपं शूनास्थानमघौघिनं
na paśyeccārkamudyantannāstaṃ yāntaṃ na cāmbhasi nekṣennagnāṃ striyaṃ kūpaṃ śūnāsthānamaghaughinaṃ
He should not look at the sun rising, nor setting, nor (reflected) in water; he should not look at a naked woman, a well, a slaughter-place, or one heaped with sin.
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AgP 155.16
कार्पासाथि तया भस्म नाक्रामेद् यच्च कुत्सितं अन्तःपुरं वित्तिगृहं परदौत्यं ब्रजेन्न हि(१)
kārpāsāthi tayā bhasma nākrāmed yacca kutsitaṃ antaḥpuraṃ vittigṛhaṃ paradautyaṃ brajenna hi(1)
...cotton (?) ... he should not tread on ashes, nor on anything held in contempt; and he should not go to the harem, the treasury, or on an errand for another.
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AgP 155.17
नारोहेद्विषमान्नावन्न वृक्षं न च पर्वतं अर्थायतनशास्त्रेषु तथैव स्यात् कुतूहली
nārohedviṣamānnāvanna vṛkṣaṃ na ca parvataṃ arthāyatanaśāstreṣu tathaiva syāt kutūhalī
He should not board an unsteady boat, nor climb a tree, nor a mountain; and likewise he should be eager (only) with regard to the treatises that are the source of wealth.
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AgP 155.18
लोष्टमर्दो तृणच्छेदी नखखादी विनश्यति मुखादिवादनं नेहेद् विना दीपं न रात्रिगः(२)
loṣṭamardo tṛṇacchedī nakhakhādī vinaśyati mukhādivādanaṃ nehed vinā dīpaṃ na rātrigaḥ(2)
One who crumbles clods, tears up grass, or bites his nails perishes. He should not wish for music made with the mouth and the like; nor (go about) without a lamp, nor be a night-wanderer.
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AgP 155.19
नाद्वारेण विशेद्वेश्म न च वक्त्रं विरागयेत् कथाभङ्गं न कुर्वीत न च वासोविपर्ययं
nādvāreṇa viśedveśma na ca vaktraṃ virāgayet kathābhaṅgaṃ na kurvīta na ca vāsoviparyayaṃ
He should not enter a house except by the door; he should not let his face lose its (proper) look; he should not break off a conversation, nor put his clothing on the wrong way.
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AgP 155.20
भद्रं भद्रमिति ब्रूयान्नानिष्टं कीर्तयेत् क्वचित् पालाशमासनं वर्ज्यं देवादिच्छायया(३) व्रजेत्
bhadraṃ bhadramiti brūyānnāniṣṭaṃ kīrtayet kvacit pālāśamāsanaṃ varjyaṃ devādicchāyayā(3) vrajet
He should say "good, good"; he should never speak of what is unwanted. A seat of palāśa wood is to be avoided; he should walk (keeping) the shadow of a god and the like (to his right?).
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AgP 155.21
न मध्ये पूज्ययोर्यायात् नोच्छिष्टस्तारकादिदृक् नद्यान्नान्यां नदीं ब्रूयान्न कण्डूयेद् द्विहस्तकं
na madhye pūjyayoryāyāt nocchiṣṭastārakādidṛk nadyānnānyāṃ nadīṃ brūyānna kaṇḍūyed dvihastakaṃ
He should not walk between two venerable persons; with the remnants of food (in his mouth) he should not look at the stars and the like; while in a river he should not name another river; he should not scratch with both hands.
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AgP 155.22
असन्तर्प्य पितॄन् देवान्नदीपारञ्च न व्रजेत् मलादिप्रक्षिपेन्नाप्सु(४) न नग्नः स्नानमाचरेत्
asantarpya pitṝn devānnadīpārañca na vrajet malādiprakṣipennāpsu(4) na nagnaḥ snānamācaret
Without having gratified the ancestors and the gods he should not cross to the other bank of a river; he should not throw filth and the like into water; he should not bathe naked.
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AgP 155.23
:न् १ परभृतो भवेन्न हि इति झ॥ २ लोष्टमद्दीत्यादिः, न रात्रिग इत्य् अन्तः पाठः, ग।पुस्तके नास्ति ३ देवाद्रिच्छाययेति ख॥ , छ॥ , ग॥ च ४ मलादिक्षेपयेन्नाप्सु इति ख॥ , ट॥ च :प् १२६ ततः समभिगच्छेत योगक्षेमार्थमीश्वरं स्रजन्नात्मनाप्पनयेत् खरादिकरजस्त्यजेत्
:n 1 parabhṛto bhavenna hi iti jha.. 2 loṣṭamaddītyādiḥ, na rātriga ity antaḥ pāṭhaḥ, ga.pustake nāsti 3 devādricchāyayeti kha.. , cha.. , ga.. ca 4 malādikṣepayennāpsu iti kha.. , ṭa.. ca :p 126 tataḥ samabhigaccheta yogakṣemārthamīśvaraṃ srajannātmanāppanayet kharādikarajastyajet
Then he should approach the Lord for the sake of security and welfare; ... he should remove (?) ... by himself; he should avoid the dust raised by donkeys and the like.
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AgP 155.24
हीनान्नावहसेत् गच्छेन्नादेशे नियसेच्च तैः वैद्यराजनदीहीने म्लेच्छस्त्रीबहुनायके
hīnānnāvahaset gacchennādeśe niyasecca taiḥ vaidyarājanadīhīne mlecchastrībahunāyake
He should not laugh at those who are inferior; he should not go to a place that is forbidden, nor settle down there with them — (that is,) in a place lacking a physician, a king and a river, where barbarians and women are the many leaders.
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AgP 155.25
रजस्वलादिपतितैर् न भाषेत केशवं स्मरेत् नासंवृतमुखः कुर्याद्धासं(१) जृम्भां तथा क्षुतं
rajasvalādipatitair na bhāṣeta keśavaṃ smaret nāsaṃvṛtamukhaḥ kuryāddhāsaṃ(1) jṛmbhāṃ tathā kṣutaṃ
He should not converse with menstruating women, outcastes and the like; (if he does) he should call Keśava to mind. He should not laugh, yawn or sneeze with his mouth uncovered.
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AgP 155.26
प्रभोरप्यवमनं खद्गोपयेद्वचनं बुधः इन्द्रियाणां नानुकूली वेदरोधं न कारयेत्
prabhorapyavamanaṃ khadgopayedvacanaṃ budhaḥ indriyāṇāṃ nānukūlī vedarodhaṃ na kārayet
The wise man should ... his speech (?), even (when there is) contempt from a master. He should not be compliant to the senses; he should not cause any obstruction of the Veda.
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AgP 155.27
नोपेक्षितव्यो व्याधिः स्याद्रिपुरल्पो ऽपि(२) भार्गव रथ्यातिगः सदाचामेत्(३) विभृयान्नाग्निवारिणी
nopekṣitavyo vyādhiḥ syādripuralpo 'pi(2) bhārgava rathyātigaḥ sadācāmet(3) vibhṛyānnāgnivāriṇī
An illness must not be neglected, nor an enemy even though small, O Bhārgava. One who has crossed a public road should always rinse his mouth. One should not carry fire and water (together).
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AgP 155.28
न हुङ्कुर्याच्छिवं पूज्यं पादं पादेन नाक्रमेत् प्रत्यक्षं वा परोक्षं वा कस्य चिन्नाप्रियं वदेत्
na huṅkuryācchivaṃ pūjyaṃ pādaṃ pādena nākramet pratyakṣaṃ vā parokṣaṃ vā kasya cinnāpriyaṃ vadet
One should not utter a contemptuous 'hum'; Śiva is to be worshipped; one should not tread upon a foot with the foot; neither in his presence nor behind his back should one speak what is unpleasant to anyone.
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AgP 155.29
वेदशास्त्रनरेन्द्रर्षिदेवनिन्दां विवर्जयेत् स्त्रीणामीर्षा(४) न कर्तव्या त्रिश्वासन्तासु वर्जयेत्
vedaśāstranarendrarṣidevanindāṃ vivarjayet strīṇāmīrṣā(4) na kartavyā triśvāsantāsu varjayet
One should shun reviling the Vedas, the treatises, kings, seers and gods; jealousy of women is not to be indulged in; ... he should avoid (them) among the three ...
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AgP 155.30
धर्मश्रुतिं देवरतिं(५) कुर्याद्धर्मादि नित्यशः(६) सोमस्य पूजां जन्मर्क्षे विप्रदेवादिपूजनं
dharmaśrutiṃ devaratiṃ(5) kuryāddharmādi nityaśaḥ(6) somasya pūjāṃ janmarkṣe vipradevādipūjanaṃ
He should engage in the hearing of dharma and in devotion to the gods; he should constantly perform dharma and the rest — worship of Soma (the moon) on one's birth-asterism, and worship of brahmins, gods and the rest.
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AgP 155.31
:न् १ कुर्याद्धास्यमिति ख॥ ,ट॥ च २ रिपुर्वत्सोपि इति ङ॥ ३ समाचामेदिति छ॥ ४ स्त्रीणामिच्छेति क॥ ५ देवनतिमिति ग॥ , घ॥ , ङ॥ , ञ॥ , ट॥ च । वेदनतिमिति ख॥ ,छ॥ च ६ भद्रं भद्रमिति ब्रूयादित्यादिः, कुर्याद्धर्मादि नित्यश इत्य् अन्तः पाठः झ॥ पुस्तके नास्ति :प् १२७ षष्ठीचतुर्दश्यष्टम्यामभ्यङ्गं वर्जयेत्तथा दूराद्गृहान् मूत्रविष्ठे नोत्तमैवैरमाचरेत्
:n 1 kuryāddhāsyamiti kha.. ,ṭa.. ca 2 ripurvatsopi iti ṅa.. 3 samācāmediti cha.. 4 strīṇāmiccheti ka.. 5 devanatimiti ga.. , gha.. , ṅa.. , ña.. , ṭa.. ca / vedanatimiti kha.. ,cha.. ca 6 bhadraṃ bhadramiti brūyādityādiḥ, kuryāddharmādi nityaśa ity antaḥ pāṭhaḥ jha.. pustake nāsti :p 127 ṣaṣṭhīcaturdaśyaṣṭamyāmabhyaṅgaṃ varjayettathā dūrādgṛhān mūtraviṣṭhe nottamaivairamācaret
[Notes: 1 'kuryād dhāsyam' in MSS kha and ṭa; 2 'ripur vatso 'pi' in MS ṅa; 3 'samācāmet' in MS cha; 4 'strīṇām icchet' in MS ka; 5 'devanatim' in MSS ga, gha, ṅa, ña and ṭa; 'vedanatim' in MSS kha and cha; 6 the passage beginning 'bhadraṃ bhadram iti brūyāt' and ending 'kuryād dharmādi nityaśaḥ' is not in MS jha. Page 127:] On the sixth, fourteenth and eighth (days of the fortnight) he should avoid oil-rubbing; (he should void) urine and excrement far from the house; one should not practise enmity with superiors.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain