Agni Purana — Chapter 159
AgP 159.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे स्रावाद्यशौचं नाम अष्टपञ्चाशदधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {१५९} :श् अथैकोनषष्ट्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः असंस्कृतादिशौचं पुष्कर उवाच संस्कृतस्यासंस्कृतस्य स्वर्गो मोक्षो हरिम्मृतेः अस्थ्नाङ्गङ्गाम्भसि क्षेपात् प्रेतस्याभ्युदयो भवेत्
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe srāvādyaśaucaṃ nāma aṣṭapañcāśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {159} :ś athaikonaṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ asaṃskṛtādiśaucaṃ puṣkara uvāca saṃskṛtasyāsaṃskṛtasya svargo mokṣo harimmṛteḥ asthnāṅgaṅgāmbhasi kṣepāt pretasyābhyudayo bhavet
Thus, in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa, the one hundred fifty-eighth chapter, called "Impurity from miscarriage and the like." — Chapter 159: Now the one hundred fifty-ninth chapter: "Purification of the unconsecrated and others." Puṣkara said: For one consecrated and for one unconsecrated (there is) heaven, and liberation for one who has died in (the presence of) Hari; by the casting of the bone-parts into the water of the Gaṅgā the departed one attains elevation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 159.2
:न् १ आपात इति ख॥ , छ॥ च २ अननेप्येवमेवं स्यादित्यादिः, भोक्तुरेकमहोन्यथेत्यन्तः पाठः घ॥ , झ॥ , ञ॥ पुस्तकत्रयेषु नास्ति :प् १४१ गङ्गातोये नरस्यास्थि यावत्तावद्दिवि स्थतिः आत्मनस्त्यागिनां नास्ति पतितानां तथा क्रिया
:n 1 āpāta iti kha.. , cha.. ca 2 ananepyevamevaṃ syādityādiḥ, bhokturekamahonyathetyantaḥ pāṭhaḥ gha.. , jha.. , ña.. pustakatrayeṣu nāsti :p 141 gaṅgātoye narasyāsthi yāvattāvaddivi sthatiḥ ātmanastyāgināṃ nāsti patitānāṃ tathā kriyā
[Notes: 1. 'āpāta' in mss. kha and cha. 2. The reading beginning 'ananepyevamevaṃ syāt' and ending 'bhokturekamaho 'nyathā' is not found in the three manuscripts gha, jha, ña.] As long as a man's bone (remains) in the water of the Gaṅgā, so long is his abode in heaven. For those who destroy themselves, and likewise for the fallen, there is no funeral rite.
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AgP 159.3
तेषामपि तथा गाङ्गे तोये ऽस्थ्नां पतनं हितं तेषां दत्तं जलं चान्नं गगने तत् प्रलीयते
teṣāmapi tathā gāṅge toye 'sthnāṃ patanaṃ hitaṃ teṣāṃ dattaṃ jalaṃ cānnaṃ gagane tat pralīyate
For them too, in like manner, the casting of the bones into the water of the Gaṅgā is beneficial; but the water and food given to them dissolves away in the sky.
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AgP 159.4
अनुग्रहेण महता प्रेतस्य पतितस्य च नारायणबलिः कार्यस्तेनानुग्रहमश्नुते
anugraheṇa mahatā pretasya patitasya ca nārāyaṇabaliḥ kāryastenānugrahamaśnute
For a departed one and for a fallen one, out of great favour, the Nārāyaṇa-bali is to be performed; by that he obtains grace.
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AgP 159.5
अक्षयः पुण्डरीकाक्षस्तत्र दत्तं न नश्यति पतनात्रायते यस्मात् तस्मात् पात्रं जनार्दनः
akṣayaḥ puṇḍarīkākṣastatra dattaṃ na naśyati patanātrāyate yasmāt tasmāt pātraṃ janārdanaḥ
The lotus-eyed one is imperishable; what is given to him is not lost. Since he rescues from falling, therefore Janārdana is the (worthy) recipient.
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AgP 159.6
पततां भुक्तिमुक्त्यादिप्रद एको हरिर्ध्रुवं दृष्ट्वा लोकान् म्रियमाणान् सहायं धर्ममाचरेत्
patatāṃ bhuktimuktyādiprada eko harirdhruvaṃ dṛṣṭvā lokān mriyamāṇān sahāyaṃ dharmamācaret
For those who have fallen, Hari alone is surely the giver of enjoyment, liberation and the rest. Seeing that people are dying, one should practise dharma as one's companion.
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AgP 159.7
मृतो ऽपि बान्धवः शक्तो नानुगन्तुं नरं मृतं जायावर्जं हि सर्वस्य याम्यः पन्था विभिद्यते(१)
mṛto 'pi bāndhavaḥ śakto nānugantuṃ naraṃ mṛtaṃ jāyāvarjaṃ hi sarvasya yāmyaḥ panthā vibhidyate(1)
Even a kinsman who has died is not able to follow a dead man; for, the wife excepted, the path of Yama parts (each) from everyone.
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AgP 159.8
धर्म एको(२) व्रजत्येनं यत्र क्वचन गामिनं श्वः कार्यमद्य कुर्वीत पूर्वाह्णे चापराह्णिकं
dharma eko(2) vrajatyenaṃ yatra kvacana gāminaṃ śvaḥ kāryamadya kurvīta pūrvāhṇe cāparāhṇikaṃ
Dharma alone goes after him as he goes wherever (he goes). One should do today the task of tomorrow, and in the forenoon what belongs to the afternoon.
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AgP 159.9
न हि प्रतीक्षते मृत्युः कृतः वास्य न वा कृतं क्षेत्रापणगृहासक्तमन्यत्रगतमानसं
na hi pratīkṣate mṛtyuḥ kṛtaḥ vāsya na vā kṛtaṃ kṣetrāpaṇagṛhāsaktamanyatragatamānasaṃ
For death does not wait (to ask) whether or not this man's work has been done — (this man) attached to field, shop and house, his mind gone off elsewhere.
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AgP 159.10
वृकीवीरणमासाद्य मृत्युरादाय गच्छति न कालस्य प्रियः कश्चिद् द्वेष्यश्चास्य न विद्यते
vṛkīvīraṇamāsādya mṛtyurādāya gacchati na kālasya priyaḥ kaścid dveṣyaścāsya na vidyate
As a she-wolf falls upon a lamb, so death takes (a man) and goes. No one is dear to Time, and it has no one it hates.
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AgP 159.11
आयुष्ये कर्मणि क्षीणे प्रसह्य हरिते जनं नाप्राप्तकालो म्रियते बिद्धः शरशतैर् अपि
āyuṣye karmaṇi kṣīṇe prasahya harite janaṃ nāprāptakālo mriyate biddhaḥ śaraśatair api
When the karma that sustains life is exhausted, (death) carries the person off by force; but one whose time has not come does not die even though pierced by hundreds of arrows.
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AgP 159.12
कुशाग्रेणापि संस्पृष्टः प्राप्तकालो न जीवति :न् १ पन्था विभज्यते इति ग॥ २ धर्म एवेति ज॥ :प् १४२ औषधानि(१) न मन्त्राद्यास्त्रायन्ते मृत्युनान्वितं
kuśāgreṇāpi saṃspṛṣṭaḥ prāptakālo na jīvati :n 1 panthā vibhajyate iti ga.. 2 dharma eveti ja.. :p 142 auṣadhāni(1) na mantrādyāstrāyante mṛtyunānvitaṃ
Touched even by the tip of a kuśa blade, one whose time has come does not live. Herbs, mantras and the rest do not protect one who is overtaken by death.
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AgP 159.13
वत्सवत् प्राकृतं कर्म कर्तारं विन्दति ध्रुवं अव्यक्तादि व्यक्तमध्यमव्यक्तनिधनं जगत्
vatsavat prākṛtaṃ karma kartāraṃ vindati dhruvaṃ avyaktādi vyaktamadhyamavyaktanidhanaṃ jagat
As a calf (finds its mother), so a man's own deed surely finds its doer. The world has the unmanifest as its beginning, the manifest as its middle, and the unmanifest as its end.
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AgP 159.14
कौमारादि यथा देहे तथा देहान्तरागमः नवमन्यद्यथा वस्त्रं गृह्णात्येवं शरीरिकं
kaumārādi yathā dehe tathā dehāntarāgamaḥ navamanyadyathā vastraṃ gṛhṇātyevaṃ śarīrikaṃ
As childhood and the rest (occur) in one body, so is the passing to another body; as one takes up another, new garment, so (does) the embodied one.
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AgP 159.15
देही नित्यमबध्यो ऽयं यतः शोकं ततस्त्यजेत् ॥१५
dehī nityamabadhyo 'yaṃ yataḥ śokaṃ tatastyajet //15
This embodied one is forever incapable of being slain; therefore one should give up grief.
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