Agni Purana — Chapter 162

AgP 162.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे यतिर्धर्मा नामैकषष्ट्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ :न् १ आग्रत्स्वप्नसुसुप्त्यान्तमुक्तमिति ङ॥ , छ॥ , ञ॥ च २ इत्य् आग्नेये अशौचनिर्णय इत्य् आदिः, सत्यमानन्दमद्वयमित्यन्तः पाठो ग॥ पुस्तके नास्ति :प् १४७ छप्तेर् {१६२} :श् अथ द्विषष्ट्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः धर्मशास्त्रकथनं पुष्कर उवाच मनुर्विष्णुर्याज्ञवल्को हारीतो ऽत्रिर्यमो ऽङिगिराः वसिष्ठदक्षसंवर्तशातातपपराशराः

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe yatirdharmā nāmaikaṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || :n 1 āgratsvapnasusuptyāntamuktamiti ṅa.. , cha.. , ña.. ca 2 ity āgneye aśaucanirṇaya ity ādiḥ, satyamānandamadvayamityantaḥ pāṭho ga.. pustake nāsti :p 147 chapter {162} :ś atha dviṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ dharmaśāstrakathanaṃ puṣkara uvāca manurviṣṇuryājñavalko hārīto 'triryamo 'ṅigirāḥ vasiṣṭhadakṣasaṃvartaśātātapaparāśarāḥ

Thus (ends) in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa the one hundred sixty-first chapter, called "The Duties of the Ascetic." [Notes: 1 — manuscripts ṅa, cha, ña read "āgratsvapnasusuptyāntamuktam." 2 — the passage beginning "ity āgneye aśaucanirṇaya" and ending "satyamānandamadvayam" is not in manuscript ga.] Page 147. Chapter 162. Now the one hundred sixty-second chapter: The Exposition of the Dharmaśāstra. Puṣkara said: Manu, Viṣṇu, Yājñavalkya, Hārīta, Atri, Yama, Aṅgiras, Vasiṣṭha, Dakṣa, Saṃvarta, Śātātapa, Parāśara,

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AgP 162.2

आपस्तम्बोशनोव्यासाः कात्ययनबृहस्पती गोतमः शङ्खलिखितौ धर्ममेते यथाब्रुवन्

āpastambośanovyāsāḥ kātyayanabṛhaspatī gotamaḥ śaṅkhalikhitau dharmamete yathābruvan

Āpastamba, Uśanas, Vyāsa, Kātyāyana and Bṛhaspati, Gautama, Śaṅkha and Likhita — as these declared the Law,

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AgP 162.3

तथा वक्ष्ये समासेन भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदं शृणु प्रवृत्तञ्च निवृत्तञ्च द्विविधङ्कर्म वैदिकं

tathā vakṣye samāsena bhuktimuktipradaṃ śṛṇu pravṛttañca nivṛttañca dvividhaṅkarma vaidikaṃ

so shall I declare it in brief; hear (it), the bestower of enjoyment and of liberation. Vedic action is of two kinds: the active (pravṛtta) and the withdrawn (nivṛtta).

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AgP 162.4

काम्यं कर्म प्रवृत्तं स्यान्निवृत्तं ज्ञानपूर्वकं वेदाभ्यासस्तपो ज्ञानमिन्दियाणाञ्च संयमः

kāmyaṃ karma pravṛttaṃ syānnivṛttaṃ jñānapūrvakaṃ vedābhyāsastapo jñānamindiyāṇāñca saṃyamaḥ

Action done out of desire would be the active kind; the withdrawn is that preceded by knowledge. Study of the Veda, austerity, knowledge, and restraint of the senses,

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AgP 162.5

अहिंसा गुरुसेवा च निःश्रेयसकरं परं सर्वेषामपि चैतेषामत्मज्ञानं परं स्मृतं

ahiṃsā gurusevā ca niḥśreyasakaraṃ paraṃ sarveṣāmapi caiteṣāmatmajñānaṃ paraṃ smṛtaṃ

non-injury, and service to the teacher — (this is) the supreme means of the highest good; and among all of these, knowledge of the self is held to be supreme.

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AgP 162.6

तच्चग्र्यं सर्वविद्यानां प्राप्यते ह्य् अमृतं ततः सर्वभूतेषु चात्मानं सर्वभूतानि चात्मनि

taccagryaṃ sarvavidyānāṃ prāpyate hy amṛtaṃ tataḥ sarvabhūteṣu cātmānaṃ sarvabhūtāni cātmani

And that is the foremost of all the branches of learning, for by it immortality is attained. (Seeing) the self in all beings and all beings in the self,

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AgP 162.7

समम्पश्यन्नात्मयाजी स्वाराज्यमधिगच्छति आत्मज्ञाने समे च स्याद्वेदाभ्यासे च यत्नवान्

samampaśyannātmayājī svārājyamadhigacchati ātmajñāne same ca syādvedābhyāse ca yatnavān

seeing (them) as the same, one who sacrifices to the self attains self-sovereignty. He should be even-minded regarding knowledge of the self, and diligent in the study of the Veda.

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AgP 162.8

एतद्द्विजन्मसामर्थ्यं(१) ब्राह्मणस्य विशेषतः :न् १ एतद्द्विजन्मसाग्र्यमिति ख॥ , ङ॥ , झ॥ , ञ॥ , ट॥ च । एतद्द्विजन्मसामग्रीति घ। :प् १४८ वेदशास्त्रार्थतत्त्वज्ञो यत्र तत्राश्रमे वसन्

etaddvijanmasāmarthyaṃ(1) brāhmaṇasya viśeṣataḥ :n 1 etaddvijanmasāgryamiti kha.. , ṅa.. , jha.. , ña.. , ṭa.. ca / etaddvijanmasāmagrīti gha. :p 148 vedaśāstrārthatattvajño yatra tatrāśrame vasan

This is the competence of the twice-born, and especially of a brahmin. [Note 1: kha, ṅa, jha, ña, ṭa read "etaddvijanmasāgryam"; gha reads "etaddvijanmasāmagrī."] Page 148. One who knows the true import of Veda and śāstra, dwelling in whatever stage of life,

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AgP 162.9

इहैव लोके तिष्ठन् हि ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्प्यते(१) स्वाध्यायानामुपाकर्म श्रावण्यां श्रावणेन तु

ihaiva loke tiṣṭhan hi brahmabhūyāya kalpyate(1) svādhyāyānāmupākarma śrāvaṇyāṃ śrāvaṇena tu

even while remaining in this world he is fitted for becoming Brahman. The commencement of the Veda-recitations (is to be done) on the Śrāvaṇa full-moon with the asterism Śravaṇa,

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AgP 162.10

हस्ते चौषधिवारे च पञ्चम्यां श्रावणस्य वा पौषमासस्य रोहिण्यामष्टकायामथापि वा

haste cauṣadhivāre ca pañcamyāṃ śrāvaṇasya vā pauṣamāsasya rohiṇyāmaṣṭakāyāmathāpi vā

or on (the asterism) Hasta and on the day of herbs, or on the fifth of Śrāvaṇa, or else in the month of Pauṣa on Rohiṇī or on an aṣṭakā day.

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AgP 162.11

जलान्ते छन्दसाङ्कुर्यादुत्सर्गं विधिवद्वहिः त्र्यहं प्रेतेष्वनध्यायः शिष्यर्त्विग्गुरुबन्धुषु

jalānte chandasāṅkuryādutsargaṃ vidhivadvahiḥ tryahaṃ preteṣvanadhyāyaḥ śiṣyartviggurubandhuṣu

At the water's edge, outside (the village), he should perform the concluding rite with the (recitation of the) metres according to the prescribed manner. There is a suspension of study for three days when a pupil, an officiating priest, a teacher, or a kinsman has died;

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AgP 162.12

उपाकर्मणि चोत्सर्गं स्वशाखाश्रोत्रिये तथा(२) सन्ध्यागर्जितनिर्घाते भूकम्पोल्कानिपातने

upākarmaṇi cotsargaṃ svaśākhāśrotriye tathā(2) sandhyāgarjitanirghāte bhūkampolkānipātane

also at the commencement rite and the concluding rite, and likewise in the case of a Vedic scholar of one's own branch (having died); at twilight, at thunder, at a thunderclap, at an earthquake, at the falling of a meteor;

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AgP 162.13

समाप्य वेदं ह्य् अनिशमारण्यकमधीत्य च पञ्चदश्यां चतुर्दश्यामष्टम्यां राहुसूतके

samāpya vedaṃ hy aniśamāraṇyakamadhītya ca pañcadaśyāṃ caturdaśyāmaṣṭamyāṃ rāhusūtake

having finished the Veda, and at night, and having studied the Āraṇyaka; on the fifteenth, the fourteenth, and the eighth (days), and during an eclipse by Rāhu;

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AgP 162.14

ऋतुसन्धिषु भुक्त्वा वा श्राद्विकं प्रतिगृह्य च पशुमण्डूकनकुलश्वाहिमार्जारशूकरैः(३)

ṛtusandhiṣu bhuktvā vā śrādvikaṃ pratigṛhya ca paśumaṇḍūkanakulaśvāhimārjāraśūkaraiḥ(3)

or at the junctures of the seasons, or after eating, or after accepting funeral offerings; (or when one has been crossed) by cattle, a frog, a mongoose, a dog, a snake, a cat, or a boar;

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AgP 162.15

कृतेन्तरे त्वहोरात्रं शक्रपाते तथोच्छ्रिये श्वक्रोष्टुगर्धभोलूकमासवाणर्तुनिस्वने

kṛtentare tvahorātraṃ śakrapāte tathocchriye śvakroṣṭugardhabholūkamāsavāṇartunisvane

in the interval when it has been done, (there is suspension) for a day and a night; likewise at the lowering and at the raising of Indra's banner; at the sound of a dog, a jackal, an ass, an owl, or of a drum out of season;

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AgP 162.16

अमेध्यशवशूद्रान्त्यश्मशानपतितान्तिके अशुभासु च तारासु विद्युत्स्तनितसम्प्लवे

amedhyaśavaśūdrāntyaśmaśānapatitāntike aśubhāsu ca tārāsu vidyutstanitasamplave

in the vicinity of something impure, a corpse, a śūdra, a man of the lowest caste, a cremation ground, or a fallen man; under inauspicious stars; when there is lightning, thunder, or a flood;

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AgP 162.17

भुत्क्वार्द्रपाणिरम्भोन्तरर्धरात्रे ऽतिमारुते पांशुवर्षे दिशान्दाहे सन्ध्यानीहारभीतिषु

bhutkvārdrapāṇirambhontarardharātre 'timārute pāṃśuvarṣe diśāndāhe sandhyānīhārabhītiṣu

having eaten, with wet hands, in the water, at midnight, in a high wind, in a rain of dust, when the horizon is aflame, at twilight, in fog, and in times of alarm;

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AgP 162.18

धावतः प्राणिबाधे च विशिष्टे गृहमागते :न् १ ब्रह्मचर्याय कल्प्यते इति ङ॥ २ स्वशाखाश्रोत्रिये मृते इति घ॥ , झ॥ , ञ॥ , ट च ३ शशमार्जारशूकरैर् इति ङ॥ :प् १४९ खरोष्ट्रयानहस्त्यश्वनौकावृक्षादिरोहणे

dhāvataḥ prāṇibādhe ca viśiṣṭe gṛhamāgate :n 1 brahmacaryāya kalpyate iti ṅa.. 2 svaśākhāśrotriye mṛte iti gha.. , jha.. , ña.. , ṭa ca 3 śaśamārjāraśūkarair iti ṅa.. :p 149 kharoṣṭrayānahastyaśvanaukāvṛkṣādirohaṇe

(and while) running, and when there is harm to living creatures, and when a distinguished (guest) has come to the house; [notes: 1 'brahmacaryāya kalpyate' thus in MS ṅa; 2 'svaśākhāśrotriye mṛte' thus in MSS gha, jha, ña and ṭa; 3 'śaśamārjāraśūkarair' thus in MS ṅa] [p. 149] and when mounting a donkey, a camel, a vehicle, an elephant, a horse, a boat, a tree and the like.

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AgP 162.19

सप्तत्रिंशदनध्यायानेतांस्तात्कालिकान्विदुः ॥१९

saptatriṃśadanadhyāyānetāṃstātkālikānviduḥ //19

These they know as the thirty-seven occasions of non-recitation that last only for their own time.

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