Agni Purana — Chapter 172

AgP 172.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुरेणे रहस्यादिप्रायश्वित्तं नाम एकसप्तत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ :प् १८१ छप्तेर् {१७२} :श् अथ द्विसप्तत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः सर्वपापप्रायश्चित्तानि पुष्कर उवाच परदारपरद्रव्यजीवहिंसादिके यदा प्रवर्तते नृणां चित्तं प्रायश्चित्तं स्तुतिस्तदा

:e ity āgneye mahāpureṇe rahasyādiprāyaśvittaṃ nāma ekasaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || :p 181 chapter {172} :ś atha dvisaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ sarvapāpaprāyaścittāni puṣkara uvāca paradāraparadravyajīvahiṃsādike yadā pravartate nṛṇāṃ cittaṃ prāyaścittaṃ stutistadā

[Colophon:] Thus, in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa, the one hundred and seventy-first chapter, called "Expiation, the Secret (Rites) and the Rest." [p. 181, chapter 172. Heading:] Now the one hundred and seventy-second chapter: Expiations for all sins. Puṣkara said: When men's mind turns toward another's wife, another's property, injury to living beings, and the like, then praise (of Viṣṇu) is the expiation.

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AgP 172.2

विष्णवे विष्णवे नित्यं विष्णवे विष्णवे(१) नमः नमामि विष्णुं चित्तस्थमहङ्कारगतिं हरिं

viṣṇave viṣṇave nityaṃ viṣṇave viṣṇave(1) namaḥ namāmi viṣṇuṃ cittasthamahaṅkāragatiṃ hariṃ

To Viṣṇu, to Viṣṇu, always; to Viṣṇu, to Viṣṇu homage! (1) I bow to Viṣṇu, Hari, who abides in the mind, the resort of the sense of "I."

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AgP 172.3

चित्तस्थमीशमव्यक्तमनन्तमपराजितं विष्णुमीड्यमशेषेण अनादिनिधनं विभुं

cittasthamīśamavyaktamanantamaparājitaṃ viṣṇumīḍyamaśeṣeṇa anādinidhanaṃ vibhuṃ

(I bow to) the Lord who dwells in the mind, the unmanifest, the endless, the unvanquished, to Viṣṇu who is to be praised entirely, who is without beginning or end, the all-pervading one.

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AgP 172.4

विष्णुश्चित्तगतो यन्मे विष्णुर्बुद्धिगतश् च यत् यच्चाहङ्कारगो विष्णुर्यद्विष्णुर्मयि संस्थितः

viṣṇuścittagato yanme viṣṇurbuddhigataś ca yat yaccāhaṅkārago viṣṇuryadviṣṇurmayi saṃsthitaḥ

The Viṣṇu who is in my mind, and the Viṣṇu who is in my intellect, and the Viṣṇu who has entered my sense of self, and the Viṣṇu who abides in me —

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AgP 172.5

करोति कर्मभूतो ऽसौ स्थवरस्य चरस्य च तत् पापन्नाशमायातु तस्मिन्नेव हि चिन्तिते

karoti karmabhūto 'sau sthavarasya carasya ca tat pāpannāśamāyātu tasminneva hi cintite

he, having become action, acts (in) the immobile and the moving; when he alone is meditated upon, may that sin come to destruction.

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AgP 172.6

ध्यातो हरति यत् पापं स्वप्ने दृष्टस्तु भावनात् तमुपेन्द्रमहं विष्णुं प्रणतार्तिहरं हरिं

dhyāto harati yat pāpaṃ svapne dṛṣṭastu bhāvanāt tamupendramahaṃ viṣṇuṃ praṇatārtiharaṃ hariṃ

That Upendra, Viṣṇu, Hari, remover of the distress of those who bow — the sin that he takes away when meditated upon, or when seen in a dream through (such) contemplation — (him I salute).

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AgP 172.7

जगत्यस्मिन्निराधारे मज्जमाने तमस्यधः हस्तावलम्बनं विष्णुं प्रणमामि परात् परं

jagatyasminnirādhāre majjamāne tamasyadhaḥ hastāvalambanaṃ viṣṇuṃ praṇamāmi parāt paraṃ

In this world, which is without support and sinking down into darkness, I bow to Viṣṇu, the supporting hand, higher than the highest.

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AgP 172.8

सर्वेश्वरेश्वर विभो परमात्मन्नधोक्षज हृषीकेश हृषीकेश हृषीकेश नमो ऽस्तु ते

sarveśvareśvara vibho paramātmannadhokṣaja hṛṣīkeśa hṛṣīkeśa hṛṣīkeśa namo 'stu te

O Lord of all lords, O all-pervading one, O supreme Self, O Adhokṣaja, O Hṛṣīkeśa, Hṛṣīkeśa, Hṛṣīkeśa, homage be to you.

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AgP 172.9

नृसिंहानन्त गोविन्द भूतभवन केशव :न् १ विष्णवे विष्णवे इति ज॥ , ञ॥ च :प् १८२ दुरुक्तं दुष्कृतं ध्यातं शमयाघन्नमो ऽस्तु ते

nṛsiṃhānanta govinda bhūtabhavana keśava :n 1 viṣṇave viṣṇave iti ja.. , ña.. ca :p 182 duruktaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ dhyātaṃ śamayāghannamo 'stu te

O Nṛsiṃha, Ananta, Govinda, abode of beings, Keśava, quell what has been ill spoken, ill done, ill thought; O destroyer of sin, homage be to you.

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AgP 172.10

यन्मया चिन्तितं दुष्टं स्वचित्तवशवर्तिना अकार्यमहदत्युग्रन्तच्छमन्नय केशव

yanmayā cintitaṃ duṣṭaṃ svacittavaśavartinā akāryamahadatyugrantacchamannaya keśava

Whatever evil I have thought, being under the sway of my own mind, whatever deed not to be done, great and most terrible — bring that to quiet, O Keśava.

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AgP 172.11

ब्रह्मण्यदेव गोविन्द परमार्थपरायण जगन्नाथ जगद्धातः पापं प्रशमयाच्युत

brahmaṇyadeva govinda paramārthaparāyaṇa jagannātha jagaddhātaḥ pāpaṃ praśamayācyuta

O god friendly to brahmans, Govinda, devoted to the highest goal, Lord of the world, Sustainer of the world, quell (my) sin, O Acyuta.

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AgP 172.12

यथापराह्णे सायाह्णे मध्याह्णे च तथा निशि कायेन मनसा वाचा कृतं पापमजानता

yathāparāhṇe sāyāhṇe madhyāhṇe ca tathā niśi kāyena manasā vācā kṛtaṃ pāpamajānatā

Whatever sin has been done unknowingly by body, by mind, by speech — in the afternoon, in the evening, and likewise at midday and at night,

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AgP 172.13

जानता च हृषीकेश पुण्डरीकाक्ष माधव नामत्रयोच्चारणतः स्वप्ने यातु मम क्षयं

jānatā ca hṛṣīkeśa puṇḍarīkākṣa mādhava nāmatrayoccāraṇataḥ svapne yātu mama kṣayaṃ

and knowingly, O Hṛṣīkeśa, lotus-eyed one, Mādhava — and in dream: by the pronouncing of the three names let it come to destruction for me.

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AgP 172.14

शारीरं मे हृषीकेश पुण्डरीकाक्ष माधव पापं प्रशमयाद्य त्वं(१) बाक्कृतं मम माधव

śārīraṃ me hṛṣīkeśa puṇḍarīkākṣa mādhava pāpaṃ praśamayādya tvaṃ(1) bākkṛtaṃ mama mādhava

Quell today, O Hṛṣīkeśa, lotus-eyed one, Mādhava, my bodily sin, and what has been done by my speech, O Mādhava.

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AgP 172.15

यद्भुञ्जन्यत्स्वपंस्तिष्ठन् गच्छन् जाग्रद् यदास्थितः कृतवान् पापमद्याहं कायेन मनसा गिरा

yadbhuñjanyatsvapaṃstiṣṭhan gacchan jāgrad yadāsthitaḥ kṛtavān pāpamadyāhaṃ kāyena manasā girā

Whatever sin I have committed today by body, by mind, by speech, while eating, while sleeping, standing, walking, awake, or seated,

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AgP 172.16

यत् स्वल्पमपि यत् स्थूलं कुयोनिनरकाबहं तद्यातु प्रशमं सर्वं वासुदेवानुकीर्तनात्

yat svalpamapi yat sthūlaṃ kuyoninarakābahaṃ tadyātu praśamaṃ sarvaṃ vāsudevānukīrtanāt

whatever is slight and whatever is gross, bringing on evil births and hell — let all that come to cessation through the repeated praising of Vāsudeva.

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AgP 172.17

परं ब्रह्म परं धाम पवित्रं परमञ्च यत् तस्मिन्(२) प्रकीर्तिते विष्णौ यत् पापं तत् प्रणश्यतु

paraṃ brahma paraṃ dhāma pavitraṃ paramañca yat tasmin(2) prakīrtite viṣṇau yat pāpaṃ tat praṇaśyatu

The supreme brahman, the supreme abode, and that which is pure and highest: when that Viṣṇu is proclaimed, let whatever sin there is perish.

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AgP 172.18

यत् प्राप्य न निवर्तन्ते गन्धस्पर्शदिवर्जितं सूरयस्तत् पदं विष्णोस्तत् सर्वं शमयत्वघं(३)

yat prāpya na nivartante gandhasparśadivarjitaṃ sūrayastat padaṃ viṣṇostat sarvaṃ śamayatvaghaṃ(3)

That state of Viṣṇu, free of smell, touch and the rest, on reaching which the wise do not return — let that quell all sin.

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AgP 172.19

पापप्रणाशनं स्तोत्रं यः पठेच्छृणुयादपि(४) :न् १ प्रशमात्यर्थमिति ख॥ , घ॥ , ज॥ च २ अस्मिन्निति घ॥ ३ सर्वं गमयत्वघमिति झ॥ ४ यः पटेच्छ्रद्धया नर इति ज॥ , झ॥ च । यः पठेच्छृणुयान्नर इति ञ॥ :प् १८३ शारीरैर् मानसैर् वाग्जैः कृतैः पपैः प्रमुच्यते

pāpapraṇāśanaṃ stotraṃ yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādapi(4) :n 1 praśamātyarthamiti kha.. , gha.. , ja.. ca 2 asminniti gha.. 3 sarvaṃ gamayatvaghamiti jha.. 4 yaḥ paṭecchraddhayā nara iti ja.. , jha.. ca / yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyānnara iti ña.. :p 183 śārīrair mānasair vāgjaiḥ kṛtaiḥ papaiḥ pramucyate

Whoever recites, or even hears, this hymn that destroys sin is freed from the sins committed by body, by mind, and by speech.

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AgP 172.20

सर्वपापग्रहादिभ्यो याति विष्णोः परं पदं तस्मात् पापे कृते जप्यं स्तोत्रं सर्वाघमर्दनं

sarvapāpagrahādibhyo yāti viṣṇoḥ paraṃ padaṃ tasmāt pāpe kṛte japyaṃ stotraṃ sarvāghamardanaṃ

From all sins, malign planets and the like he goes to the supreme state of Viṣṇu; therefore, when a sin has been committed, this hymn that crushes all evil should be murmured.

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AgP 172.21

प्रायश्चित्तमघौघानां स्तोत्रं व्रतकृते वरं प्रायश्चित्तैः स्तोत्रजपैर् व्रतैर् नश्यति पातकं

prāyaścittamaghaughānāṃ stotraṃ vratakṛte varaṃ prāyaścittaiḥ stotrajapair vratair naśyati pātakaṃ

The hymn is the expiation for floods of sin, and it is excellent for the performance of vows; by expiations, by mutterings of the hymn, and by vows, sin is destroyed.

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AgP 172.22

ततः कार्याणि(१) संसिद्ध्यै तानि वै भुक्तिमुक्तये ॥२२

tataḥ kāryāṇi(1) saṃsiddhyai tāni vai bhuktimuktaye //22

Therefore these (rites) are to be performed for full success; they indeed serve for enjoyment and for liberation.

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