Agni Purana — Chapter 175
AgP 175.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे प्रायश्चित्तानि नाम चतुःसप्तत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {१७५} :श् अथ पञ्चसप्त्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः व्रतपरिभाषा अग्निर् उवाच तिथिवारर्क्षदिवसमासर्त्वब्दार्कसङ्क्रमे नृस्त्रीव्रतादि(२) वक्ष्यामि वसिष्ठ शृणु तत् क्रमात्
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe prāyaścittāni nāma catuḥsaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {175} :ś atha pañcasaptyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ vrataparibhāṣā agnir uvāca tithivārarkṣadivasamāsartvabdārkasaṅkrame nṛstrīvratādi(2) vakṣyāmi vasiṣṭha śṛṇu tat kramāt
[Colophon:] Thus, in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa, the one hundred and seventy-fourth chapter, called 'The Expiations'. || Chapter 175: [Heading:] Now the one hundred and seventy-fifth chapter: the definition of vows. Agni said: Concerning tithi, weekday, asterism, day, month, season, year and the sun's transit, I shall declare the vows and the rest for men and women; Vasiṣṭha, hear that in order.
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AgP 175.2
:न् १ स्मृतयः श्रुतयो व्रतमिति क॥ , घ॥ , ङ॥ , ञ॥ च । अहं ब्रह्मेत्यादिः, तपोव्रतमित्यन्तः पाठः ग॥ पुस्तके नास्ति २ पुंस्त्री व्रतादीति ङ॥ , ञ॥ च :प् १९२ शास्त्रोदितो हि नियमो व्रतं तच्च तपो मतं नियमास्तु विशेषास्तु व्रतस्यैव दमादयः
:n 1 smṛtayaḥ śrutayo vratamiti ka.. , gha.. , ṅa.. , ña.. ca / ahaṃ brahmetyādiḥ, tapovratamityantaḥ pāṭhaḥ ga.. pustake nāsti 2 puṃstrī vratādīti ṅa.. , ña.. ca :p 192 śāstrodito hi niyamo vrataṃ tacca tapo mataṃ niyamāstu viśeṣāstu vratasyaiva damādayaḥ
[Apparatus: manuscript variants and page number.] For a rule laid down in scripture is a vow, and that is held to be austerity; the observances, however, are the particular features of that very vow — self-restraint and the rest.
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AgP 175.3
व्रतं हि कर्तृसन्तापात्तप इत्य् अभिधीयते इन्द्रियग्रामनियमान्नियमश्चाभिधीयते
vrataṃ hi kartṛsantāpāttapa ity abhidhīyate indriyagrāmaniyamānniyamaścābhidhīyate
A vow (vrata) is called "austerity" (tapas) because of the mortification of the one who performs it; and because of the restraining of the host of the senses it is called "restraint" (niyama).
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AgP 175.4
अनग्नयस्तु ये विप्रास्तेषां श्रेयो ऽभिधीयते व्रतोपवासनियमैर् नानादानैस् तथा द्विजः
anagnayastu ye viprāsteṣāṃ śreyo 'bhidhīyate vratopavāsaniyamair nānādānais tathā dvijaḥ
But as for those brahmins who maintain no (sacred) fires, for them the good is declared (to lie) in vows, fasts and restraints, and likewise the twice-born (attains it) by various gifts.
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AgP 175.5
ते स्युर्देवादयः(१) प्रीता भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदायकाः उपावृत्तस्य पापेभ्यो यस्तु वासो गुणैः सह
te syurdevādayaḥ(1) prītā bhuktimuktipradāyakāḥ upāvṛttasya pāpebhyo yastu vāso guṇaiḥ saha
By these the gods and the rest become pleased and grant enjoyment and liberation. But when one has turned away from sins, that dwelling (of his) together with the virtues—
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AgP 175.6
उपवासः स विज्ञेयः सर्वभोगविवर्जितः(२) कांस्यं मांसं मसूरञ्च चणकं कोरदूषकं
upavāsaḥ sa vijñeyaḥ sarvabhogavivarjitaḥ(2) kāṃsyaṃ māṃsaṃ masūrañca caṇakaṃ koradūṣakaṃ
—that is to be known as the fast, devoid of all enjoyments. Bell-metal (vessels), meat, lentils, chickpeas, koradūṣaka grain,
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AgP 175.7
शाकं मधु परान्नञ्च(३) त्यजेदुपवसन् स्त्रियं पुष्पालङ्कारवस्त्राणि धूपगन्धनुलेपनं
śākaṃ madhu parānnañca(3) tyajedupavasan striyaṃ puṣpālaṅkāravastrāṇi dhūpagandhanulepanaṃ
greens, honey and another's food—these one fasting should give up; (also) woman, flowers, ornaments, garments, incense, perfume and unguent.
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AgP 175.8
उपवासे न शस्यन्ति दन्तधावनमञ्जनं दन्तकाष्ठं पञ्चगव्यं कृत्वा प्रातर्व्रतञ्चरेत्
upavāse na śasyanti dantadhāvanamañjanaṃ dantakāṣṭhaṃ pañcagavyaṃ kṛtvā prātarvratañcaret
In a fast, tooth-cleaning and eye-salve are not commended. Having (used) a tooth-stick and the five products of the cow, one should undertake the vow in the morning.
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AgP 175.9
असकृज्जलपानाच्च ताम्बूलस्य च भक्षणात् उपवासः प्रदुष्येत दिवास्वप्नाच्च मैथुनात्
asakṛjjalapānācca tāmbūlasya ca bhakṣaṇāt upavāsaḥ praduṣyeta divāsvapnācca maithunāt
By drinking water repeatedly, and by chewing betel, and by sleeping in the daytime and by sexual intercourse, the fast is spoiled.
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AgP 175.10
क्षमा सत्यन्दया दानं शौचमिन्द्रियनिग्रहः देवपूजाग्निहरणं(४) सन्तोषो ऽस्तेयमेव च
kṣamā satyandayā dānaṃ śaucamindriyanigrahaḥ devapūjāgniharaṇaṃ(4) santoṣo 'steyameva ca
Patience, truth, compassion, giving, purity, control of the senses, worship of the gods, the fire-offering, contentment, and non-stealing—
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AgP 175.11
सर्वव्रतेष्वयं धर्मः सामान्यो दशधा स्मृतः पवित्राणि जपेच्चैव जुहुयाच्चैव शक्तितः
sarvavrateṣvayaṃ dharmaḥ sāmānyo daśadhā smṛtaḥ pavitrāṇi japeccaiva juhuyāccaiva śaktitaḥ
this tenfold duty is held to be common to all vows. And one should mutter the purificatory (verses) and make oblations according to one's ability.
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AgP 175.12
:न् १ तैः स्युर्देवादय इति ग॥ , छ॥ च २ सर्वपापविवर्जित इति ज॥ , झ॥ च । सर्वतः परिवर्जित इति छ॥ ३ शाकं दधि परान्नञ्चेति ख॥ , छ॥ च ४ देवपूजाग्निहवनमिति घ॥ , ट॥ च नित्यस्नायी मिताहारो(१) गुरुदेवद्विजार्चकः क्षारं क्षौद्रञ्च लवणं मधु मांसानि वर्जयेत्
:n 1 taiḥ syurdevādaya iti ga.. , cha.. ca 2 sarvapāpavivarjita iti ja.. , jha.. ca / sarvataḥ parivarjita iti cha.. 3 śākaṃ dadhi parānnañceti kha.. , cha.. ca 4 devapūjāgnihavanamiti gha.. , ṭa.. ca nityasnāyī mitāhāro(1) gurudevadvijārcakaḥ kṣāraṃ kṣaudrañca lavaṇaṃ madhu māṃsāni varjayet
[Apparatus: 1 'taiḥ syur devādayaḥ' in mss. ga and cha; 2 'sarvapāpavivarjitaḥ' in ja and jha, 'sarvataḥ parivarjitaḥ' in cha; 3 'śākaṃ dadhi parānnaṃ ca' in kha and cha; 4 'devapūjāgnihavanam' in gha and ṭa.] Bathing daily, eating measured food, honouring guru, gods and brahmins, one should avoid alkaline substances, honey-comb honey, salt, honey and meats.
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AgP 175.13
तिलमुद्गादृते शस्यं शस्ये गोधूमकोद्रवौ चीनकं देवधान्यञ्च शमीधान्यं तथैक्षवं(२)
tilamudgādṛte śasyaṃ śasye godhūmakodravau cīnakaṃ devadhānyañca śamīdhānyaṃ tathaikṣavaṃ(2)
Apart from sesame and mung beans, (there is) grain; among grains, wheat and kodrava, cīnaka, 'god-grain', pod-grain (legumes), and likewise what comes from sugar-cane;
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AgP 175.14
शितधान्यं तथा पुण्यं मूलं क्षारगणः स्मृतः व्रीहिषष्टिकमुद्गाश् च कलायाः सतिला यवाः
śitadhānyaṃ tathā puṇyaṃ mūlaṃ kṣāragaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ vrīhiṣaṣṭikamudgāś ca kalāyāḥ satilā yavāḥ
and likewise cooled grain (is) meritorious; the root is reckoned as belonging to the alkaline group. Rice, sixty-day rice, mung beans, peas, barley with sesame,
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AgP 175.15
श्यामाकाश् चैव नीवारा गोधूमाद्या व्रते हिताः कुष्माण्डालावुवार्ताकून् पालङ्कीम्पूतिकान्त्यजेत्
śyāmākāś caiva nīvārā godhūmādyā vrate hitāḥ kuṣmāṇḍālāvuvārtākūn pālaṅkīmpūtikāntyajet
śyāmāka millet and wild nīvāra rice, wheat and the rest, are suitable in a vow. One should give up pumpkins, bottle-gourds, egg-plants, spinach and pūtikā.
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AgP 175.16
चरुभैक्ष्यं शक्तुकणाः शाकन्दधि घृतं पयः श्यामाकशालिनीवारा यवकं मूलतण्डुलं
carubhaikṣyaṃ śaktukaṇāḥ śākandadhi ghṛtaṃ payaḥ śyāmākaśālinīvārā yavakaṃ mūlataṇḍulaṃ
Oblation-porridge, alms-food, barley-meal grits, greens, curds, ghee, milk, śyāmāka millet, śāli rice, nīvāra rice, barley-gruel, and rice with roots—
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AgP 175.17
हविष्यं व्रतनक्तादावग्निकार्यादिके हितं मधु मांसं विहायान्यद् व्रते वा हितमीरितं
haviṣyaṃ vratanaktādāvagnikāryādike hitaṃ madhu māṃsaṃ vihāyānyad vrate vā hitamīritaṃ
(this is) sacrificial food (haviṣya), suitable in a vow, in eating at night, and in fire-rites and the like. Or else, apart from honey and meat, anything else is said to be suitable in a vow.
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AgP 175.18
त्र्यहं प्रातस्त्र्यहं सायं त्र्यहमद्यादयाचितं त्र्यहम्परञ्च नाश्नीयात् प्राजापत्यञ्चरन् द्विजः
tryahaṃ prātastryahaṃ sāyaṃ tryahamadyādayācitaṃ tryahamparañca nāśnīyāt prājāpatyañcaran dvijaḥ
For three days (he should eat) in the morning, for three days in the evening, for three days he should eat what is unasked-for, and for the next three days he should not eat—(thus) the twice-born performing the Prājāpatya (penance).
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AgP 175.19
एकैकं ग्रासमश्नीयात् त्र्यहाणि त्रीणि पूर्ववत् त्र्यहञ्चोपवसेदन्त्यमतिकृच्छ्रं चरन् द्विजः
ekaikaṃ grāsamaśnīyāt tryahāṇi trīṇi pūrvavat tryahañcopavasedantyamatikṛcchraṃ caran dvijaḥ
He should eat a single mouthful each (day) for three sets of three days as before, and should fast the last three days—(thus) the twice-born performing the Atikṛcchra.
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AgP 175.20
गोमूत्रं गोमयं क्षीरं दधि सर्पिः कुशोदकं एकरात्रोपवासश् च कृच्छ्रं शान्तपनं स्मृतं
gomūtraṃ gomayaṃ kṣīraṃ dadhi sarpiḥ kuśodakaṃ ekarātropavāsaś ca kṛcchraṃ śāntapanaṃ smṛtaṃ
Cow's urine, cow-dung, milk, curds, ghee, water with kuśa grass, and a fast for one night: this is held to be the Śāntapana penance.
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AgP 175.21
पृथक् शान्तपनद्रव्यैः षडहः सोपवासकः सप्ताहेन तु कृच्छ्रो ऽयं महाशान्तपनो ऽघहा
pṛthak śāntapanadravyaiḥ ṣaḍahaḥ sopavāsakaḥ saptāhena tu kṛcchro 'yaṃ mahāśāntapano 'ghahā
With the substances of the Śāntapana separately, six days, together with a fast (on the seventh)—thus in seven days this penance is the Mahāśāntapana, destroyer of sin.
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AgP 175.22
द्वादशाहोपवासेन पराकः सर्वपापहा :न् १ यताहार इति घ॥ २ शमीधान्यं तथैव चेति ग॥ ,झ॥ च :प् १९४ महापराकस्त्रिगुणस्त्वयमेव प्रकीर्तितः
dvādaśāhopavāsena parākaḥ sarvapāpahā :n 1 yatāhāra iti gha.. 2 śamīdhānyaṃ tathaiva ceti ga.. ,jha.. ca :p 194 mahāparākastriguṇastvayameva prakīrtitaḥ
By a fast of twelve days (comes) the Parāka, destroyer of all sins. [Apparatus: 1 'yatāhāraḥ' in gha; 2 'śamīdhānyaṃ tathaiva ca' in ga and jha; p. 194] This same (penance) tripled is proclaimed the Mahāparāka.
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AgP 175.23
पौर्णमास्यां पञ्चदशग्रास्यमावास्यभोजनः एकापाये ततो वृद्धौ चान्द्रायणमतो ऽन्यथा
paurṇamāsyāṃ pañcadaśagrāsyamāvāsyabhojanaḥ ekāpāye tato vṛddhau cāndrāyaṇamato 'nyathā
On the full-moon day (he eats) fifteen mouthfuls, on the new-moon day (his) eating (ceases); by the loss of one (mouthful daily) and then by increase — this is the cāndrāyaṇa, otherwise (done) in the reverse way.
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AgP 175.24
कपिलागोः पलं मूत्रं अर्धाङ्गुष्ठञ्च गोमयं क्षीरं सप्तपलन्दद्यात् दध्नश् चैव पलद्वयं(१)
kapilāgoḥ palaṃ mūtraṃ ardhāṅguṣṭhañca gomayaṃ kṣīraṃ saptapalandadyāt dadhnaś caiva paladvayaṃ(1)
Of a tawny cow: one pala of urine, and dung the measure of half a thumb; he should give seven palas of milk, and two palas of curd.
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AgP 175.25
घृतमेकपलन्दद्यात् पलमेकं कुशोदकं गयत्र्या गृह्य गोमूत्रं गन्धद्वारेति गोमयं
ghṛtamekapalandadyāt palamekaṃ kuśodakaṃ gayatryā gṛhya gomūtraṃ gandhadvāreti gomayaṃ
He should give one pala of ghee and one pala of kuśa-water; taking the cow's urine with the Gāyatrī, the dung with 'gandhadvārā...',
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AgP 175.26
आप्यायस्वेति च क्षीरं दधिक्राव्णेति वै दधि तेजो ऽसीति तथा चाज्यं देवस्येति कुशोदकं(२)
āpyāyasveti ca kṣīraṃ dadhikrāvṇeti vai dadhi tejo 'sīti tathā cājyaṃ devasyeti kuśodakaṃ(2)
and the milk with 'āpyāyasva', the curd with 'dadhikrāvṇo', likewise the clarified butter with 'tejo 'si', and the kuśa-water with 'devasya (tvā)'.
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AgP 175.27
ब्रह्मकूर्चो भवत्येवं आपो हिष्ठेत्यृचं जपेत् अघमर्षणसूक्तेन संयोज्य प्रणवेन वा
brahmakūrco bhavatyevaṃ āpo hiṣṭhetyṛcaṃ japet aghamarṣaṇasūktena saṃyojya praṇavena vā
Thus the brahmakūrca comes to be; he should mutter the verse 'āpo hi ṣṭhā', combining (it) with the aghamarṣaṇa hymn or with the praṇava.
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AgP 175.28
पीत्वा सर्वाघनिर्मुक्तो विष्णुलोकी ह्य् उपोषितः उपवासी सायम्भोजी यतिः षष्ठात्मकालवान्
pītvā sarvāghanirmukto viṣṇulokī hy upoṣitaḥ upavāsī sāyambhojī yatiḥ ṣaṣṭhātmakālavān
Having drunk (it) he is freed from all sin, and having fasted he goes to the world of Viṣṇu — (so too) a faster, one who eats in the evening, an ascetic, one who takes food at the sixth meal-time,
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AgP 175.29
मांसवर्जी चाश्वमेधी सत्यवादी दिवं व्रजेत् अग्न्याधेयं प्रतिष्ठाञ्च यज्ञदानव्रतानि च
māṃsavarjī cāśvamedhī satyavādī divaṃ vrajet agnyādheyaṃ pratiṣṭhāñca yajñadānavratāni ca
one who abstains from meat, one who has performed the horse-sacrifice, one who speaks truth — (such a one) goes to heaven. The setting up of the fires, an installation, sacrifices, gifts and vows,
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AgP 175.30
देवव्रतवृषोत्सर्गचूडाकरणमेखलाः माङ्गल्यमभिषेकञ्च मलमासे विवर्जयेत्
devavratavṛṣotsargacūḍākaraṇamekhalāḥ māṅgalyamabhiṣekañca malamāse vivarjayet
vows to the gods, the release of a bull, the tonsure rite, the girdling rites, an auspicious ceremony and a consecration — (these) one should avoid in the intercalary month.
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AgP 175.31
दर्शाद्दर्शस्तु चान्द्रः स्यात् त्रिंशाहश् चैव भावनः मासः सौरस्तु सङ्क्रान्तेर्नाक्षत्रो भविवर्तनात्
darśāddarśastu cāndraḥ syāt triṃśāhaś caiva bhāvanaḥ māsaḥ saurastu saṅkrānternākṣatro bhavivartanāt
From new moon to new moon is the lunar (month); the sāvana (month) consists of thirty days; the solar month is (reckoned) from the sun's passage (into a sign), the sidereal from the turning of the asterisms.
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AgP 175.32
सौरो मासो विवाहादौ यज्ञादौ सावनः स्मृतः(३) :न् १ दध्नश् चैव पलत्रयमिति घ॥ , ञ॥ , ट॥ च २ गायत्र्या इत्य् आदिः, कुशोदकमित्यन्तः पाठः छ॥ पुस्तके नास्ति ३ सावनो मत इति छ॥ :प् १९५ आव्धिके पितृकार्ये च चान्द्रो मासः प्रशस्यते
sauro māso vivāhādau yajñādau sāvanaḥ smṛtaḥ(3) :n 1 dadhnaś caiva palatrayamiti gha.. , ña.. , ṭa.. ca 2 gāyatryā ity ādiḥ, kuśodakamityantaḥ pāṭhaḥ cha.. pustake nāsti 3 sāvano mata iti cha.. :p 195 āvdhike pitṛkārye ca cāndro māsaḥ praśasyate
The solar month (is prescribed) for marriage and the like, the sāvana is held (right) for sacrifices and the like; and for the annual rite for the fathers the lunar month is commended.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 175.33
आषाढीमवधिं कृत्वा यः स्यात्पक्षस्तु पञ्चमः कुर्याच्छ्राद्धन्तत्र रविः कन्यां गच्छतु वा न वा
āṣāḍhīmavadhiṃ kṛtvā yaḥ syātpakṣastu pañcamaḥ kuryācchrāddhantatra raviḥ kanyāṃ gacchatu vā na vā
Making the Āṣāḍha full moon the starting limit, whichever is the fifth fortnight — there one should perform the śrāddha, whether or not the sun has entered Virgo.
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AgP 175.34
मासि संवत्सरे चैव तिथिद्वैधं यदा भवेत् तत्रोत्तरोत्तमा ज्ञेया पूर्वा तु स्यान् मलिम्लुचा
māsi saṃvatsare caiva tithidvaidhaṃ yadā bhavet tatrottarottamā jñeyā pūrvā tu syān malimlucā
When in a month or in a year there occurs a doubling of a lunar day, there the later is to be known as the best, while the earlier would be the 'thievish' (impure) one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 175.35
उपोषितव्यं नक्षत्रं येनास्तं याति भास्करः दिवा पुण्यास्तु तिथयो रात्रौ नक्तव्रते शुभाः
upoṣitavyaṃ nakṣatraṃ yenāstaṃ yāti bhāskaraḥ divā puṇyāstu tithayo rātrau naktavrate śubhāḥ
That asterism on which the sun sets is the one on which the fast is to be kept; by day the lunar days are meritorious, at night they are auspicious for the nakta vow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 175.36
युग्माग्निकृतभूतानि(१) षण्मुन्योर्वसुरन्ध्रयोः रुद्रेण द्वादशो युक्ता चतुर्दश्याथ(२) पूर्णिमा
yugmāgnikṛtabhūtāni(1) ṣaṇmunyorvasurandhrayoḥ rudreṇa dvādaśo yuktā caturdaśyātha(2) pūrṇimā
The pair (second) with the third, the fourth with the fifth, the sixth with the seventh, the eighth with the ninth; the twelfth is joined with the eleventh, and the full-moon day with the fourteenth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 175.37
प्रतिपदा त्वमावास्या तिथ्योर्युग्मं महाफलं एतद्व्यस्तं महाघोरं हन्ति पुण्यं पुराकृतं
pratipadā tvamāvāsyā tithyoryugmaṃ mahāphalaṃ etadvyastaṃ mahāghoraṃ hanti puṇyaṃ purākṛtaṃ
But the new-moon day (is paired) with the first; the pairing of the lunar days is of great fruit. Reversed, this is most dreadful and destroys the merit earned before.
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AgP 175.38
नरेन्द्रमन्त्रिव्रतिनां(३) विवाहोपद्रवादिषु सद्यः शौचं समाख्यातं कान्तारापदि संषदि
narendramantrivratināṃ(3) vivāhopadravādiṣu sadyaḥ śaucaṃ samākhyātaṃ kāntārāpadi saṃṣadi
For a king, a minister, and one under a vow, in marriages, calamities and the like, immediate purification is prescribed, (also) in a wilderness, in distress, and in an assembly.
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AgP 175.39
आरब्धदीर्घतपसां न राजा व्रतहा स्त्रियाः गर्भिणी सूतिका नक्तं कुमारी च रजस्वला
ārabdhadīrghatapasāṃ na rājā vratahā striyāḥ garbhiṇī sūtikā naktaṃ kumārī ca rajasvalā
For those who have begun long austerities, the king is no destroyer of the vow; nor (is) a woman — one pregnant, one newly delivered, (nor) night, a young girl, or a menstruating woman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 175.40
यदाशुद्धा तदान्येन कारयेत क्रियाः सदा क्रोधात् प्रमादाल्लोभाद्वा व्रतभङ्गो भवेद्यदि
yadāśuddhā tadānyena kārayeta kriyāḥ sadā krodhāt pramādāllobhādvā vratabhaṅgo bhavedyadi
When she is impure, then she should always have the rites performed by another. If, from anger, from carelessness, or from greed, a breaking of the vow should occur,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 175.41
दिनत्रयं न भुञ्ञीत मुण्डनं शिरसो ऽथ वा असामर्थ्ये व्रतकृतौ पत्नीं वा कारयेत् सुतं
dinatrayaṃ na bhuññīta muṇḍanaṃ śiraso 'tha vā asāmarthye vratakṛtau patnīṃ vā kārayet sutaṃ
he should not eat for three days, or else (should undergo) shaving of the head. If unable to carry out the vow, he may have his wife or his son perform it.
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AgP 175.42
सूतके मृतके कार्त्यं प्रारब्धं पूजनोज्झितं व्रतस्थं मूर्छितं दुग्धपानाद्यैर् उद्धरेद् गुरुः
sūtake mṛtake kārtyaṃ prārabdhaṃ pūjanojjhitaṃ vratasthaṃ mūrchitaṃ dugdhapānādyair uddhared guruḥ
In (the impurity of) birth or of death, what has been begun is to be done, but without the worship. If one keeping a vow has fainted, the teacher should restore him with a drink of milk and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 175.43
:न् १ युग्माग्नियुगभूतानीति ज॥ , झ॥ च २ चतुर्दश्या चेति ग॥ ३ नरेन्द्रसत्रिव्रतिनामिति ख॥ , घ॥ , ज॥ , ञ॥ च :प् १९६ अष्तौ तान्यव्रतघ्नानि आपो मूलं फलं पयः हविर्ब्राह्मणकाम्या च गुरोर्वचनमौषधं
:n 1 yugmāgniyugabhūtānīti ja.. , jha.. ca 2 caturdaśyā ceti ga.. 3 narendrasatrivratināmiti kha.. , gha.. , ja.. , ña.. ca :p 196 aṣtau tānyavrataghnāni āpo mūlaṃ phalaṃ payaḥ havirbrāhmaṇakāmyā ca gurorvacanamauṣadhaṃ
These eight do not break a vow: water, a root, a fruit, milk, sacrificial oblation, a brahmin's wish, the teacher's word, and medicine.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 175.44
कीर्तिसन्ततिविद्यादिसौभाग्यारोग्यवृद्धये नैर्मल्यभुक्तिमुक्त्यर्थं कुर्वे व्रतपते व्रतं
kīrtisantatividyādisaubhāgyārogyavṛddhaye nairmalyabhuktimuktyarthaṃ kurve vratapate vrataṃ
For the increase of fame, offspring, learning and the like, of good fortune and health, and for the sake of purity, enjoyment and liberation, I undertake the vow, O lord of vows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 175.45
इदं व्रतं मया श्रेष्ठं गृहीतं पुरतस्तव निर्विघ्नां सिद्धिमायातु त्वत्प्रसादात् जगत्पते
idaṃ vrataṃ mayā śreṣṭhaṃ gṛhītaṃ puratastava nirvighnāṃ siddhimāyātu tvatprasādāt jagatpate
This excellent vow has been undertaken by me before you; may it come to unobstructed fulfilment by your grace, O lord of the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 175.46
गृहीते ऽस्मिन् व्रतवरे(१) यद्यपूर्णे म्रिये ह्य् अहं तत्सर्वं पूर्णमेवास्तु प्रसन्ने त्वयि सत्पतौ
gṛhīte 'smin vratavare(1) yadyapūrṇe mriye hy ahaṃ tatsarvaṃ pūrṇamevāstu prasanne tvayi satpatau
If, when this best of vows has been undertaken, I should die while it is unfulfilled, let all of it be complete indeed, since you, the true lord, are pleased.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 175.47
व्रतमूर्तिं जगद्भूतिं मण्डले सर्वसिद्धये आवहये नमस्तुभ्यं सन्निधीभव केशव
vratamūrtiṃ jagadbhūtiṃ maṇḍale sarvasiddhaye āvahaye namastubhyaṃ sannidhībhava keśava
For the accomplishment of everything I invoke into the maṇḍala (you who are) the embodiment of the vow, the well-being of the world; homage to you—be present, Keśava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 175.48
मनसा कल्पितैर् भक्त्या पञ्चगव्यैर् जलैः शुभैः पञ्चामृतैः स्नापयामि त्वं मे च भव पापहा
manasā kalpitair bhaktyā pañcagavyair jalaiḥ śubhaiḥ pañcāmṛtaiḥ snāpayāmi tvaṃ me ca bhava pāpahā
With the five products of the cow, with auspicious waters, with the five nectars, imagined in the mind with devotion, I bathe you; and be for me a destroyer of sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 175.49
गन्धपुष्पोदकैर् युक्तमर्घ्यमर्घ्यपते शुभं गृहाण पाद्यमाचाममर्घ्यार्हङ्कुरु मां सदा
gandhapuṣpodakair yuktamarghyamarghyapate śubhaṃ gṛhāṇa pādyamācāmamarghyārhaṅkuru māṃ sadā
Receive the auspicious guest-offering furnished with perfume, flowers and water, O lord of the arghya; (receive) the water for the feet and for sipping—make me always worthy of the arghya.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 175.50
वस्त्रं वस्त्रपते पुण्यं गृहाण कुरु मां सदा भूषणाद्यैः सुवस्त्राद्यैश्छादितं व्रतसत्पते
vastraṃ vastrapate puṇyaṃ gṛhāṇa kuru māṃ sadā bhūṣaṇādyaiḥ suvastrādyaiśchāditaṃ vratasatpate
Receive the meritorious garment, O lord of garments, and make me always covered with ornaments and fine clothes and the rest, O true lord of the vow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 175.51
सुगन्धिगन्धं विमलं गन्धमूर्ते गृहाण वै पापगन्धविहीनं मां कुरु त्वं हि सुगन्धिकं
sugandhigandhaṃ vimalaṃ gandhamūrte gṛhāṇa vai pāpagandhavihīnaṃ māṃ kuru tvaṃ hi sugandhikaṃ
Receive indeed the spotless, sweet-smelling perfume, O you whose form is fragrance; make me free of the smell of sin and fragrant.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 175.52
पुष्पं गृहाण पुष्पादिपूर्ण मां कुरु सर्वदा पुष्पगन्धं सुविमलं आयुरारोग्यवृद्धये
puṣpaṃ gṛhāṇa puṣpādipūrṇa māṃ kuru sarvadā puṣpagandhaṃ suvimalaṃ āyurārogyavṛddhaye
Receive the flower, O you who are full of flowers and the rest; make me always (so). (Receive) the flower's fragrance, most pure, for the increase of life and health.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 175.53
दशाङ्गं गुग्गुलुघृतयुक्तं धूपं गृहाण वै सधूप धूपित मां त्वं कुरु धूपितसत्पते
daśāṅgaṃ guggulughṛtayuktaṃ dhūpaṃ gṛhāṇa vai sadhūpa dhūpita māṃ tvaṃ kuru dhūpitasatpate
Receive the ten-ingredient incense mixed with bdellium and ghee, O you who possess incense; make me fumigated, O true lord of the fumigated.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 175.54
:न् १ व्रते देव इति ग॥ , घ॥ , ज॥ , झ॥ , ञ॥ , ट॥ च :प् १९७ दीपमूर्धशिखं दीप्तं गृहाणाखिलभासकं दीपमूर्ते प्रकाशाढ्यं सर्वदोर्ध्वगतिं कुरु
:n 1 vrate deva iti ga.. , gha.. , ja.. , jha.. , ña.. , ṭa.. ca :p 197 dīpamūrdhaśikhaṃ dīptaṃ gṛhāṇākhilabhāsakaṃ dīpamūrte prakāśāḍhyaṃ sarvadordhvagatiṃ kuru
Receive the blazing lamp with its flame at the top, that illuminates everything; O you whose form is the lamp, rich in light, grant (me) ever an upward course.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 175.55
अन्नादिकञ्च नैवेद्यं गृहाणान्नादि सत्पते अन्नादिपूर्णं कुरु मामन्नदं सर्वदायकं
annādikañca naivedyaṃ gṛhāṇānnādi satpate annādipūrṇaṃ kuru māmannadaṃ sarvadāyakaṃ
Receive too the food-offering consisting of food and the rest, O true lord of food and the rest; make me full of food and the rest, a giver of food, a giver of all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 175.56
मन्त्रहीनं क्रियाहीनं भक्तिहीनं मया प्रभो यत् पूजितं व्रतपते परिपूर्णन्तदसु मे
mantrahīnaṃ kriyāhīnaṃ bhaktihīnaṃ mayā prabho yat pūjitaṃ vratapate paripūrṇantadasu me
Whatever worship has been done by me lacking mantra, lacking proper rite, lacking devotion, O lord, O lord of the vow, make that complete for me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 175.57
धर्मं देहि धनं देहि सौभाग्यं गुणसन्ततिं कीर्तिं विद्यां(१) देहि चायुः स्वर्गं मोक्षञ्च देहि मे
dharmaṃ dehi dhanaṃ dehi saubhāgyaṃ guṇasantatiṃ kīrtiṃ vidyāṃ(1) dehi cāyuḥ svargaṃ mokṣañca dehi me
Give righteousness, give wealth, good fortune, a succession of virtues; give fame and learning, and give me long life, heaven and liberation.
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AgP 175.58
इमां पूजां व्रतपते गृहीत्वा व्रज साम्प्रतं पुनरागमनायैव वरदानाय वै प्रभो
imāṃ pūjāṃ vratapate gṛhītvā vraja sāmprataṃ punarāgamanāyaiva varadānāya vai prabho
Having accepted this worship, O lord of the vow, depart now—only so as to come again, indeed to grant a boon, O lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 175.59
स्नात्वा व्रतवता सर्वव्रतेषु व्रतमूर्तयः पूज्याः सुवर्णजास्ता वै शक्त्या वै भूमिशायिना
snātvā vratavatā sarvavrateṣu vratamūrtayaḥ pūjyāḥ suvarṇajāstā vai śaktyā vai bhūmiśāyinā
In all vows the images of the vow, made of gold, are to be worshipped, after bathing, by the vow-keeper who sleeps on the ground, according to his means.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 175.60
जपो होमश् च सामान्यव्रतान्ते दानमेव च चतुर्विंशा द्वादश वा पञ्च वा त्रय एककः
japo homaś ca sāmānyavratānte dānameva ca caturviṃśā dvādaśa vā pañca vā traya ekakaḥ
At the end of an ordinary vow there is muttering of prayer, oblation, and giving; (the brahmins be) twenty-four, or twelve, or five, or three, or one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 175.61
विप्राः प्रपूज्या गुरवो(२) भोज्याः शक्त्या तु दक्षिणा देया गावः सुवर्णाद्याः पादुकोपानहौ पृथक्
viprāḥ prapūjyā guravo(2) bhojyāḥ śaktyā tu dakṣiṇā deyā gāvaḥ suvarṇādyāḥ pādukopānahau pṛthak
Brahmins are to be honoured, elders to be fed, and a fee is to be given according to one's means: cows, gold and the like, and sandals and shoes separately.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 175.62
जलपात्रञ्चान्नपात्रमृत्तिकाच्छत्रमासनं(३) शय्या वस्त्रयुगं कुम्भाः परिभाषेयमीरिता
jalapātrañcānnapātramṛttikācchatramāsanaṃ(3) śayyā vastrayugaṃ kumbhāḥ paribhāṣeyamīritā
A water vessel and a food vessel, earth, a parasol, a seat, a bed, a pair of garments, pots—this general rule has been declared.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition