Agni Purana — Chapter 183
AgP 183.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे सप्तमीव्रतानि नाम द्व्यशीत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ :न् १ मार्गशीर्षे चरेद्व्रतमिति घ॥ , ज॥ , झ॥ , ट॥ च २ सर्वथा भुक्तिमुक्तिदमिति घ॥ , ज॥ , झ॥ च :प् २०८ छप्तेर् {१८३} :श् अथ त्र्यशीत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः अष्टमीव्रतानि अग्निर् उवाच वक्ष्ये व्रतानि चाष्टम्यां रोहिण्यां प्रथमं व्रतं मासि भाद्रपदे ऽष्टभ्यां रोहिण्यामर्धरात्रके
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe saptamīvratāni nāma dvyaśītyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || :n 1 mārgaśīrṣe caredvratamiti gha.. , ja.. , jha.. , ṭa.. ca 2 sarvathā bhuktimuktidamiti gha.. , ja.. , jha.. ca :p 208 chapter {183} :ś atha tryaśītyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ aṣṭamīvratāni agnir uvāca vakṣye vratāni cāṣṭamyāṃ rohiṇyāṃ prathamaṃ vrataṃ māsi bhādrapade 'ṣṭabhyāṃ rohiṇyāmardharātrake
Thus (ends) in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa the one hundred and eighty-second chapter, called 'The Seventh-day Observances'. [Variant readings: 1 'one should perform the observance in Mārgaśīrṣa' — mss. gha, ja, jha, ṭa; 2 'giving enjoyment and liberation in every way' — mss. gha, ja, jha. p. 208] Chapter 183. Now the one hundred and eighty-third chapter: the Eighth-day Observances. Agni said: I shall declare the observances on the eighth; the first observance is on (the eighth joined with) Rohiṇī: in the month of Bhādrapada, on the eighth, in Rohiṇī, at midnight —
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AgP 183.2
कृष्णो जातो यतस्तस्यां जयन्ती स्यात्ततो ऽष्टमी सप्तजन्मकृतात् पापात् मुच्यते चोपवासतः
kṛṣṇo jāto yatastasyāṃ jayantī syāttato 'ṣṭamī saptajanmakṛtāt pāpāt mucyate copavāsataḥ
— since Kṛṣṇa was born on that (day), therefore that eighth is (called) Jayantī; and by fasting (on it) one is freed from the sin committed in seven births.
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AgP 183.3
कृष्णपक्षे भाद्रपदे अष्टम्यां रोहिणीयुते उपाषितोर्चयेत् कृष्णं(१) भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदायकं
kṛṣṇapakṣe bhādrapade aṣṭamyāṃ rohiṇīyute upāṣitorcayet kṛṣṇaṃ(1) bhuktimuktipradāyakaṃ
In the dark fortnight, in Bhādrapada, on the eighth joined with Rohiṇī, having fasted one should worship Kṛṣṇa — (that worship) bestows enjoyment and liberation.
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AgP 183.4
आवाहयाम्यहं कृष्णं बलभद्रञ्च देवकीं वसुदेवं यशोदाङ्गाः(२) पूजयामि नमो ऽस्तु ते
āvāhayāmyahaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ balabhadrañca devakīṃ vasudevaṃ yaśodāṅgāḥ(2) pūjayāmi namo 'stu te
I invoke Kṛṣṇa and Balabhadra, and Devakī, Vasudeva and Yaśodā — I worship (them as your) members; homage be to you.
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AgP 183.5
योगाय योगपतये योगेशाय नमो नमः योगादिसम्भावयैव गोविन्दाय नमो नमः
yogāya yogapataye yogeśāya namo namaḥ yogādisambhāvayaiva govindāya namo namaḥ
Homage, homage to Yoga, to the lord of yoga, to the master of yoga; homage, homage to Govinda, the very source of yoga and the rest.
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AgP 183.6
स्नानं कृष्णाय दद्यात्तु अर्घ्यं चानेन दापयेत् यज्ञाय यज्ञेश्वराय यज्ञानां पतये नमः
snānaṃ kṛṣṇāya dadyāttu arghyaṃ cānena dāpayet yajñāya yajñeśvarāya yajñānāṃ pataye namaḥ
One should offer the bath to Kṛṣṇa, and should have the water-offering presented with this (mantra): Homage to sacrifice, to the lord of sacrifice, to the master of sacrifices.
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AgP 183.7
यज्ञादिसंभवायैव गोविन्दाय नमो नमः गृहाण देव पुष्पाणि सुगन्धीनि प्रियाणि ते
yajñādisaṃbhavāyaiva govindāya namo namaḥ gṛhāṇa deva puṣpāṇi sugandhīni priyāṇi te
Homage, homage to Govinda, the very source of sacrifice and the rest. Receive, O god, these flowers, fragrant, dear to you.
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AgP 183.8
सर्वकामप्रदो देव भव मे देववन्दित धूपधूपित धूपं त्वं धूपितैस्त्वं गृहाण मे
sarvakāmaprado deva bhava me devavandita dhūpadhūpita dhūpaṃ tvaṃ dhūpitaistvaṃ gṛhāṇa me
Become for me the giver of all desires, O god praised by the gods. O you perfumed with incense, receive from me the incense, with fragrant things.
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AgP 183.9
सुगन्ध धूपगन्धाढ्यं कुरु मां सर्वदा हरे :न् १ विष्णुमिति ट॥ २ यशोदाञ्चेति ङ॥ , ज॥ च :प् २०९ दीपदीप्त महादीपं दीपदीप्तद सर्वदा(१)
sugandha dhūpagandhāḍhyaṃ kuru māṃ sarvadā hare :n 1 viṣṇumiti ṭa.. 2 yaśodāñceti ṅa.. , ja.. ca :p 209 dīpadīpta mahādīpaṃ dīpadīptada sarvadā(1)
O fragrant one, make me ever rich in the fragrance of incense, O Hari. [Variant readings: 1 'Viṣṇu' — ms. ṭa; 2 'yaśodāṃ ca' — mss. ṅa, ja. p. 209] O you blazing with lamps, ever giver of the lamp's blaze, (accept) this great lamp —
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AgP 183.10
मया दत्तं गृहाण त्वं कुरु चोर्ध्वगतिं च मां विश्वाय विश्वपतये विश्वेशाय नमो नमः(२)
mayā dattaṃ gṛhāṇa tvaṃ kuru cordhvagatiṃ ca māṃ viśvāya viśvapataye viśveśāya namo namaḥ(2)
Accept what has been given by me, and make me (attain) the upward course. Homage, homage to the All, to the Lord of the All, to the Ruler of the All.
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AgP 183.11
विश्वादिसम्भवायैव गोविन्दाय निवेदितं धर्माय धर्मपतये दर्मेशाय नमो नमः
viśvādisambhavāyaiva govindāya niveditaṃ dharmāya dharmapataye darmeśāya namo namaḥ
To him alone from whom the All and the rest arose, to Govinda, (this) is offered. Homage, homage to Dharma, to the Lord of Dharma, to the Ruler of Dharma.
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AgP 183.12
धर्मादिसम्भवायैव गोविन्दशयनं कुरु सर्वाय सर्वपतये सर्वेशाय नमओ नमः
dharmādisambhavāyaiva govindaśayanaṃ kuru sarvāya sarvapataye sarveśāya namao namaḥ
To him alone from whom Dharma and the rest arose — make Govinda's bed. Homage, homage to the All-in-all, to the Lord of all, to the Ruler of all.
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AgP 183.13
सर्वादिसम्भवायैव गोविन्दाय च पावनं(३) क्षीरोदार्णवसम्भूत अत्रिनेत्रसमुद्भव
sarvādisambhavāyaiva govindāya ca pāvanaṃ(3) kṣīrodārṇavasambhūta atrinetrasamudbhava
To him alone from whom all things and the rest arose, to Govinda, the purifying (offering is made). O you born from the ocean of milk, O you arisen from the eye of Atri,
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AgP 183.14
गृहाणार्घ्यं शशाङ्केदं रोहिण्या सहितो मम स्थण्डिले स्थापयेद्देवं सचन्द्रां रोहिणीं यजेत्
gṛhāṇārghyaṃ śaśāṅkedaṃ rohiṇyā sahito mama sthaṇḍile sthāpayeddevaṃ sacandrāṃ rohiṇīṃ yajet
accept this water-offering, O moon, together with Rohiṇī, from me. On the altar-ground one should set up the god, and worship Rohiṇī along with the moon.
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AgP 183.15
देवकीं वसुदेवं च यशोदां नन्दकं बलं अर्धरात्रे परोधाराः पातयेद् गुडसर्पिषा
devakīṃ vasudevaṃ ca yaśodāṃ nandakaṃ balaṃ ardharātre parodhārāḥ pātayed guḍasarpiṣā
(He should worship) Devakī and Vasudeva, and Yaśodā, Nanda, and Bala; at midnight he should pour out streams of milk with molasses and ghee.
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AgP 183.16
वस्त्रहेमादिकं दद्याद्ब्राह्मणान् भोजयेद्व्रती जन्माष्टमीव्रतकरः पुत्रवान्विष्णुलोकभाक्(४)
vastrahemādikaṃ dadyādbrāhmaṇān bhojayedvratī janmāṣṭamīvratakaraḥ putravānviṣṇulokabhāk(4)
He should give cloth, gold and the like, and the observer of the vow should feed brahmins. One who performs the vow of the eighth day of (Kṛṣṇa's) birth gains sons and a share in Viṣṇu's world.
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AgP 183.17
वर्षे वर्षे तु यः कुर्यात् पुत्रार्थी वेत्ति नो भयं(५) पुत्रान् देहि धनं देहि आयुरारोग्यसन्ततिं
varṣe varṣe tu yaḥ kuryāt putrārthī vetti no bhayaṃ(5) putrān dehi dhanaṃ dehi āyurārogyasantatiṃ
And he who performs it year after year, desiring sons, knows no fear. "Give (me) sons, give (me) wealth, long life, health and offspring;
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AgP 183.18
धर्मं कामं च सौभाग्यं स्वर्गं मोक्षं च देहि मे
dharmaṃ kāmaṃ ca saubhāgyaṃ svargaṃ mokṣaṃ ca dehi me
give me dharma, pleasure, good fortune, heaven and liberation."
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