Agni Purana — Chapter 187

AgP 187.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे दशमीव्रतानि नाम षडशीत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ :न् १ महाकौशिकं मण्डपे इति घ॥ , ञ॥ च २ पिष्टमयं हुनोदिति ख॥ , छ॥ च :प् २१५ छप्तेर् {१८७} :श् अथ सप्ताशीत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः एकादशीव्रतं अग्निर् उवाच एकादशीव्रतं वक्ष्ये भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदायाकं दशम्यान्नियताहारो मांसमैथुनवर्जितः(१)

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe daśamīvratāni nāma ṣaḍaśītyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || :n 1 mahākauśikaṃ maṇḍape iti gha.. , ña.. ca 2 piṣṭamayaṃ hunoditi kha.. , cha.. ca :p 215 chapter {187} :ś atha saptāśītyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ ekādaśīvrataṃ agnir uvāca ekādaśīvrataṃ vakṣye bhuktimuktipradāyākaṃ daśamyānniyatāhāro māṃsamaithunavarjitaḥ(1)

[Thus in the Agni Mahāpurāṇa the one hundred eighty-sixth chapter, called "The Vows of the Tenth Day." Notes: 1. 'Mahākauśika in the pavilion' in MSS gha and ña. 2. 'he offers the dough (effigy) in the fire' in MSS kha and cha. Page 215. Chapter 187. Now the one hundred eighty-seventh chapter: the vow of the eleventh day.] Agni said: I shall declare the vow of the eleventh day, which bestows enjoyment and liberation: on the tenth, with restricted food, abstaining from meat and sexual intercourse,

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AgP 187.2

एकदश्यां न भुञ्जीत पक्षयोरुभयोरपि द्वादश्येकादशी यत्र तत्र सन्निहितो हरिः

ekadaśyāṃ na bhuñjīta pakṣayorubhayorapi dvādaśyekādaśī yatra tatra sannihito hariḥ

One should not eat on the eleventh, in either of the two fortnights. Where the eleventh (extends into) the twelfth, there Hari is present.

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AgP 187.3

तत्र(२) क्रतुशतं पुण्यं त्रयोदश्यां तु पारणे एकादशी कला यत्र परतो द्वादशो गता(३)

tatra(2) kratuśataṃ puṇyaṃ trayodaśyāṃ tu pāraṇe ekādaśī kalā yatra parato dvādaśo gatā(3)

There (accrues) the merit of a hundred sacrifices when the fast is broken on the thirteenth. Where a portion of the eleventh (remains), beyond it the twelfth has passed.

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AgP 187.4

तत्र क्रतुशतं पुण्यन्त्रयोदश्यान्तु पारणे दशम्येकादशीमिश्रा नोपोष्या नरकप्रदा

tatra kratuśataṃ puṇyantrayodaśyāntu pāraṇe daśamyekādaśīmiśrā nopoṣyā narakapradā

There (accrues) the merit of a hundred sacrifices when the fast is broken on the thirteenth. The eleventh mixed with the tenth is not to be fasted upon: it leads to hell.

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AgP 187.5

एकादश्यान्निराहारो भुक्त्वा चैवापरे ऽहनि भोक्ष्ये ऽहं पुण्डरीकाक्ष शरणं मे भवाच्युत

ekādaśyānnirāhāro bhuktvā caivāpare 'hani bhokṣye 'haṃ puṇḍarīkākṣa śaraṇaṃ me bhavācyuta

Taking no food on the eleventh, and eating on the following day: "I shall eat, O lotus-eyed one; be my refuge, O Acyuta!"

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AgP 187.6

एकादश्यां सिते पक्षे पुष्यर्क्षन्तु यदा भवेत् सोपोष्पाक्षय्यफलदा प्रोक्ता सा पापनाशिनी

ekādaśyāṃ site pakṣe puṣyarkṣantu yadā bhavet sopoṣpākṣayyaphaladā proktā sā pāpanāśinī

When on the eleventh in the bright fortnight the asterism Puṣya occurs, that (day), fasted upon, gives imperishable fruit; it is declared to destroy sins.

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AgP 187.7

एकादशी द्वादशी या श्रवणेन च संयुता विजया सा तिथिः प्रोक्ता भक्तानां विजयप्रदा

ekādaśī dvādaśī yā śravaṇena ca saṃyutā vijayā sā tithiḥ proktā bhaktānāṃ vijayapradā

That eleventh or twelfth which is joined with (the asterism) Śravaṇa — that lunar day is called Vijayā, granting victory to the devotees.

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AgP 187.8

एषैव फाल्गुने मासि पुष्यर्क्षेण च संयुता :न् १ मधुमांसैर् विवर्जित इति ग॥ २ अत्रेति ख॥ , छ॥ , ज॥ च ३ द्वादशी मतेति घ॥ , ञ॥ च । द्वादशी भवेदिति ङ॥ , झ॥ च :प् २१६ विजया प्रोच्यते सद्भिः कोटिकोटिगुणोत्तरा(१)

eṣaiva phālgune māsi puṣyarkṣeṇa ca saṃyutā :n 1 madhumāṃsair vivarjita iti ga.. 2 atreti kha.. , cha.. , ja.. ca 3 dvādaśī mateti gha.. , ña.. ca / dvādaśī bhavediti ṅa.. , jha.. ca :p 216 vijayā procyate sadbhiḥ koṭikoṭiguṇottarā(1)

This same (day), in the month of Phālguna, joined with the asterism Puṣya — [Notes: 1. 'abstaining from honey and meat' in MS ga. 2. 'atra' in MSS kha, cha, ja. 3. 'the twelfth is intended' in MSS gha, ña; 'it becomes the twelfth' in MSS ṅa, jha. Page 216] — is called Vijayā by the good, surpassing (others) by ten million times ten million.

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AgP 187.9

एकादश्यां विष्णुपूजा(२) कार्या सर्वोपकारिणी(३) धनवान् पुत्रवान् लोके विष्णुलोके महीयते

ekādaśyāṃ viṣṇupūjā(2) kāryā sarvopakāriṇī(3) dhanavān putravān loke viṣṇuloke mahīyate

On the eleventh the worship of Viṣṇu is to be performed, which benefits all. (The performer becomes) rich and possessed of sons in this world, and is honoured in Viṣṇu's world.

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