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Agni Purana — Chapter 195

AgP 195.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे तिथिव्रतानि नाम चतुर्नवत्यधिकतशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ :प् २२६ छप्तेर् {१९५} :श् अथ पञ्चनवत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः वारव्रतानि अग्निर् उवाच वारव्रतानि वक्ष्यामि भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदानि हि करं पुनर्वसुः सूर्ये स्नाने सर्वौषधी शुभा

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe tithivratāni nāma caturnavatyadhikataśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || :p 226 chapter {195} :ś atha pañcanavatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ vāravratāni agnir uvāca vāravratāni vakṣyāmi bhuktimuktipradāni hi karaṃ punarvasuḥ sūrye snāne sarvauṣadhī śubhā

[Editorial:] Thus, in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa, the one hundred ninety-fourth chapter, called "The Vows of the Lunar Days." [Page] 226, chapter 195. [Section heading:] Now the one hundred ninety-fifth chapter: the vows of the weekdays. Agni said: I shall declare the weekday vows, which indeed bestow enjoyment and liberation. Hasta, Punarvasu, on a Sunday: for bathing, every herb is auspicious.

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AgP 195.2

श्राध्हौ चादित्यवारे तु सप्तजन्मस्वरोगभाक् सङ्क्रान्तौ सूर्यवारो यः सो ऽर्कस्य हृदयः शुभः

śrādhhau cādityavāre tu saptajanmasvarogabhāk saṅkrāntau sūryavāro yaḥ so 'rkasya hṛdayaḥ śubhaḥ

And (performing) a śrāddha on a Sunday, one enjoys freedom from disease for seven births. The Sunday that falls on a solstitial/zodiacal transit — that is the auspicious "heart of the sun."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AgP 195.3

कृत्वा हस्ते सूर्यवारं नक्तेनाब्दं स सर्वभाक् चित्राभसोमवाराणि सप्त कृत्वा सुखी भवेत्

kṛtvā haste sūryavāraṃ naktenābdaṃ sa sarvabhāk citrābhasomavārāṇi sapta kṛtvā sukhī bhavet

Having observed a Sunday falling in Hasta with the night-meal for a year, he becomes a partaker of everything; having done seven Mondays falling in Citrā, one becomes happy.

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AgP 195.4

स्वात्यां गृहीत्वा चाङ्गारं सप्तनक्त्यार्तिवर्जितः विशाखायां बुधं गृह्य सप्तनक्ती ग्रहार्तिनुत्

svātyāṃ gṛhītvā cāṅgāraṃ saptanaktyārtivarjitaḥ viśākhāyāṃ budhaṃ gṛhya saptanaktī grahārtinut

Having taken up Mars in Svātī, with seven night-meals he is freed from affliction; taking up Mercury in Viśākhā, with seven night-meals he dispels the affliction of the planets.

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AgP 195.5

अनुराधे देवगुरुं सप्तनक्ती ग्रहार्तिनुत्(१) शुक्रं ज्येष्ठासु सङ्गृह्य सप्तनक्ती ग्रहार्तिनुत्

anurādhe devaguruṃ saptanaktī grahārtinut(1) śukraṃ jyeṣṭhāsu saṅgṛhya saptanaktī grahārtinut

(Taking up) the teacher of the gods (Jupiter) in Anurādhā, with seven night-meals he dispels the affliction of the planets; taking up Venus in the Jyeṣṭhās, with seven night-meals he dispels the affliction of the planets.

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AgP 195.6

मूले शनैश् चरं गृह्य सप्तनक्ती ग्रहार्तिनुत्

mūle śanaiś caraṃ gṛhya saptanaktī grahārtinut

Taking up Saturn in Mūla, with seven night-meals he dispels the affliction of the planets.

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