Agni Purana — Chapter 2
AgP 2.1
:ए इत्य् आदिमहापुराणे आग्नेये प्रश्नो नाम प्रथमोध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {२} :श् अथ द्वितीयो ऽध्यायः मत्स्यावतारवर्णनं वशिष्ठ उवाच मत्स्यादिरूपिणं विष्णुं ब्रूहि सर्गादिकारणम् पुराणं ब्रह्म चाग्नेयं यथा विष्णोः पुरा श्रुतम्
:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye praśno nāma prathamodhyāyaḥ || chapter {2} :ś atha dvitīyo 'dhyāyaḥ matsyāvatāravarṇanaṃ vaśiṣṭha uvāca matsyādirūpiṇaṃ viṣṇuṃ brūhi sargādikāraṇam purāṇaṃ brahma cāgneyaṃ yathā viṣṇoḥ purā śrutam
[Thus in the Āgneya, the first great Purāṇa, the first chapter, called The Question.] [Chapter 2: Now the second chapter, the description of the fish incarnation.] Vasiṣṭha said: Tell of Viṣṇu, who takes the forms of the fish and the rest, the cause of creation and so on, and (tell) the Āgneya Purāṇa, the brahman, as it was formerly heard from Viṣṇu.
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AgP 2.2
अग्निर् उवाच मत्स्यावतारं वक्ष्ये ऽहं वसिष्ठ शृणु वै हरेः अवतारक्रिया दुष्ट- नष्ट्यै सत्पालनाय हि
agnir uvāca matsyāvatāraṃ vakṣye 'haṃ vasiṣṭha śṛṇu vai hareḥ avatārakriyā duṣṭa- naṣṭyai satpālanāya hi
Agni said: I shall relate the fish incarnation of Hari; listen indeed, Vasiṣṭha. The act of descending (into incarnation) is for the destruction of the wicked and for the protection of the good.
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AgP 2.3
आसीदतीतकल्पान्ते ब्राह्मो नैमित्तिको लयः समुद्रोपप्लुतास्तत्र लोका भूरादिका मुने
āsīdatītakalpānte brāhmo naimittiko layaḥ samudropaplutāstatra lokā bhūrādikā mune
At the end of the past kalpa there occurred Brahmā's occasional dissolution; therein the worlds beginning with Bhūr were flooded over by the ocean, O sage.
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AgP 2.4
मनुर्वैवस्वतस्तेपे तपो वै भुक्तिमुक्तये एकदा कृतमालायां कुर्वतो जलतर्पणं
manurvaivasvatastepe tapo vai bhuktimuktaye ekadā kṛtamālāyāṃ kurvato jalatarpaṇaṃ
Manu Vaivasvata practised austerity for enjoyment and for liberation. Once, at (the river) Kṛtamālā, as he was making his water-offering,
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AgP 2.5
तस्याञ्जल्युदके मत्स्यः स्वल्प एको ऽभ्यपद्यत क्षेप्तुकामं जले प्राह न मां क्षिप नरोत्तम(३)
tasyāñjalyudake matsyaḥ svalpa eko 'bhyapadyata kṣeptukāmaṃ jale prāha na māṃ kṣipa narottama(3)
a single small fish came into the water of his cupped hands. To him, who wished to throw it into the water, it said: "Do not throw me, best of men!"
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AgP 2.6
:न् १ ब्रह्मावगम्यते इति ख, ग, घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकत्रयपाठः २ अगोत्रचरणं परमिति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ न मां क्षिप नृपोत्तम इति ख, ग, घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकत्रयपाठः :प् ३ प्>ग्राहादिभ्यो भयं मे ऽद्य(१) तच् छ्रुत्वा कलशे ऽक्षिपत् स तु वृद्धः पुनर्मत्स्यः प्राह तं देहि मे वृहत्
:n 1 brahmāvagamyate iti kha, ga, gha, cihnitapustakatrayapāṭhaḥ 2 agotracaraṇaṃ paramiti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 na māṃ kṣipa nṛpottama iti kha, ga, gha, cihnitapustakatrayapāṭhaḥ :p 3 p>grāhādibhyo bhayaṃ me 'dya(1) tac chrutvā kalaśe 'kṣipat sa tu vṛddhaḥ punarmatsyaḥ prāha taṃ dehi me vṛhat
[Variant readings: (1) 'brahmāvagamyate' is the reading of the three manuscripts marked kha, ga, gha; (2) 'agotracaraṇaṃ param' is the reading of the manuscript marked ga; (3) 'na māṃ kṣipa nṛpottama' is the reading of the three manuscripts marked kha, ga, gha.] "Today I have fear of crocodiles and the like." Hearing that, he put it into a water-pot. But that fish, having grown, said again to him: "Give me a large (place)."
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AgP 2.7
स्थानमेतद्वचः श्रुत्वा राजाथोदञ्चने ऽक्षिपत् तत्र वृद्धो ऽब्रवीद्भूपं पृथु देहि पदं मनो
sthānametadvacaḥ śrutvā rājāthodañcane 'kṣipat tatra vṛddho 'bravīdbhūpaṃ pṛthu dehi padaṃ mano
Hearing this speech about a place, the king then threw it into a bucket; there, having grown, it said to the ruler: "Give a broad place, O Manu."
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AgP 2.8
सरोवरे पुनः क्षिप्तो ववृधे तत्प्रमाणवान् ऊचे देहि वृहत् स्थानं(२) प्राक्षिपच्चाम्बुधौ ततः(३)
sarovare punaḥ kṣipto vavṛdhe tatpramāṇavān ūce dehi vṛhat sthānaṃ(2) prākṣipaccāmbudhau tataḥ(3)
Thrown next into a lake, it grew to the measure of that (lake). It said: "Give a large place," and thereupon he threw it into the sea.
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AgP 2.9
लक्षयोजनविस्तीर्णः क्षणमात्रेण सो ऽभवत् मत्स्यं तमद्भुतं दृष्ट्वा विस्मितः प्राब्रवीन् मनुः
lakṣayojanavistīrṇaḥ kṣaṇamātreṇa so 'bhavat matsyaṃ tamadbhutaṃ dṛṣṭvā vismitaḥ prābravīn manuḥ
In a mere instant it became a hundred thousand yojanas in extent. Seeing that marvellous fish, Manu, astonished, said:
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AgP 2.10
को भवान् ननु वै विष्णुर्(४) नारायण नमोस्तुते मायया मोहयसि मां किमर्थं त्वं जनार्दन
ko bhavān nanu vai viṣṇur(4) nārāyaṇa namostute māyayā mohayasi māṃ kimarthaṃ tvaṃ janārdana
"Who are you? Surely you are Viṣṇu. Nārāyaṇa, homage to you! Why do you bewilder me with your māyā, Janārdana?"
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AgP 2.11
मनुनोक्तो ऽब्रवीन्मत्स्यो मनुं वै पालने रतम् अवतीर्णो भवायास्य जगतो दुष्टनष्टये
manunokto 'bravīnmatsyo manuṃ vai pālane ratam avatīrṇo bhavāyāsya jagato duṣṭanaṣṭaye
Addressed by Manu, the fish spoke to Manu, who was devoted to protection: "I have descended for the welfare of this world, for the destruction of the wicked.
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AgP 2.12
सप्तमे दिवसे त्वब्धिः प्लावयिष्यति वै जगत् उपस्थितायां नावि त्वं वीजादीनि विधाय च
saptame divase tvabdhiḥ plāvayiṣyati vai jagat upasthitāyāṃ nāvi tvaṃ vījādīni vidhāya ca
On the seventh day the ocean will indeed flood the world. When the ship has arrived, you, having placed the seeds and the rest (in it),
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AgP 2.13
सप्तर्षिभिः परिवृतो निशां ब्राह्मीं चरिष्यसि उपस्थितस्य मे शृङ्गे निबध्नीहि महाहिना
saptarṣibhiḥ parivṛto niśāṃ brāhmīṃ cariṣyasi upasthitasya me śṛṅge nibadhnīhi mahāhinā
surrounded by the seven seers, will pass through the night of Brahmā. Bind (the ship) with the great serpent to my horn when I have come near."
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AgP 2.14
इत्युक्त्वान्तर्दधे मत्स्यो(५) मनुः कालप्रतीक्षकः(६) स्थितः समुद्र उद्वेले नावमारुरुहे तदा
ityuktvāntardadhe matsyo(5) manuḥ kālapratīkṣakaḥ(6) sthitaḥ samudra udvele nāvamāruruhe tadā
Having said this the fish vanished; Manu, awaiting the time, remained. When the ocean overflowed its shore, he then climbed aboard the ship.
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AgP 2.15
एकशृङ्गधरो मत्स्यो हैमो नियुतयोजनः :न् १ मे ऽत्र इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ पुनः स्थानमिति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ अम्बुधौ मनुरिति ख, घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकद्वयपाठः ४ ननु विष्णुस्त्वमिति ख, ग, घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकत्रयपाठः ५ इत्य् उक्तान्तर्हितो मत्स्य इति घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ६ इत्य् उक्त्वा देवमत्स्यात्मा बृहत्कारणसङ्गत इति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् ४ नावम्बबन्ध तच्छृङ्गे(१) मत्स्याख्यं च पुराणकम्
ekaśṛṅgadharo matsyo haimo niyutayojanaḥ :n 1 me 'tra iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 punaḥ sthānamiti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 ambudhau manuriti kha, gha, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ 4 nanu viṣṇustvamiti kha, ga, gha, cihnitapustakatrayapāṭhaḥ 5 ity uktāntarhito matsya iti gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 6 ity uktvā devamatsyātmā bṛhatkāraṇasaṅgata iti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 4 nāvambabandha tacchṛṅge(1) matsyākhyaṃ ca purāṇakam
The fish, bearing a single horn, golden, a niyuta of yojanas (in size)— [Variant readings: (1) "me 'tra" is the reading of the manuscript marked kha; (2) 'punaḥ sthānam' is the reading of the manuscript marked kha; (3) 'ambudhau manuḥ' is the reading of the two manuscripts marked kha and gha; (4) 'nanu viṣṇus tvam' is the reading of the three manuscripts marked kha, ga, gha; (5) 'ity uktāntarhito matsyaḥ' is the reading of the manuscript marked gha; (6) 'ity uktvā devamatsyātmā bṛhatkāraṇasaṅgataḥ' is the reading of the manuscript marked ga.] — he bound the ship to its horn, and the Purāṇa called Matsya
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AgP 2.16
शुश्राव मत्स्यात्पापघ्नं संस्तुवन् स्तुतिभिश् च तं(२) ब्रह्मवेदप्रहर्तारं हयग्रीवञ्च दानवं
śuśrāva matsyātpāpaghnaṃ saṃstuvan stutibhiś ca taṃ(2) brahmavedaprahartāraṃ hayagrīvañca dānavaṃ
he heard from the fish, (the Purāṇa) that destroys sin, while praising him with hymns; and the dānava Hayagrīva, who had carried off Brahmā's Veda,
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AgP 2.17
अवधीत्, वेदमत्स्याद्यान् पालयामास केशवः प्राप्ते कल्पे ऽथ वाराहे कूर्मरूपो ऽभवद्धरिः
avadhīt, vedamatsyādyān pālayāmāsa keśavaḥ prāpte kalpe 'tha vārāhe kūrmarūpo 'bhavaddhariḥ
he slew; Keśava protected the Vedas, Manu and the rest. Then, when the Vārāha kalpa had come, Hari took the form of a tortoise.
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