Agni Purana — Chapter 200
AgP 200.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे नानाव्रतानि नाम एकोनशताधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {२००} :श् अथ द्विशततमो ऽध्यायः दीपदानव्रतं अग्न्निर् उवाच दीपदानव्रतं वक्ष्ये भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदायकं देवद्विजातिकगृहे दीपदो ऽब्दं स सर्वभाक्
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe nānāvratāni nāma ekonaśatādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {200} :ś atha dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ dīpadānavrataṃ agnnir uvāca dīpadānavrataṃ vakṣye bhuktimuktipradāyakaṃ devadvijātikagṛhe dīpado 'bdaṃ sa sarvabhāk
Thus, in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa, the one hundred and ninety-ninth chapter, called "The Various Vows." — Chapter 200. Now the two-hundredth chapter: the Vow of Giving Lamps. Agni said: I shall declare the vow of giving lamps, which bestows enjoyment and liberation. One who gives a lamp for a year in the house of a god or of a twice-born, he partakes of everything.
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AgP 200.2
चतुर्मासं विष्णुलोकी कार्त्तिके स्वर्गलोक्यपि दीपदानात् परं नास्ति न भूतं न भविष्यति
caturmāsaṃ viṣṇulokī kārttike svargalokyapi dīpadānāt paraṃ nāsti na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati
For four months he belongs to Viṣṇu's world; if (given) in Kārttika, he belongs even to the world of heaven. There is nothing higher than the giving of a lamp — neither has been nor will be.
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AgP 200.3
दीपेनायुष्यचक्षुष्मान्दीपाल्लक्ष्मीसुतादिकं सौभाग्यं दीपदः प्राप्य स्वर्गलोके नहीयते
dīpenāyuṣyacakṣuṣmāndīpāllakṣmīsutādikaṃ saubhāgyaṃ dīpadaḥ prāpya svargaloke nahīyate
By a lamp one becomes long-lived and possessed of good eyesight; from a lamp come wealth, sons and the rest, and good fortune. The giver of a lamp, having reached the world of heaven, does not fall from it.
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AgP 200.4
विदर्भराजदुहिता ललिता दीपदात्मभाक् :प् २३६ चारुधर्मक्ष्मापपत्नी शतभार्याधिकाभवत्
vidarbharājaduhitā lalitā dīpadātmabhāk :p 236 cārudharmakṣmāpapatnī śatabhāryādhikābhavat
The daughter of the king of Vidarbha, Lalitā, who herself partook of the giving of lamps, [p. 236] the wife of King Cārudharma, became superior to a hundred wives.
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AgP 200.5
ददौ दीपसहस्रं सा विष्णोरायतने सती पृष्टा सा दीपमाहात्म्यं सपत्नीभ्य उवाच ह
dadau dīpasahasraṃ sā viṣṇorāyatane satī pṛṣṭā sā dīpamāhātmyaṃ sapatnībhya uvāca ha
That virtuous woman gave a thousand lamps in the temple of Viṣṇu; and when asked about the greatness of the lamp, she spoke to her co-wives.
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AgP 200.6
ललितोवाच सौवीरराजस्य पुरा मैत्रेयो ऽभूत् पुरोहितः तेन चायतनं विष्णोः कारितं देविकातटे
lalitovāca sauvīrarājasya purā maitreyo 'bhūt purohitaḥ tena cāyatanaṃ viṣṇoḥ kāritaṃ devikātaṭe
Lalitā said: Formerly Maitreya was the domestic priest of the king of Sauvīra, and by him a temple of Viṣṇu was caused to be built on the bank of the Devikā.
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AgP 200.7
कार्त्तिके दीपकस्तेन दत्तः सम्प्रेरितो मया वक्त्रप्रान्तेन नश्यन्त्या मार्जारस्य तदा भयात्
kārttike dīpakastena dattaḥ samprerito mayā vaktraprāntena naśyantyā mārjārasya tadā bhayāt
In (the month of) Kārttika a lamp was given by him, and it was pushed by me with the edge of my mouth as I was fleeing then out of fear of a cat.
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AgP 200.8
निर्वाणवान् प्रदीप्तो ऽभूद्वर्त्या मूषिकया तदा मृता राजात्मजा जाता राजपत्नी शताधिका
nirvāṇavān pradīpto 'bhūdvartyā mūṣikayā tadā mṛtā rājātmajā jātā rājapatnī śatādhikā
The lamp that was going out then flared up because of the wick, by me (who was) a mouse; and having died, I was born a king's daughter, a king's wife, (set) above a hundred (others).
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AgP 200.9
असङ्कल्पितमप्यस्य प्रेरणं यत् कृतं मया विष्णायतनदीपस्य तस्येदं भुज्यते फलं
asaṅkalpitamapyasya preraṇaṃ yat kṛtaṃ mayā viṣṇāyatanadīpasya tasyedaṃ bhujyate phalaṃ
Although unintended, that pushing of the lamp in Viṣṇu's temple which was done by me — it is the fruit of that which is now enjoyed.
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AgP 200.10
जातिस्मरा ह्य् अतो दीपान् प्रयच्छामि त्वहर् निशं एकदश्यां दीपदो वै विमाने दिवि मोदते
jātismarā hy ato dīpān prayacchāmi tvahar niśaṃ ekadaśyāṃ dīpado vai vimāne divi modate
Since I therefore remember my births, I present lamps day and night. Indeed one who gives a lamp on the eleventh day rejoices in a celestial car in heaven.
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AgP 200.11
जायते दीपहर्ता तु मूको वा जड एव च अन्धे तमसि दुष्पारे नरके पतते किल
jāyate dīpahartā tu mūko vā jaḍa eva ca andhe tamasi duṣpāre narake patate kila
But one who steals a lamp is born mute, or indeed dull-witted, and falls, it is said, into blind darkness, into a hell hard to cross.
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AgP 200.12
विक्रोशमानांश् च नरान् यमकिङ्कराहतान् विलापैर् अलमत्रापि किं वो विलपिते फलं
vikrośamānāṃś ca narān yamakiṅkarāhatān vilāpair alamatrāpi kiṃ vo vilapite phalaṃ
And (one sees) men crying out, beaten by Yama's servants — enough of lamentations even here; what fruit is there for you in wailing?
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AgP 200.13
यदा प्रमादिभिः पूर्वमत्यन्तसमुपेक्षितः जन्तुर्जन्मसहस्रेभ्यो ह्य् एकस्मिन् मानुषो यदि
yadā pramādibhiḥ pūrvamatyantasamupekṣitaḥ janturjanmasahasrebhyo hy ekasmin mānuṣo yadi
When a creature, formerly utterly neglected by the negligent, (attains) out of thousands of births a human (birth) in one —
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AgP 200.14
तत्राप्यतिविमूढात्मा किं भोगानभिधावति स्वहितं(१) विषयास्वादैः क्रन्दनं तदिहागतं
tatrāpyativimūḍhātmā kiṃ bhogānabhidhāvati svahitaṃ(1) viṣayāsvādaiḥ krandanaṃ tadihāgataṃ
— even then, why does one whose mind is exceedingly deluded run after enjoyments? (He destroys) his own good by the tastings of sense-objects; hence this weeping has come about.
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AgP 200.15
:न् १ हर्षितमिति ख॥ , ग॥ , घ॥ च । दूषितमिति ङ॥ :प् २३७ भुज्यते च कृतं पूर्वमेतत् किं वो न चिन्तितं परस्त्रीषु कुचाभ्यङ्गं प्रीतये दुःखदं हि वः
:n 1 harṣitamiti kha.. , ga.. , gha.. ca / dūṣitamiti ṅa.. :p 237 bhujyate ca kṛtaṃ pūrvametat kiṃ vo na cintitaṃ parastrīṣu kucābhyaṅgaṃ prītaye duḥkhadaṃ hi vaḥ
(Variants: kha, ga, gha read "harṣitam"; ṅa reads "dūṣitam".) [p. 237] And what was done before is (now) experienced; why was this not considered by you? The fondling of the breasts of other men's wives, done for pleasure, is indeed a giver of pain to you.
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AgP 200.16
मुहूर्तविषयास्वादो ऽनेककोट्यव्ददुःखदः परस्त्रीहारियद्गीतं हा मातः किं विलप्यते
muhūrtaviṣayāsvādo 'nekakoṭyavdaduḥkhadaḥ parastrīhāriyadgītaṃ hā mātaḥ kiṃ vilapyate
A moment's tasting of sense-objects gives pain for many crores of years. As for what is sung by the seizer of another's wife — "Alas, mother!" — why is there lamenting?
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AgP 200.17
को ऽतिभारो हरेर्नाम्नि जिह्वया परिकीर्तने वर्तितैले ऽल्पमूल्ये ऽपि यदग्निर्लभ्यते सदा
ko 'tibhāro harernāmni jihvayā parikīrtane vartitaile 'lpamūlye 'pi yadagnirlabhyate sadā
What great burden is there in proclaiming Hari's name with the tongue, when fire is always to be had, even at the small cost of a wick and oil?
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AgP 200.18
दानाशक्तैर् हरेर्दीपो हृतस्तद्वो ऽस्ति दुःखदं इदानीं किं विलापेन सहध्वं यदुपागतं
dānāśaktair harerdīpo hṛtastadvo 'sti duḥkhadaṃ idānīṃ kiṃ vilāpena sahadhvaṃ yadupāgataṃ
By you, unable to give, a lamp of Hari's was stolen — that is what brings you this suffering. Now what is the use of wailing? Bear what has come upon (you).
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AgP 200.19
अग्निर् उवाच ललितोक्तञ्च ताः श्रुत्वा दीपदानाद्दिवं ययुः तस्माद्दीपप्रदानेन व्रतानामधिकं फलं
agnir uvāca lalitoktañca tāḥ śrutvā dīpadānāddivaṃ yayuḥ tasmāddīpapradānena vratānāmadhikaṃ phalaṃ
Agni said: And having heard what Lalitā said, they went to heaven through the gift of lamps. Therefore by the giving of lamps the fruit is greater than (that) of the vows.
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