Agni Purana — Chapter 201

AgP 201.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे दीपदानव्रतं नाम द्विशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {२०१} :श् अथैकाधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः नवव्यूहार्चनं अग्निर् उवाच नवव्यूहार्चनं वक्ष्ये नारदाय हरीरितं मण्डले ऽब्जे ऽर्चयेन्मध्ये अवीजं वासुदेवकं

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe dīpadānavrataṃ nāma dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {201} :ś athaikādhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ navavyūhārcanaṃ agnir uvāca navavyūhārcanaṃ vakṣye nāradāya harīritaṃ maṇḍale 'bje 'rcayenmadhye avījaṃ vāsudevakaṃ

Thus in the Agni Mahāpurāṇa, the two-hundredth chapter, called The Vow of Giving Lamps. Chapter 201: The Worship of the Nine Vyūhas. Agni said: I shall declare the worship of the nine vyūhas, which was told by Hari to Nārada. On a maṇḍala, on a lotus, in the centre one should worship Vāsudeva with the seed-syllable 'a'.

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AgP 201.2

आवीजञ्च सङ्कर्षणम् प्रद्युम्नं च दक्षिणे :प् २३८ अः अनुरुद्धं नैऋते ॐ नारायणमप्सु च

āvījañca saṅkarṣaṇam pradyumnaṃ ca dakṣiṇe :p 238 aḥ anuruddhaṃ naiṛte oṃ nārāyaṇamapsu ca

And with the seed 'ā', Saṅkarṣaṇa; and Pradyumna in the south; with 'aḥ', Aniruddha in the southwest; and with 'oṃ', Nārāyaṇa in the waters.

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AgP 201.3

तत् सद्ब्रह्माणमनिले हुं विष्णुं क्षौं नृसिंहकं(१) उत्तरे भूर्वराहञ्च ईशे द्वारि च पश्चिमे

tat sadbrahmāṇamanile huṃ viṣṇuṃ kṣauṃ nṛsiṃhakaṃ(1) uttare bhūrvarāhañca īśe dvāri ca paścime

With 'tat sat', Brahmā in the wind-quarter (northwest); with 'huṃ', Viṣṇu; with 'kṣauṃ', Nṛsiṃha in the north; and with 'bhūḥ', Varāha in the northeast, and at the door in the west.

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AgP 201.4

कं टं सं शं गरुत्मन्तं पूर्ववक्त्रञ्च दक्षिणे(२) खं छं वं हुं फडिति च खं ठं फं शं गदांविधौ

kaṃ ṭaṃ saṃ śaṃ garutmantaṃ pūrvavaktrañca dakṣiṇe(2) khaṃ chaṃ vaṃ huṃ phaḍiti ca khaṃ ṭhaṃ phaṃ śaṃ gadāṃvidhau

With 'kaṃ ṭaṃ saṃ śaṃ', Garuḍa, and the eastern face in the south; with 'khaṃ chaṃ vaṃ huṃ phaṭ'; and with 'khaṃ ṭhaṃ phaṃ śaṃ' in the rite of the mace.

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AgP 201.5

बं णं मं क्षं कोणेशञ्च घं दं भं हंश्रियं यजेत् दक्षिणे चोत्तरे पुष्टिं गं डं बं शं स्ववीजकं

baṃ ṇaṃ maṃ kṣaṃ koṇeśañca ghaṃ daṃ bhaṃ haṃśriyaṃ yajet dakṣiṇe cottare puṣṭiṃ gaṃ ḍaṃ baṃ śaṃ svavījakaṃ

With 'baṃ ṇaṃ maṃ kṣaṃ', the lord of the corner; with 'ghaṃ daṃ bhaṃ haṃ' he should worship Śrī, in the south; and in the north Puṣṭi, with 'gaṃ ḍaṃ baṃ śaṃ' together with her own seed.

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AgP 201.6

पीठस्य पश्चिमे धं वं वनमालाञ्च पश्चिमे श्रीवत्सं चैव सं हं लं छं तं यं कौस्तुभं जले

pīṭhasya paścime dhaṃ vaṃ vanamālāñca paścime śrīvatsaṃ caiva saṃ haṃ laṃ chaṃ taṃ yaṃ kaustubhaṃ jale

To the west of the pedestal, 'dhaṃ vaṃ'; and the forest-garland in the west; and the Śrīvatsa; with 'saṃ haṃ laṃ chaṃ taṃ yaṃ', the Kaustubha in the water.

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AgP 201.7

दशमाङ्गक्रमाद्विष्णोर्नमो ऽनन्तमधो ऽर्चयेत् दशाङ्गादिमहेन्द्रादीन् पूर्वादौ चतुरो घटान्

daśamāṅgakramādviṣṇornamo 'nantamadho 'rcayet daśāṅgādimahendrādīn pūrvādau caturo ghaṭān

In the sequence of Viṣṇu's ten limbs he should worship Ananta below with 'namaḥ'; (then) the ten limbs and the rest, and Mahendra and the others; four jars in the east and the other quarters.

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AgP 201.8

तोरणानि वितानं च अग्न्यनिलेन्दुवीजकैः मण्डलानि क्रमाद्ध्यात्वा तनुं वन्द्य ततः प्लवेत्

toraṇāni vitānaṃ ca agnyanilenduvījakaiḥ maṇḍalāni kramāddhyātvā tanuṃ vandya tataḥ plavet

And the arches and the canopy with the seed-syllables of fire, wind, and moon; having meditated in order on the circles and having saluted the body, he should then bathe.

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AgP 201.9

अम्वरस्थं ततो ध्यात्वा सूक्ष्मरूपमथात्मनः सितामृते निमग्नञ्च(३) चन्द्रविम्वात् स्रुतेन च

amvarasthaṃ tato dhyātvā sūkṣmarūpamathātmanaḥ sitāmṛte nimagnañca(3) candravimvāt srutena ca

Then, having meditated on his own subtle form as standing in the sky, immersed in the white nectar that has streamed from the disc of the moon,

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AgP 201.10

तदेव चात्मनो वीजममृतं प्लवसंस्कृतं उत्पाद्यमानं पुरुषमात्मानमुपकल्पयेत्

tadeva cātmano vījamamṛtaṃ plavasaṃskṛtaṃ utpādyamānaṃ puruṣamātmānamupakalpayet

and (having meditated on) that very nectar as the seed of the self, purified by the immersion, he should fashion himself as a man being generated.

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AgP 201.11

उत्पन्नो ऽस्मि स्वयं विष्णुर्वीजं द्वादशकं न्यसेत् हृच्छिरस्तु शिखा चैव कवचं चास्त्रमेव च

utpanno 'smi svayaṃ viṣṇurvījaṃ dvādaśakaṃ nyaset hṛcchirastu śikhā caiva kavacaṃ cāstrameva ca

(Thinking) "I am born as Viṣṇu himself," he should place the twelvefold seed: the heart, the head, the topknot, the armour, and the weapon.

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AgP 201.12

वक्षोमूर्धशिखापृष्ठलोचनेषु न्यसेत पुनः अस्त्रं करद्वये न्यस्य ततो दिव्यतनुर्भवेत्

vakṣomūrdhaśikhāpṛṣṭhalocaneṣu nyaseta punaḥ astraṃ karadvaye nyasya tato divyatanurbhavet

Again he should place (them) on the chest, the crown, the topknot, the back, and the eyes; and having placed the weapon on the two hands, he then becomes of divine body.

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AgP 201.13

:न् १ क्रूं विष्णुं क्षौं नृसिंहकमिति ख॥ , छ॥ , ज॥ च २ पक्षिराजञ्च दक्षिणे इति ङ॥ ३ सितासिते निमग्नञ्चेति ख॥ , ज॥ च :प् २३९ यथात्मनि तथा देवे शिष्यदेहे न्यसेत्तथा अनिर्माल्या स्मृता पूजा यद्धरेः पूजनं हृदि

:n 1 krūṃ viṣṇuṃ kṣauṃ nṛsiṃhakamiti kha.. , cha.. , ja.. ca 2 pakṣirājañca dakṣiṇe iti ṅa.. 3 sitāsite nimagnañceti kha.. , ja.. ca :p 239 yathātmani tathā deve śiṣyadehe nyasettathā anirmālyā smṛtā pūjā yaddhareḥ pūjanaṃ hṛdi

[Notes: variants — 'krūṃ Viṣṇu, kṣauṃ Nṛsiṃha' in mss. kha, cha, ja; 'and the king of birds in the south' in ms. ṅa; 'immersed in the white and the black' in mss. kha and ja.] As in himself, so in the deity, and so too he should place (them) in the disciple's body. The worship of Hari that is done in the heart is held to be without offering-remnants.

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AgP 201.14

सनिर्माल्या मण्डलादौ बद्धनेत्राश् च शिष्यकाः पुष्पं क्षिपेयुर्यन्मूर्तौ तस्य तन्नाम कारयेत्

sanirmālyā maṇḍalādau baddhanetrāś ca śiṣyakāḥ puṣpaṃ kṣipeyuryanmūrtau tasya tannāma kārayet

With offering-remnants (it is done) on a maṇḍala and the like; and the disciples, their eyes bound, should cast a flower; on whichever image (it falls), he should give him that name.

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AgP 201.15

निवेश्य वामतः शिष्यांस्तिलव्रीहिघृतं हुनेत् शतमष्टोत्तरं हुत्वा सहस्रं कायशुद्धये

niveśya vāmataḥ śiṣyāṃstilavrīhighṛtaṃ hunet śatamaṣṭottaraṃ hutvā sahasraṃ kāyaśuddhaye

Having seated the disciples on his left, he should offer sesame, rice, and ghee — offering one hundred and eight, and a thousand for the purification of the body;

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AgP 201.16

नवव्यूहस्य मूर्तीनामङ्गानां च शताधिकं पूऋणान्दत्त्वा दीक्षयेत्तान् गुरुः पूज्यश् च तैर् धनैः

navavyūhasya mūrtīnāmaṅgānāṃ ca śatādhikaṃ pūṛṇāndattvā dīkṣayettān guruḥ pūjyaś ca tair dhanaiḥ

and more than a hundred for the images of the nine vyūhas and for their limbs. Having given the full oblations, he should initiate them; and the teacher is to be honoured by them with wealth.

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