Agni Purana — Chapter 204
AgP 204.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे नरकस्वरूपवर्णनं नाम त्र्यधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ :न् १ क्षारकूपे इति ख॥ , छ॥ च २ महाप्रेते तु भेदन इति ख॥ , ग॥ , घ॥ , ड॥ , छ॥ , ज॥ च :प् २४५ छप्तेर् {२०४} :श् अथ चतुरधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः मासोपवासव्रतं अग्निर् उवाच व्रतं मासोपवासञ्च(१) सर्वोत्कृष्टं वदामि ते कृत्वा तु वैष्णवं यज्ञं गुरोराज्ञामवाप्य च
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe narakasvarūpavarṇanaṃ nāma tryadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || :n 1 kṣārakūpe iti kha.. , cha.. ca 2 mahāprete tu bhedana iti kha.. , ga.. , gha.. , ḍa.. , cha.. , ja.. ca :p 245 chapter {204} :ś atha caturadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ māsopavāsavrataṃ agnir uvāca vrataṃ māsopavāsañca(1) sarvotkṛṣṭaṃ vadāmi te kṛtvā tu vaiṣṇavaṃ yajñaṃ gurorājñāmavāpya ca
Thus, in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa, the two hundred and third chapter, called "The Description of the Nature of the Hells." [Notes: 1. 'kṣārakūpe' in mss. kha and cha. 2. 'mahāprete tu bhedana' in mss. kha, ga, gha, ḍa, cha and ja. Page 245. Chapter 204.] Now the two hundred and fourth chapter: the vow of the month-long fast. Agni said: I shall declare to you the vow of the month-long fast, which is the most excellent of all — having performed the Vaiṣṇava sacrifice and having obtained the teacher's permission,
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AgP 204.2
कृच्छ्राद्यैः स्वबलं बुद्ध्वा कुर्यान् मासोपवासकं वानप्रस्थो यतिर्वाथ नारी वा विधवा मुने
kṛcchrādyaiḥ svabalaṃ buddhvā kuryān māsopavāsakaṃ vānaprastho yatirvātha nārī vā vidhavā mune
having gauged his own strength by the kṛcchra and other (penances), one should perform the month-long fast — a forest-dweller, or an ascetic, or a woman, or a widow, O sage.
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AgP 204.3
आश्विनस्यामले पक्षे एकादश्यामुपोषितः व्रतमेतत्तु गृह्णीयाद्यावत्त्रिंशद्दिनानि तु
āśvinasyāmale pakṣe ekādaśyāmupoṣitaḥ vratametattu gṛhṇīyādyāvattriṃśaddināni tu
Fasting on the eleventh day in the bright fortnight of Āśvina, he should undertake this vow for a full thirty days.
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AgP 204.4
अद्यप्रभृत्यहं विष्णो यावदुत्थानकन्तव अर्चयेत्वामनश्नन् हि यावत् त्रिंशद्दिनानि तु
adyaprabhṛtyahaṃ viṣṇo yāvadutthānakantava arcayetvāmanaśnan hi yāvat triṃśaddināni tu
"From today onward, O Viṣṇu, until your rising, I shall worship you while eating nothing, for a full thirty days;
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AgP 204.5
कार्त्तिकाश्विनयोर्विष्णोर्यावदुत्थानकन्तव म्रिये यद्यन्तराले ऽहं व्रतभङ्गो न मे भवेत्
kārttikāśvinayorviṣṇoryāvadutthānakantava mriye yadyantarāle 'haṃ vratabhaṅgo na me bhavet
during Kārttika and Āśvina, O Viṣṇu, until your rising. If I should die in the meantime, let there be no breach of my vow."
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AgP 204.6
त्रिकालं पूजयेद्विष्णुं त्रिःस्नातो गन्धपुष्पकैः विष्णोर्गीतादिकं जप्यन्ध्यानं कुर्याद् व्रती नरः
trikālaṃ pūjayedviṣṇuṃ triḥsnāto gandhapuṣpakaiḥ viṣṇorgītādikaṃ japyandhyānaṃ kuryād vratī naraḥ
The man who keeps the vow should worship Viṣṇu at the three junctures, having bathed three times, with perfumes and flowers, and should perform recitation of Viṣṇu's Gītā and the rest, and meditation.
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AgP 204.7
वृथावादम्परिहरेदर्थाकाङ्क्षां विवर्जयेत्(२) नाव्रतस्थं स्पृशेत् कञ्चिद्विकर्मस्थान्न चालयेत्
vṛthāvādampariharedarthākāṅkṣāṃ vivarjayet(2) nāvratasthaṃ spṛśet kañcidvikarmasthānna cālayet
He should avoid idle talk and give up craving for wealth; he should not touch anyone who is not keeping a vow, and should not disturb one engaged in a forbidden act.
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AgP 204.8
:न् १ व्रतं मासोपवासाख्यमिति घ॥ , ज॥ च २ अन्नाकाङ्क्षां विवर्जयेदिति घ॥ , ङ॥ च :प् २४६ देवतायतने तिष्ठेद्यावत् त्रिंशद्दिनानि तु द्वादश्यां पूजयित्वा तु भोजयित्वा द्विजान्व्रती
:n 1 vrataṃ māsopavāsākhyamiti gha.. , ja.. ca 2 annākāṅkṣāṃ vivarjayediti gha.. , ṅa.. ca :p 246 devatāyatane tiṣṭhedyāvat triṃśaddināni tu dvādaśyāṃ pūjayitvā tu bhojayitvā dvijānvratī
[Notes: 1. 'vrataṃ māsopavāsākhyam' in mss. gha and ja. 2. 'annākāṅkṣāṃ vivarjayet' in mss. gha and ṅa. Page 246.] He should remain in the temple of the deity for a full thirty days; and on the twelfth the vow-keeper, having worshipped and having fed brahmins,
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AgP 204.9
समाप्य दक्षिणां दत्त्वा पारणन्तु समाचरेत् भुक्तिमुक्तिमवाप्नोति कल्पांश् चैव त्रयोदश
samāpya dakṣiṇāṃ dattvā pāraṇantu samācaret bhuktimuktimavāpnoti kalpāṃś caiva trayodaśa
having completed (the rite) and given the fee, should carry out the breaking of the fast. He obtains enjoyment and liberation, and thirteen kalpas (of bliss).
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AgP 204.10
कारयेद्वैष्णवं यज्ञं यजेद्विप्रांस्त्रयोदश तावन्ति वस्त्रयुग्मानि भाजनान्यासनानि च
kārayedvaiṣṇavaṃ yajñaṃ yajedviprāṃstrayodaśa tāvanti vastrayugmāni bhājanānyāsanāni ca
He should have the Vaiṣṇava sacrifice performed and should honour thirteen brahmins, and (give) as many pairs of garments, vessels and seats,
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AgP 204.11
छत्राणि सपवित्राणि तथोपानद्युगानि च(१) योगपट्टोपवीतानि दद्याद्विप्राय तैर्मतः(२)
chatrāṇi sapavitrāṇi tathopānadyugāni ca(1) yogapaṭṭopavītāni dadyādviprāya tairmataḥ(2)
and umbrellas together with pavitras, and likewise pairs of sandals, yoga-straps and sacred threads: he should give (these) to a brahmin, and by them he is approved.
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AgP 204.12
अन्यविप्राय शय्यायां हैमं विष्णुं प्रपूज्य च आत्मनश् च तथामूर्तिं वस्त्राद्यैश् च प्रपूजयेत्
anyaviprāya śayyāyāṃ haimaṃ viṣṇuṃ prapūjya ca ātmanaś ca tathāmūrtiṃ vastrādyaiś ca prapūjayet
And having worshipped a golden Viṣṇu on a bed (destined) for another brahmin, he should also worship an image of himself with garments and the rest.
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AgP 204.13
सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो विप्रो विष्णुप्रसादतः विष्णुलोकं गमिष्यामि विष्णुरेव भवाम्यहं
sarvapāpavinirmukto vipro viṣṇuprasādataḥ viṣṇulokaṃ gamiṣyāmi viṣṇureva bhavāmyahaṃ
The brahmin, freed from all sins through Viṣṇu's grace (says): "I shall go to Viṣṇu's world; I become Viṣṇu himself."
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AgP 204.14
व्रज व्रज देवबुद्धे विष्णोः स्थानमनामयं विमानेनामलस्तत्र तिष्ठेद् विष्णुस्वरूपधृक्
vraja vraja devabuddhe viṣṇoḥ sthānamanāmayaṃ vimānenāmalastatra tiṣṭhed viṣṇusvarūpadhṛk
"Go, go, O you whose mind is on the god, to Viṣṇu's abode where there is no affliction": spotless, he would abide there by a celestial car, bearing the form of Viṣṇu.
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AgP 204.15
द्विजानुक्त्वाथ(३) तां शय्यां गुरवे ऽथ निवेदयेत् कुलानां शतमुद्धृत्य विष्णुलोकन्नयेद् व्रती
dvijānuktvātha(3) tāṃ śayyāṃ gurave 'tha nivedayet kulānāṃ śatamuddhṛtya viṣṇulokannayed vratī
Having addressed the twice-born, he should then present that bed to the teacher; the observer of the vow, having raised up a hundred lineages, would lead (them) to Viṣṇu's world.
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AgP 204.16
मासोपवासी यद्देशे स देशो निर्मलो भवेत् किं पुनस्तत्कुलं सर्वं यत्र मासोपवासकृत्
māsopavāsī yaddeśe sa deśo nirmalo bhavet kiṃ punastatkulaṃ sarvaṃ yatra māsopavāsakṛt
In whatever region one who fasts for a month lives, that region becomes pure; how much more that whole family in which there is one who performs a month's fast.
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AgP 204.17
व्रतस्थं मूर्छितं दृष्ट्वा क्षीराज्यञ्चैव पाययेत् नैते व्रतं विनिघ्रन्ति हविर्विप्रानुमोदितं
vratasthaṃ mūrchitaṃ dṛṣṭvā kṣīrājyañcaiva pāyayet naite vrataṃ vinighranti havirviprānumoditaṃ
Seeing one who is engaged in the vow fallen into a faint, one should have him drink milk and ghee; these do not destroy the vow, (nor does) the oblation-food permitted by brahmins.
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AgP 204.18
:न् १ ततः पानयुतानि चेति ख॥ २ वै नत इति घ॥ ३ द्विजान् नत्वाथेति ङ॥ :प् २४७ क्षीरं गुरोर्हितौषध्व आपो मूलफलानि च विष्णुर्महौषधं कर्ता व्रतमस्मात् समुद्धरेत्
:n 1 tataḥ pānayutāni ceti kha.. 2 vai nata iti gha.. 3 dvijān natvātheti ṅa.. :p 247 kṣīraṃ gurorhitauṣadhva āpo mūlaphalāni ca viṣṇurmahauṣadhaṃ kartā vratamasmāt samuddharet
[Apparatus: 1 'tataḥ pānayutāni ca' in MS kha; 2 'vai nata' in MS gha; 3 'dvijān natvātha' in MS ṅa. Page 247.] Milk, the medicine prescribed by the teacher, water, and roots and fruits — Viṣṇu is the great medicine and the doer; by this he may carry the vow through.
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