Agni Purana — Chapter 207

AgP 207.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे अगस्त्यार्घ्यदानव्रतं नाम षडधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {२०७} :श् अथ सप्ताधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः कौमुदव्रतं अग्निर् उवाच कौमुदाख्यं मयोक्तञ्च चरेदाश्वयुजे सिते हरिं यजेत् मासमेकमेकादश्यामुपोषितः

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe agastyārghyadānavrataṃ nāma ṣaḍadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {207} :ś atha saptādhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ kaumudavrataṃ agnir uvāca kaumudākhyaṃ mayoktañca caredāśvayuje site hariṃ yajet māsamekamekādaśyāmupoṣitaḥ

Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa the two hundred and sixth chapter, called "The Vow of Giving the Water-offering to Agastya." Chapter 207: Now the two hundred and seventh chapter: the Kaumuda vow. Agni said: One should perform what I call the Kaumuda (vow) in the bright fortnight of Āśvina; one should worship Hari for one month, fasting on the eleventh.

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AgP 207.2

आश्विने शुक्लपक्षेहमेकाहारी हरिं जपन् मासमेकं भुक्तिमुक्त्यै करिष्ये कौमुदं व्रतं

āśvine śuklapakṣehamekāhārī hariṃ japan māsamekaṃ bhuktimuktyai kariṣye kaumudaṃ vrataṃ

"In the bright fortnight of Āśvina, today, eating once a day and muttering (the name of) Hari, for one month I shall perform the Kaumuda vow, for enjoyment and liberation."

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AgP 207.3

उपोष्य विष्णुं द्वादश्यां यजेद्देवं विलिप्य च चन्दनागुरुकाश्मीरैः कमलोत्पलपुष्पकैः

upoṣya viṣṇuṃ dvādaśyāṃ yajeddevaṃ vilipya ca candanāgurukāśmīraiḥ kamalotpalapuṣpakaiḥ

Having fasted, on the twelfth one should worship Viṣṇu, the god, anointing (him) with sandal, aloe-wood and saffron, with lotus and water-lily blossoms,

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AgP 207.4

कल्हारैर्वाथ मालत्या दीपं तैलेन वाग्यतः अहोरात्रं च नैवेद्यं पायसापूपमोदकैः

kalhārairvātha mālatyā dīpaṃ tailena vāgyataḥ ahorātraṃ ca naivedyaṃ pāyasāpūpamodakaiḥ

or with white water-lilies, or with jasmine; (offering) a lamp with oil, keeping silence, for a day and a night, and food-offering with milk-rice, cakes and sweetmeats.

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AgP 207.5

ॐ नमो वासुदेवाय विज्ञाप्याथ क्षमापयेत् :प् २५२ भोजनादि(१) द्विजे दद्याद्यावद् देवः प्रबुद्ध्यते

oṃ namo vāsudevāya vijñāpyātha kṣamāpayet :p 252 bhojanādi(1) dvije dadyādyāvad devaḥ prabuddhyate

Having announced "Oṃ, homage to Vāsudeva," one should then ask forgiveness; one should give food and the rest to a brahmin as long as the god is being awakened.

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AgP 207.6

तावन्मासोपवासः स्यादधिकं फलमप्यतः

tāvanmāsopavāsaḥ syādadhikaṃ phalamapyataḥ

For that long there would be the month's fast, and from this the fruit is greater still.

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