Agni Purana — Chapter 210
AgP 210.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे दानपरिभाषा नाम नवाधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {२१०} :श् अथ दशाधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः महादानानि अग्निर् उवाच सर्वदानानि वक्ष्यामि महादानानि षोडश तुलापुरुष आद्यन्तु हिरण्यगर्भदानकं
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe dānaparibhāṣā nāma navādhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {210} :ś atha daśādhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ mahādānāni agnir uvāca sarvadānāni vakṣyāmi mahādānāni ṣoḍaśa tulāpuruṣa ādyantu hiraṇyagarbhadānakaṃ
Agni said: I shall declare all the gifts, the sixteen great gifts. The first is the tulāpuruṣa (a man's weight in gold), and then the gift of the hiraṇyagarbha (golden womb),
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AgP 210.2
ब्रह्माण्डं कल्पवृक्षश् च गोसहस्रञ्च पञ्चमं हिरण्यकामधेनुश् च हिरण्याश्वश् च सप्तमं
brahmāṇḍaṃ kalpavṛkṣaś ca gosahasrañca pañcamaṃ hiraṇyakāmadhenuś ca hiraṇyāśvaś ca saptamaṃ
the brahmāṇḍa (cosmic egg), the kalpavṛkṣa (wish-tree), and the thousand cows as the fifth, the golden kāmadhenu, and the golden horse as the seventh,
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AgP 210.3
हिरण्याश्वरथस्तद्वद्धेमहस्तिरथस् तथा पञ्चलाङ्गलकन्तद्वद्धरादानं तथैव च
hiraṇyāśvarathastadvaddhemahastirathas tathā pañcalāṅgalakantadvaddharādānaṃ tathaiva ca
likewise the golden horse-and-chariot, and likewise the golden elephant-and-chariot, likewise the five ploughs, and just so the gift of land,
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AgP 210.4
:न् १ समुत्पाताद्यपापहृत् इति ङ॥ । समुत्पातादिपापहृदिति घ॥ :प् २६१ विश्वचक्रं कल्पलता सप्तसागरकं परं रत्नधेनुर्महाभूतघटः शुभदिने ऽर्पयेत्
:n 1 samutpātādyapāpahṛt iti ṅa.. / samutpātādipāpahṛditi gha.. :p 261 viśvacakraṃ kalpalatā saptasāgarakaṃ paraṃ ratnadhenurmahābhūtaghaṭaḥ śubhadine 'rpayet
the viśvacakra (all-wheel), the kalpalatā (wish-creeper), the excellent seven oceans, the jewel-cow, the pot of the great elements — (these) he should present on an auspicious day.
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AgP 210.5
मण्डपे मण्डले दानं देवान् प्रार्च्यार्पयेद्द्विजे मेरुदानानि पुण्यानि मेरवो दश तान् शृणु
maṇḍape maṇḍale dānaṃ devān prārcyārpayeddvije merudānāni puṇyāni meravo daśa tān śṛṇu
The gift (is to be made) in a pavilion, within a maṇḍala; having first worshipped the gods, he should present it to a brahmin. The gifts of Meru are meritorious; the Merus are ten — hear (about) them.
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AgP 210.6
धान्यद्रोणसहस्रेण उत्तमो ऽर्धार्धतः परौ उत्तमः षोडशद्रोणः कर्तव्यो लवणाचलः
dhānyadroṇasahasreṇa uttamo 'rdhārdhataḥ parau uttamaḥ ṣoḍaśadroṇaḥ kartavyo lavaṇācalaḥ
With a thousand droṇas of grain (is made) the best (mountain), and the two lower ones by successive halving; the salt-mountain, at best, is to be made of sixteen droṇas.
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AgP 210.7
दशभारैर् गुडाद्रिः स्यादुत्तमो ऽर्धार्धतः परौ उत्तमः पलसाहस्रैः स्वर्णमेरुस् तथा परौ
daśabhārair guḍādriḥ syāduttamo 'rdhārdhataḥ parau uttamaḥ palasāhasraiḥ svarṇamerus tathā parau
With ten bhāras the molasses-mountain would be the best kind, and the other two by successive halving; with a thousand palas the golden Meru is best, and likewise the others (proportionately).
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AgP 210.8
दशद्रोणैस्तिलाद्रिः स्यात् पञ्चभिश् च त्रिभिः क्रमात् कार्पासपर्वतो विंशभारैश् च दशपञ्चभिः
daśadroṇaistilādriḥ syāt pañcabhiś ca tribhiḥ kramāt kārpāsaparvato viṃśabhāraiś ca daśapañcabhiḥ
With ten droṇas the sesame-mountain would be (best), and with five and with three in order (the middling and least); the cotton-mountain with twenty bhāras, and with ten and five.
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AgP 210.9
विंशत्या घृहकुम्भानामुत्तमः स्याद् घृताचलः(१) दशभिः पलसाहस्रैर् उत्तमो रजताचलः
viṃśatyā ghṛhakumbhānāmuttamaḥ syād ghṛtācalaḥ(1) daśabhiḥ palasāhasrair uttamo rajatācalaḥ
With twenty pots of ghee the ghee-mountain would be the best; with ten thousand palas the silver mountain is best.
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AgP 210.10
अष्टभारैः शर्कराद्रिर्मध्योमन्दो ऽर्धतो ऽर्धतः दश धेनूः प्रवक्ष्यामि या दत्त्वा भुक्तिमुक्तिभाक्
aṣṭabhāraiḥ śarkarādrirmadhyomando 'rdhato 'rdhataḥ daśa dhenūḥ pravakṣyāmi yā dattvā bhuktimuktibhāk
With eight bhāras the sugar-mountain; the middling and the least by successive halving. I shall now declare the ten cows, by giving which one obtains both enjoyment and release.
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AgP 210.11
प्रथमा गुडधेनुः स्याद् घृतधेनुस् तथापरा तिलधेनुस्तृतोया च चतुर्थी जलधेनुका
prathamā guḍadhenuḥ syād ghṛtadhenus tathāparā tiladhenustṛtoyā ca caturthī jaladhenukā
The first would be the molasses-cow, the ghee-cow likewise the next, the sesame-cow the third, and the fourth the water-cow.
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AgP 210.12
क्षीरधेनुर्मधुधेनुः शर्करादधिधेनुके रसधेनुः स्वरूपेण दशमी विधिरुच्यते
kṣīradhenurmadhudhenuḥ śarkarādadhidhenuke rasadhenuḥ svarūpeṇa daśamī vidhirucyate
The milk-cow, the honey-cow, the sugar-cow and the curd-cow, (and) the juice-cow — the tenth in its own form; (thus) the rule is stated.
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AgP 210.13
कुम्भाः स्युर्द्रवधेनूनामितरासान्तु राशयः कृष्णाजिनञ्चतुर्हस्तं प्राग्ग्रीवं विन्यसेद्भुवि
kumbhāḥ syurdravadhenūnāmitarāsāntu rāśayaḥ kṛṣṇājinañcaturhastaṃ prāggrīvaṃ vinyasedbhuvi
For the liquid cows there should be pots, but for the rest heaps. He should lay upon the ground a black antelope-skin four cubits (long), with its neck toward the east.
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AgP 210.14
गोमयेनानुलिप्तायां दर्भानास्तीर्य सर्वतः :न् १ अत्र रत्नाचलबोधकपाठः पतितः दशविधाचलविभागस्य प्रतिज्ञातत्वात् मत्स्यपुराणीयसप्तसप्तत्यध्याये रत्नशैलस् तथाष्टम इत्य् अनेन रत्नाचलस्य दशविधाचलान्तर्गतत्वेनोल्लेखनाच्च :प् २६२ लघ्वैणकाजिनं तद्वद्वत्सस्य परिकल्पयेत्
gomayenānuliptāyāṃ darbhānāstīrya sarvataḥ :n 1 atra ratnācalabodhakapāṭhaḥ patitaḥ daśavidhācalavibhāgasya pratijñātatvāt matsyapurāṇīyasaptasaptatyadhyāye ratnaśailas tathāṣṭama ity anena ratnācalasya daśavidhācalāntargatatvenollekhanācca :p 262 laghvaiṇakājinaṃ tadvadvatsasya parikalpayet
On (ground) smeared with cow-dung, having strewn darbha grass all about ... he should in the same way arrange a small deer-skin for the calf.
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AgP 210.15
प्राङ्मुखीं कल्पयेद्धेनुमुदक्पादां सवत्सकां उत्तमा गुडधेनुः स्यात् सदा भारचतुष्टयात्
prāṅmukhīṃ kalpayeddhenumudakpādāṃ savatsakāṃ uttamā guḍadhenuḥ syāt sadā bhāracatuṣṭayāt
He should set up the cow facing east, with its feet to the north, together with a calf. The best molasses-cow would always be of four bhāras.
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AgP 210.16
वत्सं भारेण कुर्वीत भाराभ्यां मध्यमा स्मृता अर्धभारेण वत्सः स्यात् कनिष्ठा भारकेण तु
vatsaṃ bhāreṇa kurvīta bhārābhyāṃ madhyamā smṛtā ardhabhāreṇa vatsaḥ syāt kaniṣṭhā bhārakeṇa tu
The calf one should make with one bhāra; with two bhāras (the cow) is reckoned middling, (and) the calf would be of half a bhāra; but the least is of one bhāra,
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AgP 210.17
चतुर्थांशेन वत्सः स्याद् गुडवित्तानुसारतः पञ्च कृष्णलका माषस्ते सुवर्नस्तु षोडश
caturthāṃśena vatsaḥ syād guḍavittānusārataḥ pañca kṛṣṇalakā māṣaste suvarnastu ṣoḍaśa
and its calf would be of a quarter part — (all this) according to one's means in molasses. Five kṛṣṇalas make a māṣa, and sixteen (māṣas) a suvarṇa.
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AgP 210.18
पलं सुवर्णाश् चत्वारस्तुला पलशतं स्मृतं स्याद्भारो विंशतितुला द्रोणस्तु चतुराढकः
palaṃ suvarṇāś catvārastulā palaśataṃ smṛtaṃ syādbhāro viṃśatitulā droṇastu caturāḍhakaḥ
Four suvarṇas are a pala; a hundred palas is reckoned a tulā; twenty tulās would be a bhāra; and a droṇa is four āḍhakas.
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AgP 210.19
धेनुवत्सौ गुडस्योभौ सितसूक्ष्माम्बरावृतौ शुक्तिकर्णाविक्षुपादौ शुचिमुक्ताफलेक्षणौ
dhenuvatsau guḍasyobhau sitasūkṣmāmbarāvṛtau śuktikarṇāvikṣupādau śucimuktāphalekṣaṇau
Both cow and calf, of molasses, are to be covered with fine white cloth, with ears of shell, feet of sugarcane, eyes of pure pearls,
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AgP 210.20
सितसूत्रशिरालौ च सितकम्बलकम्वलौ ताम्रगड्डुकपृष्ठौ तौ सितचामररोमकौ
sitasūtraśirālau ca sitakambalakamvalau tāmragaḍḍukapṛṣṭhau tau sitacāmararomakau
with veins of white thread, with white blankets for their coverings, with their backs (made of) copper vessels, and with hair of white yak-tail whisks,
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AgP 210.21
विद्रुमभ्रूयुगावेतौ नवनीतस्तनान्वितौ क्षौमपुच्छौ कांस्यदोहाविन्द्रनीलकतारकौ
vidrumabhrūyugāvetau navanītastanānvitau kṣaumapucchau kāṃsyadohāvindranīlakatārakau
these two having a pair of eyebrows of coral, provided with udders of fresh butter, with tails of linen, with bronze milk-pails, with pupils of sapphire,
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AgP 210.22
सुवर्णशृङ्गाभरणौ रजतक्षुरसंयुतौ नानाफलमया दन्ता गन्धघ्राणप्रकल्पितौ
suvarṇaśṛṅgābharaṇau rajatakṣurasaṃyutau nānāphalamayā dantā gandhaghrāṇaprakalpitau
with golden horns for ornaments, furnished with silver hooves, their teeth made of various fruits, their noses fashioned with perfumes.
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AgP 210.23
रचयित्वा यजेद्धेनुमिमैर् मन्त्रैर् द्विजोत्तम या लक्ष्मीः सर्वभूतानां या च देवेष्ववस्थिता
racayitvā yajeddhenumimair mantrair dvijottama yā lakṣmīḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ yā ca deveṣvavasthitā
Having fashioned (them so), he should worship the cow with these mantras, O best of the twice-born: "She who is the Lakṣmī of all beings, and she who abides among the gods —
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AgP 210.24
धेनुरूपेण सा देवी मम शान्तिं प्रयच्छतु देहस्था या च रुद्राणी शङ्करस्य सदा प्रिया
dhenurūpeṇa sā devī mama śāntiṃ prayacchatu dehasthā yā ca rudrāṇī śaṅkarasya sadā priyā
may that goddess, in the form of a cow, grant me peace. And she who dwells in the body as Rudrāṇī, ever dear to Śaṅkara —
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AgP 210.25
धेनुरूपेण सा देवी मम पापं व्यपोहतु विष्णुवक्षसि या लक्ष्मीः स्वाहा या च विभावसोः
dhenurūpeṇa sā devī mama pāpaṃ vyapohatu viṣṇuvakṣasi yā lakṣmīḥ svāhā yā ca vibhāvasoḥ
may that goddess, in the form of a cow, drive away my sin. The Lakṣmī who is on Viṣṇu's breast, and Svāhā who belongs to Fire —
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AgP 210.26
:प् २६३ चन्द्रार्कऋक्षशक्तिर्या धेनुरूपास्तु सा श्रिये चतुर्मुखस्य या लक्ष्मीर्या लक्ष्मीर्धनदस्य च
:p 263 candrārkaṛkṣaśaktiryā dhenurūpāstu sā śriye caturmukhasya yā lakṣmīryā lakṣmīrdhanadasya ca
She who is the power of moon, sun and stars — may she, in the form of a cow, be (given) for prosperity; she who is the Lakṣmī of the four-faced (Brahmā), and she who is the Lakṣmī of the giver of wealth (Kubera) —
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AgP 210.27
लक्ष्मीर्या लोकपालानां स धेनुर्वरदास्तु मे स्वधा त्वं पितृमुख्यानां स्वाहा यज्ञभुजां यतः
lakṣmīryā lokapālānāṃ sa dhenurvaradāstu me svadhā tvaṃ pitṛmukhyānāṃ svāhā yajñabhujāṃ yataḥ
— she who is the Lakṣmī of the guardians of the worlds: may that cow be a giver of boons to me. You are the svadhā of the foremost ancestors, the svāhā of those who eat the sacrifice, since —
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AgP 210.28
सर्वपापहरा धेनुस्तस्माच्छान्तिं प्रयच्छ मे एवमामन्त्रितां धेनुं ब्राह्मणाय निवेदयेत्
sarvapāpaharā dhenustasmācchāntiṃ prayaccha me evamāmantritāṃ dhenuṃ brāhmaṇāya nivedayet
— the cow removes all sins: therefore grant me peace. The cow thus invoked he should present to a brahmin.
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AgP 210.29
समानं सर्वधेनूनां विधानं चैतदेव हि सर्वयज्ञफलं प्राप्य निर्मलो भुक्तिमुक्तिभाक्
samānaṃ sarvadhenūnāṃ vidhānaṃ caitadeva hi sarvayajñaphalaṃ prāpya nirmalo bhuktimuktibhāk
And this very same procedure is common to all cows. Having obtained the fruit of all sacrifices, (the giver becomes) stainless and a partaker of enjoyment and liberation.
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AgP 210.30
स्वर्णशृङ्गो शफै रौप्यैः सुशीला वस्त्रसंयुता कांस्योपदोहा दातव्या क्षोरिणौ गौः सदक्षिणा
svarṇaśṛṅgo śaphai raupyaiḥ suśīlā vastrasaṃyutā kāṃsyopadohā dātavyā kṣoriṇau gauḥ sadakṣiṇā
With gilded horns and with silver hooves, of good disposition, furnished with a cloth, with a bronze milking-pail, the cow is to be given together with a fee, the two (horns?) being sharpened.
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AgP 210.31
दातास्याः स्वर्गमाप्नोति वत्सरान् सोमसम्मितान् कपिला चेत्तारयति भूयश्चासप्तमं कुलं
dātāsyāḥ svargamāpnoti vatsarān somasammitān kapilā cettārayati bhūyaścāsaptamaṃ kulaṃ
Her giver attains heaven for years equal in number to (the drops of?) soma; and if she is a tawny (kapilā) cow, she carries across, further, the family up to the seventh (generation).
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AgP 210.32
स्वर्णशृङ्गीं रौप्यखुरां कांस्यदोहनकान्वितां शक्तितो दक्षिणायुक्तां दत्त्वा स्याद्भुक्तिमुक्तिभाक्
svarṇaśṛṅgīṃ raupyakhurāṃ kāṃsyadohanakānvitāṃ śaktito dakṣiṇāyuktāṃ dattvā syādbhuktimuktibhāk
Having given a cow with gilded horns, silver hooves, provided with a bronze milking-pail, and accompanied by a fee according to one's ability, one becomes a partaker of enjoyment and liberation.
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AgP 210.33
सवत्सरोमतुल्यानि युगान्युभयतोमुखीं दत्त्वा स्वर्गमवाप्नोति पूर्वेण विधिना ददेत्
savatsaromatulyāni yugānyubhayatomukhīṃ dattvā svargamavāpnoti pūrveṇa vidhinā dadet
Having given a cow in the act of calving (lit. two-mouthed), (he attains heaven) for ages equal to the hairs of the cow together with her calf; he attains heaven — one should give by the aforesaid rule.
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AgP 210.34
आसन्नमृत्युना देया सवत्सा गौस्तु पूर्ववत् यमद्वारे महावीरे तप्ता वैतरणी(१) नदी
āsannamṛtyunā deyā savatsā gaustu pūrvavat yamadvāre mahāvīre taptā vaitaraṇī(1) nadī
By one whose death is near, a cow with her calf is to be given, as before; for at Yama's gate, terrible and mighty, is the scalding river Vaitaraṇī.
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AgP 210.35
तान्तर्तुञ्च ददाम्येनां(२) कृष्णां वैतरणीञ्च गां
tāntartuñca dadāmyenāṃ(2) kṛṣṇāṃ vaitaraṇīñca gāṃ
"And to cross it I give this black cow, the Vaitaraṇī cow."
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