Agni Purana — Chapter 214
AgP 214.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे पृथ्वीदानानि नाम त्रयोदशाधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {२१४} :श् अथ चतुर्दशाधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः मन्त्रमाहत्म्यकथनं अग्निर् उवाच नाडीचक्रं प्रवक्ष्यामि यज्ज्ञानाज् ज्ञायते हरिः नाभेरधस्ताद्यत् कन्दमङ्कुरास्तत्र निर्गताः
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe pṛthvīdānāni nāma trayodaśādhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {214} :ś atha caturdaśādhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ mantramāhatmyakathanaṃ agnir uvāca nāḍīcakraṃ pravakṣyāmi yajjñānāj jñāyate hariḥ nābheradhastādyat kandamaṅkurāstatra nirgatāḥ
Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa the two hundred thirteenth chapter, called "The Gifts of Earth." Chapter 214. Now the two hundred fourteenth chapter: the telling of the greatness of the mantra. Agni said: I shall declare the circle of channels, by knowing which Hari is known. Below the navel is the bulb; there the shoots have issued forth.
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AgP 214.2
:न् १ नरमेधफलं लभेदिति ग॥ , ङ॥ , ञ॥ च २ पुरीं वापीति ख॥ ३ कार्त्तिकादाविति ख॥ , ट॥ च ४ कुर्वन् सन्तारयेत् कुलमिति ग॥ , घ॥ , ङ॥ , ट॥ च :प् २७७ द्वासप्ततिसहस्राणि नाभिमध्ये व्यवस्थिताः तिर्यगूर्ध्वमधश् चैव व्याप्तन्ताभिः समन्ततः
:n 1 naramedhaphalaṃ labhediti ga.. , ṅa.. , ña.. ca 2 purīṃ vāpīti kha.. 3 kārttikādāviti kha.. , ṭa.. ca 4 kurvan santārayet kulamiti ga.. , gha.. , ṅa.. , ṭa.. ca :p 277 dvāsaptatisahasrāṇi nābhimadhye vyavasthitāḥ tiryagūrdhvamadhaś caiva vyāptantābhiḥ samantataḥ
[Variants: 1 'obtains the fruit of a human sacrifice' in ga, ṅa, ña; 2 'or a city' in kha; 3 'beginning with Kārttika' in kha and ṭa; 4 'performing (it) he thoroughly carries his family across' in ga, gha, ṅa, ṭa. Page 277] Seventy-two thousand (channels) are situated in the middle of the navel; crosswise, upward and downward, (the body) is pervaded by them on every side.
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AgP 214.3
चक्रवत्संस्थिता ह्य् एताः प्रधाना दशनाडयः इडा च पिङ्गला चैव सुसुम्णा च तथैव च
cakravatsaṃsthitā hy etāḥ pradhānā daśanāḍayaḥ iḍā ca piṅgalā caiva susumṇā ca tathaiva ca
These are set out like a wheel; the principal channels are ten: Iḍā, and Piṅgalā, and likewise Suṣumṇā,
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AgP 214.4
गान्धारी हस्तिजिह्वा च पृथा चैव यथा तथा अलम्बुषा हुहुश् चैव शङ्खिनी दशमी स्मृता
gāndhārī hastijihvā ca pṛthā caiva yathā tathā alambuṣā huhuś caiva śaṅkhinī daśamī smṛtā
Gāndhārī and Hastijihvā, and Pṛthā just so, Alambuṣā and Huhu, and Śaṅkhinī is reckoned the tenth.
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AgP 214.5
दश प्राणवहा ह्य् एता नाडयः परिकीर्तिताः प्राणो ऽपानः समानश् च उदानो व्यान एव च
daśa prāṇavahā hy etā nāḍayaḥ parikīrtitāḥ prāṇo 'pānaḥ samānaś ca udāno vyāna eva ca
These ten channels that carry the breath have been declared. Prāṇa, apāna, samāna, udāna, and vyāna,
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AgP 214.6
नागः कूर्मो ऽथ कृकरो देवदत्तो धनञ्जयः प्राणस्तु प्रथमो वायुर्दशानामपि स प्रभुः
nāgaḥ kūrmo 'tha kṛkaro devadatto dhanañjayaḥ prāṇastu prathamo vāyurdaśānāmapi sa prabhuḥ
nāga, kūrma, then kṛkara, devadatta, dhanañjaya — prāṇa is the first wind, and it is the master of all ten.
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AgP 214.7
प्राणः प्राणयते प्राणं विसर्गात् पूरणं प्रति नित्यमापूरयत्येष प्राणिनामुरसि स्थितः
prāṇaḥ prāṇayate prāṇaṃ visargāt pūraṇaṃ prati nityamāpūrayatyeṣa prāṇināmurasi sthitaḥ
Prāṇa causes the breath to breathe, from expulsion toward filling; situated in the chest of living beings, it constantly fills (them).
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AgP 214.8
निःश्वासोच्छ्वासकासैस्तु प्राणो जीवसमाश्रितः प्रयाणं कुरुते यस्मात्तस्मात् प्राणः प्रकीर्तितः
niḥśvāsocchvāsakāsaistu prāṇo jīvasamāśritaḥ prayāṇaṃ kurute yasmāttasmāt prāṇaḥ prakīrtitaḥ
Prāṇa, resting upon the living self, makes the movement (of air) by out-breaths, in-breaths and coughs; because it makes the going forth (prayāṇa), it is therefore called prāṇa.
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AgP 214.9
अधो नयत्यपानस्तु आहारञ्च नृणामधः मूत्रशुक्रवहो वायुरपानस्तेन कीर्तितः
adho nayatyapānastu āhārañca nṛṇāmadhaḥ mūtraśukravaho vāyurapānastena kīrtitaḥ
Apāna carries downward, and (carries) food downward in men; the wind that conveys urine and semen is for that reason called apāna.
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AgP 214.10
पीतभक्षितमाघ्रातं रक्तपित्तकफानिलं समन्नयति गात्रेषु समानो नाम मारुतः
pītabhakṣitamāghrātaṃ raktapittakaphānilaṃ samannayati gātreṣu samāno nāma mārutaḥ
What is drunk, eaten, and smelled, and blood, bile, phlegm and wind — the wind named samāna conveys these together throughout the limbs.
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AgP 214.11
स्पन्दयत्यधरं वक्त्रं नेत्ररागप्रकोपनं उद्वेजयति मर्माणि उदानो नाम मारुतः
spandayatyadharaṃ vaktraṃ netrarāgaprakopanaṃ udvejayati marmāṇi udāno nāma mārutaḥ
It makes the lower lip and the mouth quiver, provokes redness of the eyes, and agitates the vital points: this wind is named udāna.
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AgP 214.12
व्यानो विनामयत्यङ्गं व्यानो व्याधिप्रकोपनः प्रतिदानं तथा कण्ठाद्व्यापानाद्व्यान उच्यते
vyāno vināmayatyaṅgaṃ vyāno vyādhiprakopanaḥ pratidānaṃ tathā kaṇṭhādvyāpānādvyāna ucyate
Vyāna bends the body; vyāna is the provoker of disease. And because of the giving back from the throat, and from its pervading motion, it is called vyāna.
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AgP 214.13
उद्गारे नाग इत्य् उक्तः कूर्मश्चोन्मीलने स्थितः :प् २७८ कृकरो भक्षणे चैव देवदत्तो विजृम्भिते
udgāre nāga ity uktaḥ kūrmaśconmīlane sthitaḥ :p 278 kṛkaro bhakṣaṇe caiva devadatto vijṛmbhite
In belching (the breath) is called Nāga; Kūrma is stationed in the opening of the eyes; Kṛkara likewise in eating, and Devadatta in yawning.
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AgP 214.14
धनञ्जयः स्थितो घोषे मृतस्यापि न मुञ्चति जीवः प्रयाति दशधा नाडीचक्रं हि तेन तत्
dhanañjayaḥ sthito ghoṣe mṛtasyāpi na muñcati jīvaḥ prayāti daśadhā nāḍīcakraṃ hi tena tat
Dhanañjaya abides in sound, and does not leave even one who is dead. The life-breath moves in tenfold fashion, and by it (arises) that wheel of channels.
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AgP 214.15
सङ्क्रान्तिर्विषुवञ्चैव अहोरात्रायनानि च अधिमास ऋणञ्चैव ऊनरात्र धनन्तथा(१)
saṅkrāntirviṣuvañcaiva ahorātrāyanāni ca adhimāsa ṛṇañcaiva ūnarātra dhanantathā(1)
The solstitial transit (saṅkrānti), the equinox, day and night, and the two courses (of the sun), the intercalary month and the deficit, the short night and the surplus likewise —
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AgP 214.16
ऊनरात्रं भवेद्धिक्का अधिमासो विजृम्भिका ऋणञ्चात्र भवेत् कासो निश्वासो धनमुच्यते(२)
ūnarātraṃ bhaveddhikkā adhimāso vijṛmbhikā ṛṇañcātra bhavet kāso niśvāso dhanamucyate(2)
The short night would be hiccup, the intercalary month yawning; here the deficit would be coughing, and the surplus is said to be exhalation.
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AgP 214.17
उत्तरं दक्षिणं ज्ञेयं वामं दक्षिणसञ्ज्ञितं मध्ये तु विषुवं प्रोक्तं पुटद्वयविनिःस्मृतं
uttaraṃ dakṣiṇaṃ jñeyaṃ vāmaṃ dakṣiṇasañjñitaṃ madhye tu viṣuvaṃ proktaṃ puṭadvayaviniḥsmṛtaṃ
The northern (course) is to be known as the right, the left as designated the southern; but in the middle the equinox is declared, issuing from the two nostrils.
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AgP 214.18
सङ्क्रान्तिः पुनरस्यैव स्वस्थानात् स्थानयोगतः सुसुम्णा मध्यमे ह्य् अङ्गे इडा वामे प्रतिष्ठिता
saṅkrāntiḥ punarasyaiva svasthānāt sthānayogataḥ susumṇā madhyame hy aṅge iḍā vāme pratiṣṭhitā
And the transit of this same (breath) is from its own place, by conjunction with (another) place. Suṣumṇā is indeed in the middle part, Iḍā is established on the left.
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AgP 214.19
पिङ्गला दक्षिणे विप्र ऊर्ध्वं प्राणो ह्य् अहः स्मृतं अपानो रात्रिरेवं स्यादेको वायुर्दशात्मकः
piṅgalā dakṣiṇe vipra ūrdhvaṃ prāṇo hy ahaḥ smṛtaṃ apāno rātrirevaṃ syādeko vāyurdaśātmakaḥ
Piṅgalā is on the right, O brahmin. The upward (breath), prāṇa, is held to be day; apāna would thus be night — one breath (of) tenfold nature.
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AgP 214.20
आयामो देहमध्यस्थः सोमग्रहणमिष्यते देहातितत्त्वमायामं आदित्यग्रहणं विदुः
āyāmo dehamadhyasthaḥ somagrahaṇamiṣyate dehātitattvamāyāmaṃ ādityagrahaṇaṃ viduḥ
The extension (of breath) that stays in the middle of the body is held to be the eclipse of the moon; the extension of the principle beyond the body they know as the eclipse of the sun.
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AgP 214.21
उदरं पूरयेत्तावद्वायुना यावदीप्सितं प्राणायामी भवेदेष पूरका देहपूरकः
udaraṃ pūrayettāvadvāyunā yāvadīpsitaṃ prāṇāyāmī bhavedeṣa pūrakā dehapūrakaḥ
One should fill the belly with air as much as is desired: this practitioner of breath-control becomes the 'filler' (pūraka), the one who fills the body.
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AgP 214.22
पिधाय सर्वद्वाराणि निश्वासोच्छ्वासवर्जितः सम्पूरणकुम्भवत्तिष्ठेत् प्राणायामः स कुम्भकः
pidhāya sarvadvārāṇi niśvāsocchvāsavarjitaḥ sampūraṇakumbhavattiṣṭhet prāṇāyāmaḥ sa kumbhakaḥ
Having closed all the gates, free of inhalation and exhalation, one should remain like a filled pot: that breath-control is kumbhaka.
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AgP 214.23
मुञ्चेद्वायुं ततस्तूर्ध्वं श्वासेनैकेन मन्त्रवित् उच्छ्वासयोगयुक्तश् च वायुमूर्द्वं विरेचयेत्
muñcedvāyuṃ tatastūrdhvaṃ śvāsenaikena mantravit ucchvāsayogayuktaś ca vāyumūrdvaṃ virecayet
Then the knower of the mantra should release the air upward with a single breath; and joined with the practice of exhaling, he should void the air upward.
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AgP 214.24
:न् १ बलन्तथेति ञ॥ २ बलमुच्यते इति ञ॥ , झ॥ च :प् २७९ उच्चरति स्वयं यस्मात् स्वदेहावस्थितः शिवः तस्मात् तत्त्वविदाञ्चैव स एव जप उच्च्यते
:n 1 balantatheti ña.. 2 balamucyate iti ña.. , jha.. ca :p 279 uccarati svayaṃ yasmāt svadehāvasthitaḥ śivaḥ tasmāt tattvavidāñcaiva sa eva japa uccyate
Since Śiva, who abides in one's own body, utters (it) of himself, therefore for the knowers of reality that very (utterance) is called the recitation.
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AgP 214.25
अयुते द्वे सहस्रैकं षट्शतानि तथैव च अहोरात्रेण योगीन्द्रो जपसङ्ख्यां करोति सः
ayute dve sahasraikaṃ ṣaṭśatāni tathaiva ca ahorātreṇa yogīndro japasaṅkhyāṃ karoti saḥ
Twenty thousand, one thousand, and likewise six hundred — in a day and night the lord of yogins accomplishes that number of recitations.
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AgP 214.26
अजपा नाम गायत्री ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वरी अजपां जपते यस्तां पुनर्जन्म न विद्यते
ajapā nāma gāyatrī brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarī ajapāṃ japate yastāṃ punarjanma na vidyate
The Gāyatrī named Ajapā (the unrecited) is Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvarī; for him who recites that Ajapā there is no rebirth again.
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AgP 214.27
चन्द्राग्निरविसंयुक्ता आद्या कुण्डलिनी मता हृत्प्रदेशे तु सा ज्ञेया अङ्कुराकारसंस्थिता
candrāgniravisaṃyuktā ādyā kuṇḍalinī matā hṛtpradeśe tu sā jñeyā aṅkurākārasaṃsthitā
The primal Kuṇḍalinī is held to be joined with moon, fire and sun; she is to be known in the region of the heart, situated in the shape of a sprout.
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AgP 214.28
सृष्टिन्यासो भवेत्तत्र स वै सर्गावलम्बनात् स्रवन्तं चिन्तयेत्तस्मिन्नमृतं सात्त्विकोत्तमः
sṛṣṭinyāso bhavettatra sa vai sargāvalambanāt sravantaṃ cintayettasminnamṛtaṃ sāttvikottamaḥ
There should be the placing of creation there, since it (the region) supports emission; and the best of the sattvic ones should meditate on the nectar flowing in it.
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AgP 214.29
देहस्थः सकलो ज्ञेयो निष्फलो देहवर्जितः(१) हंसहंसेति यो ब्रूयाद्धंसो देवः सदाशिवः
dehasthaḥ sakalo jñeyo niṣphalo dehavarjitaḥ(1) haṃsahaṃseti yo brūyāddhaṃso devaḥ sadāśivaḥ
Abiding in the body he is to be known as with-parts (sakala); without the body he is partless. Whoever should say 'haṃsa, haṃsa' — the haṃsa is the god Sadāśiva.
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AgP 214.30
तिलेषु च यथा तैलं पुष्पे गन्धः समश्रितः पुरुषस्य तथा देहे स वाह्याभ्यन्तरां स्थितः
tileṣu ca yathā tailaṃ puṣpe gandhaḥ samaśritaḥ puruṣasya tathā dehe sa vāhyābhyantarāṃ sthitaḥ
As oil is in sesame seeds, as scent inheres in a flower, so he stands in the body of a person, outside and within.
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AgP 214.31
ब्रह्मणो हृदये स्थानं कण्ठे विष्णुः समाश्रितः तालुमध्ये(२) स्थितो रुद्रो ललाटे तु महेश्वरः
brahmaṇo hṛdaye sthānaṃ kaṇṭhe viṣṇuḥ samāśritaḥ tālumadhye(2) sthito rudro lalāṭe tu maheśvaraḥ
Brahmā's place is in the heart, Viṣṇu resides in the throat, Rudra is stationed in the middle of the palate, and Maheśvara in the forehead.
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AgP 214.32
प्राणाग्रन्तु शिवं विद्यात्तस्यान्ते तु परापरं पञ्चधा सकलः प्रोक्तो विपरीतस्तु निष्फलः
prāṇāgrantu śivaṃ vidyāttasyānte tu parāparaṃ pañcadhā sakalaḥ prokto viparītastu niṣphalaḥ
At the tip of the breath one should know Śiva, and at the end of that, the higher-and-lower. In five ways he is called 'with-parts'; the reverse of that is the partless.
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AgP 214.33
प्रासादं नादमुत्थाप्य शततन्तु जपेद्यदि षण्मासात्सिद्धिमाप्नोति योगयुक्तो न संशयः
prāsādaṃ nādamutthāpya śatatantu japedyadi ṣaṇmāsātsiddhimāpnoti yogayukto na saṃśayaḥ
Having raised up the prāsāda (mantra) as sound (nāda), if one recites it a hundred times, then within six months, being joined to yoga, he attains supernatural power — there is no doubt.
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AgP 214.34
गमागमस्य ज्ञानेन सर्वपापक्षयो भवेत् :न् १ देहपूजित इति ख॥ , घ॥ , छ॥ च २ तालुमूले इति ख॥ :प् २८० अणिमादिगुणैश्वर्यं षड्भिर्मासैर् अवाप्नुयात्
gamāgamasya jñānena sarvapāpakṣayo bhavet :n 1 dehapūjita iti kha.. , gha.. , cha.. ca 2 tālumūle iti kha.. :p 280 aṇimādiguṇaiśvaryaṃ ṣaḍbhirmāsair avāpnuyāt
By the knowledge of the going and coming (of the breath) there comes destruction of all sins. [1 kha, gha, cha read 'dehapūjita'; 2 kha reads 'tālumūle'] He would obtain within six months the lordship consisting of the powers beginning with aṇimā (minuteness).
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AgP 214.35
स्थूलः सूक्ष्मः परश्चेति प्रासादः कथितो मया ह्रस्वो दीर्घः प्लुतश्चेति प्रासादं लक्षयेत्त्रिधा
sthūlaḥ sūkṣmaḥ paraśceti prāsādaḥ kathito mayā hrasvo dīrghaḥ plutaśceti prāsādaṃ lakṣayettridhā
The prāsāda (mantra) has been declared by me to be gross, subtle, and supreme; one should mark the prāsāda as threefold: short, long, and prolated.
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AgP 214.36
ह्रस्वो दहति पापानि दीर्घो मोक्षप्रदो भवेत् आप्यायने प्लुतश्चेति मूर्ध्नि विन्दुविभूषितः
hrasvo dahati pāpāni dīrgho mokṣaprado bhavet āpyāyane plutaśceti mūrdhni vinduvibhūṣitaḥ
The short (form) burns up sins, the long becomes a giver of liberation, and the prolated, adorned with a dot on its head, (serves) for nourishing.
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AgP 214.37
आदावन्ते च ह्रस्वस्य फट्कारो मारणे हितः आदावन्ते च हृदयमाकृष्टौ सम्प्रकीर्तितम्
ādāvante ca hrasvasya phaṭkāro māraṇe hitaḥ ādāvante ca hṛdayamākṛṣṭau samprakīrtitam
At the beginning and at the end of the short (form), the utterance 'phaṭ' is effective for killing; at the beginning and the end, the 'heart' (formula) is declared (to be used) for attraction.
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AgP 214.38
देवस्य दक्षिणां मूर्तिं पञ्चलक्षं स्थितो जपेत् जपान्ते घृतहोमस्तु दशसाहस्रिको भवेत्
devasya dakṣiṇāṃ mūrtiṃ pañcalakṣaṃ sthito japet japānte ghṛtahomastu daśasāhasriko bhavet
Stationed (before) the southern image of the god, one should recite five hundred thousand (times); at the end of the recitation there should be an oblation of ghee ten thousand (times).
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AgP 214.39
एवमाप्यायितो मन्त्रो वश्योच्चाटादि कारयेत् ऊर्ध्वे शून्यमधः शून्यं मध्ये शून्यं निरामयं
evamāpyāyito mantro vaśyoccāṭādi kārayet ūrdhve śūnyamadhaḥ śūnyaṃ madhye śūnyaṃ nirāmayaṃ
The mantra thus nourished will accomplish subjugation, driving away, and the rest. Above is void, below is void, in the middle is void, free of affliction.
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AgP 214.40
त्रिशून्यं यो विजानाति मुच्यते ऽसौ ध्रुवं द्विजः प्रासादं यो न जानाति पञ्चमन्त्रमहातनुं
triśūnyaṃ yo vijānāti mucyate 'sau dhruvaṃ dvijaḥ prāsādaṃ yo na jānāti pañcamantramahātanuṃ
That twice-born who knows the triple void is surely released. He who does not know the prāsāda, whose great body is the five mantras,
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AgP 214.41
अष्टत्रिंशत्कलायुक्तं न स आचार्य उच्यते तथोङ्कारञ्च गायत्रीं रुद्रादीन् वेत्त्य।असौ गुरुः
aṣṭatriṃśatkalāyuktaṃ na sa ācārya ucyate tathoṅkārañca gāyatrīṃ rudrādīn vettya.asau guruḥ
joined with the thirty-eight kalās — he is not called an ācārya; and he who knows the syllable oṃ, the gāyatrī, and Rudra and the others, he is a guru.
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