Agni Purana — Chapter 215
AgP 215.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे मन्त्रमाहात्म्यं नाम चतुर्दशाधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ :प् २८१ छप्तेर् {२१५} :श् अथ पञ्चदशाधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः सन्ध्याविधिः अग्निर् उवाच ओङ्कारं यो विजानाति स योगी स हरिः पुमान् ओङ्कारमभ्यसेत्तस्मान्मृन्मन्त्रसारन्तु सर्वदं
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe mantramāhātmyaṃ nāma caturdaśādhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || :p 281 chapter {215} :ś atha pañcadaśādhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ sandhyāvidhiḥ agnir uvāca oṅkāraṃ yo vijānāti sa yogī sa hariḥ pumān oṅkāramabhyasettasmānmṛnmantrasārantu sarvadaṃ
Thus, in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa, the two hundred fourteenth chapter, called "The Greatness of Mantras." || Now the two hundred fifteenth chapter: The Rule of the Twilight Observance. Agni said: He who knows the syllable oṃ is a yogin, he is Hari, he is (the true) man. Therefore let one practise the syllable oṃ, which is the essence of mantras and grants everything.
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AgP 215.2
सर्वमन्त्रप्रयोगेषु प्रणवः प्रथमः स्मृतः तेन सम्परिपूर्णं यत्तत् पूर्णं कर्म नेतरत्
sarvamantraprayogeṣu praṇavaḥ prathamaḥ smṛtaḥ tena samparipūrṇaṃ yattat pūrṇaṃ karma netarat
In all applications of mantras the praṇava (oṃ) is held to be first; that rite which is fully complete with it is complete, not any other.
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AgP 215.3
ओङ्कारपूर्विकास्तिस्रो महाव्याहृतयो ऽव्ययाः त्रिपदा चैव सावित्री विज्ञेयं ब्रह्मणी मुखं
oṅkārapūrvikāstisro mahāvyāhṛtayo 'vyayāḥ tripadā caiva sāvitrī vijñeyaṃ brahmaṇī mukhaṃ
The three great utterances (bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ), preceded by oṃ and imperishable, and the three-footed Sāvitrī, are to be known as the mouth of Brahman.
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AgP 215.4
यो ऽधीते ऽहन्यहन्येतास्त्रीणि वर्षाण्यतन्त्रितः स ब्रह्मपरमभ्येति वायुभूतः खमूर्तिमान्
yo 'dhīte 'hanyahanyetāstrīṇi varṣāṇyatantritaḥ sa brahmaparamabhyeti vāyubhūtaḥ khamūrtimān
He who recites these day after day for three years without slackness attains the supreme Brahman, becoming wind and having space for his body.
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AgP 215.5
एकाक्षरं परं ब्रह्म प्राणायामपरन्तपः सावित्र्यास्तु परन्नास्ति मौनात् सत्यं विशिष्यते
ekākṣaraṃ paraṃ brahma prāṇāyāmaparantapaḥ sāvitryāstu parannāsti maunāt satyaṃ viśiṣyate
The single syllable is the supreme Brahman; breath-restraint is the highest austerity; there is nothing higher than the Sāvitrī; truth is superior to silence.
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AgP 215.6
सप्तावर्ता पापहरा दशभिः प्रापयेद्दिवं विंशावर्ता तु सा देवी नयते हीश्वरालयं
saptāvartā pāpaharā daśabhiḥ prāpayeddivaṃ viṃśāvartā tu sā devī nayate hīśvarālayaṃ
Repeated seven times she removes sin; with ten she brings (one) to heaven; but repeated twenty times that goddess leads (one) to the abode of Īśvara.
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AgP 215.7
अष्टोत्तरशतं जप्त्वा तीर्णः संसारसागरात् रुद्रकुष्माण्डजप्येभ्यो गायत्री तु विशिष्यते
aṣṭottaraśataṃ japtvā tīrṇaḥ saṃsārasāgarāt rudrakuṣmāṇḍajapyebhyo gāyatrī tu viśiṣyate
Having recited it a hundred and eight times, one is carried across the ocean of transmigration; the Gāyatrī is superior to recitations of the Rudra and Kūṣmāṇḍa (hymns).
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AgP 215.8
न गायत्र्याः परञ्जप्यं न व्याहृतिसमं हुतं गायत्र्याः पादमप्यर्धमृगर्धमृचमेव वा
na gāyatryāḥ parañjapyaṃ na vyāhṛtisamaṃ hutaṃ gāyatryāḥ pādamapyardhamṛgardhamṛcameva vā
There is no recitation higher than the Gāyatrī, no oblation equal to the great utterances. Even a quarter of the Gāyatrī, or half a verse, or a half-verse —
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AgP 215.9
ब्रह्महत्या सुरापानं सुवर्णस्तेयमेव च गुरुदारागमश् चैव जप्येनैव पुनाति सा
brahmahatyā surāpānaṃ suvarṇasteyameva ca gurudārāgamaś caiva japyenaiva punāti sā
killing a brahmin, drinking liquor, and stealing gold, and going to the teacher's wife — she purifies (these) by recitation alone.
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AgP 215.10
:प् २८२ पापे कृते तिलैर् होमो गायत्रीजप ईरितः जप्त्वा सहस्रं गायत्र्या उपवासी स पापहा(१)
:p 282 pāpe kṛte tilair homo gāyatrījapa īritaḥ japtvā sahasraṃ gāyatryā upavāsī sa pāpahā(1)
When a sin has been committed, an oblation with sesame seeds and the recitation of the Gāyatrī are prescribed; having recited the Gāyatrī a thousand times while fasting, he destroys the sin.
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AgP 215.11
गोघ्नः पितृघ्नो मातृघ्नो ब्रह्महा गुरुतल्पगः ब्रह्मघ्नः स्वर्णहारी च सुरापो लक्षजप्यतः
goghnaḥ pitṛghno mātṛghno brahmahā gurutalpagaḥ brahmaghnaḥ svarṇahārī ca surāpo lakṣajapyataḥ
A cow-killer, a father-killer, a mother-killer, a slayer of a brahmin, one who has gone to his guru's bed, a killer of a brahmin, a stealer of gold, and a drinker of liquor — by a hundred thousand recitations
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AgP 215.12
शुध्यते वाथ वा स्नात्वा शतमन्तर्जले जपेत् अपः शतेन पीत्वा तु गायत्र्याः पापहा भवेत्
śudhyate vātha vā snātvā śatamantarjale japet apaḥ śatena pītvā tu gāyatryāḥ pāpahā bhavet
(Thereby) he is purified; or else, having bathed, he should recite (it) a hundred times while standing in the water; and by drinking water with a hundred (repetitions) of the Gāyatrī he becomes one whose sin is destroyed.
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AgP 215.13
शतं जप्ता तु गायत्री पापोपशमनी स्मृता सहस्रं शप्ता सा देवी उपपातकनाशिनी
śataṃ japtā tu gāyatrī pāpopaśamanī smṛtā sahasraṃ śaptā sā devī upapātakanāśinī
Recited a hundred times, the Gāyatrī is held to quell sin; recited a thousand times, that goddess destroys the minor sins (upapātaka).
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AgP 215.14
अभीष्टदा कोटिजप्या देवत्वं राजतामियात् ओङ्कारं पूर्वमुच्चार्य भूर्भुवः स्वस्तथैव च
abhīṣṭadā koṭijapyā devatvaṃ rājatāmiyāt oṅkāraṃ pūrvamuccārya bhūrbhuvaḥ svastathaiva ca
Recited ten million times she grants what is desired: one may attain divinity or kingship. Having first uttered the syllable Oṃ, and likewise bhūr, bhuvaḥ, svaḥ,
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AgP 215.15
गायत्री प्रणवश्चान्ते जपे चैवमुदाहृतं विश्वामित्र ऋषिच्छन्दो गायत्रं सविता तथा
gāyatrī praṇavaścānte jape caivamudāhṛtaṃ viśvāmitra ṛṣicchando gāyatraṃ savitā tathā
then the Gāyatrī, and the praṇava at the end — thus it is declared for recitation. Viśvāmitra is the seer, the metre is gāyatrī, and Savitṛ (the deity).
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AgP 215.16
देवतोपनये जप्ये विनियोगो हुते तथा अग्निर्वायू रविर्विद्युत् यमो जलपतिर्गुरुः
devatopanaye japye viniyogo hute tathā agnirvāyū ravirvidyut yamo jalapatirguruḥ
(Savitṛ is) the deity; the ritual application is in the initiation, in recitation, and likewise in oblation. Agni, Vāyu, the sun, lightning, Yama, the lord of waters, Bṛhaspati,
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AgP 215.17
पर्जन्य इन्द्रो गन्धर्वः पूषा च तदनन्तरं मित्रो ऽथ वरुणस्त्वष्टा वसवो मरुतः शशी
parjanya indro gandharvaḥ pūṣā ca tadanantaraṃ mitro 'tha varuṇastvaṣṭā vasavo marutaḥ śaśī
Parjanya, Indra, Gandharva, and Pūṣan thereafter, then Mitra, Varuṇa, Tvaṣṭṛ, the Vasus, the Maruts, the moon,
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AgP 215.18
अङ्गिरा विश्वनासत्यौ कस् तथा सर्वदेवताः रुद्रो ब्रह्मा च विष्णुश् च क्रमशो ऽक्षरदेवताः
aṅgirā viśvanāsatyau kas tathā sarvadevatāḥ rudro brahmā ca viṣṇuś ca kramaśo 'kṣaradevatāḥ
Aṅgiras, the All-gods, the two Nāsatyas, Ka, and likewise all the deities, Rudra, Brahmā and Viṣṇu — these in order are the deities of the syllables,
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AgP 215.19
गयत्र्या जपकाले तु कथिताः पापनाशनाः पादाङ्गुष्ठौ च गुल्फौ च नलकौ जानुनी तथा
gayatryā japakāle tu kathitāḥ pāpanāśanāḥ pādāṅguṣṭhau ca gulphau ca nalakau jānunī tathā
declared as destroyers of sin at the time of reciting the Gāyatrī. The two big toes, the ankles, the shin-bones, and the two knees,
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AgP 215.20
जङ्घे शिश्रश् च वृषणौ कटिर् नाभिस्तथोदरं :न् १ उपपातकपापहेति ग॥ , घ॥ , ङ॥ च :प् २८३ स्तनौ च हृदयं ग्रीवा मुखन्तालु च नासिके
jaṅghe śiśraś ca vṛṣaṇau kaṭir nābhistathodaraṃ :n 1 upapātakapāpaheti ga.. , gha.. , ṅa.. ca :p 283 stanau ca hṛdayaṃ grīvā mukhantālu ca nāsike
the two shanks, the penis, the testicles, the hips, the navel and the belly, the two breasts, the heart, the neck, the mouth, the palate and the two nostrils,
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AgP 215.21
चक्षुषी च भ्रुवोर्मध्यं ललाटं पूर्वमाननं दक्षिणोत्तरपार्श्वे द्वे शिर आस्यमनुक्रमात्
cakṣuṣī ca bhruvormadhyaṃ lalāṭaṃ pūrvamānanaṃ dakṣiṇottarapārśve dve śira āsyamanukramāt
the two eyes, the space between the brows, the forehead, the front of the face, the two sides right and left, the head, the face — in that sequence.
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AgP 215.22
पीतः श्यामश् च कपिलो मरकतो ऽग्निसन्निभः रुक्मविद्युद्धूम्रकृष्णरक्तगौरेन्द्रनीलभाः
pītaḥ śyāmaś ca kapilo marakato 'gnisannibhaḥ rukmavidyuddhūmrakṛṣṇaraktagaurendranīlabhāḥ
Yellow, dark, tawny, emerald-green, like fire, and of the hue of gold, lightning, smoke, black, red, white, and sapphire,
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AgP 215.23
स्फाटिकस्वर्णपाण्ड्वाभाः पद्मरागो ऽखिलद्युतिः(१) हेमधूम्ररक्तनीलरक्तकृष्णसुवर्णभाः
sphāṭikasvarṇapāṇḍvābhāḥ padmarāgo 'khiladyutiḥ(1) hemadhūmraraktanīlaraktakṛṣṇasuvarṇabhāḥ
of the hue of crystal, gold, and pale white; ruby-red, of total radiance; of the hue of gold, smoke, red, blue, red, black, and fine gold,
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AgP 215.24
शुक्लकृष्णपालाशाभा(२) गायत्र्या वर्णकाः क्रमात् ध्यानकाले पापहरा हुतैषा सर्वकामदा
śuklakṛṣṇapālāśābhā(2) gāyatryā varṇakāḥ kramāt dhyānakāle pāpaharā hutaiṣā sarvakāmadā
of the hue of white, black, and the palāśa flower — such are the colours of the (syllables of the) Gāyatrī in order; at the time of meditation she removes sin, and when offered in oblation she grants all desires.
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AgP 215.25
गायत्र्या तु तिलैर् होमः सर्वपापप्रणाशनः शान्तिकामो यवैः कुर्यादायुष्कामो घृतेन च
gāyatryā tu tilair homaḥ sarvapāpapraṇāśanaḥ śāntikāmo yavaiḥ kuryādāyuṣkāmo ghṛtena ca
Oblation with the Gāyatrī using sesame destroys all sin; one desiring peace should perform it with barley, and one desiring long life with ghee;
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AgP 215.26
सिद्धार्थकैः कर्मसिद्ध्यै पयसा ब्रह्मवर्चसे पुत्रकामस् तथा दध्ना धान्यकामस्तु शालिभिः
siddhārthakaiḥ karmasiddhyai payasā brahmavarcase putrakāmas tathā dadhnā dhānyakāmastu śālibhiḥ
with white mustard seeds for the success of an undertaking, with milk for brahminical lustre; likewise one desiring a son with curds, and one desiring grain with rice;
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AgP 215.27
क्षीरवृक्षसमिद्धिस्तु ग्रहपीडोपशान्तये धनकामस् तथा बिल्वैः श्रीकामः कमलैस् तथा
kṣīravṛkṣasamiddhistu grahapīḍopaśāntaye dhanakāmas tathā bilvaiḥ śrīkāmaḥ kamalais tathā
with kindling-sticks of milk-bearing trees for the allaying of affliction by the planets; likewise one desiring wealth with bilva fruits, and one desiring prosperity with lotuses;
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AgP 215.28
आरोग्यकामो दूर्वाभिर्गुरूत्पाते स एव हि सौभाग्येच्छुर्गुग्गुलुना विद्यार्थी पायसेन च
ārogyakāmo dūrvābhirgurūtpāte sa eva hi saubhāgyecchurguggulunā vidyārthī pāyasena ca
one desiring health with dūrvā grass — that same is used also at a portent concerning the teacher; one wishing good fortune with guggulu, and one seeking learning with milk-rice.
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AgP 215.29
अयुतेनोक्तसिद्धिः स्याल्लक्षेण मनसेप्सितं कोट्या ब्रह्मबधान् मुक्तः कुलोद्धारी हरिर्भवेत्
ayutenoktasiddhiḥ syāllakṣeṇa manasepsitaṃ koṭyā brahmabadhān muktaḥ kuloddhārī harirbhavet
With ten thousand (oblations) the stated success is obtained, with a hundred thousand what is desired in the mind; with ten million one is freed from the killing of a brahmin, becomes the deliverer of his family, and becomes Hari.
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AgP 215.30
ग्रहयज्ञमुखो वापि होमो ऽयुतमुखो ऽर्थकृत् :न् १ पद्मरागो ऽमलद्युतिरिति ख॥ , छ॥ , ज॥ , ट॥ च २ शुक्लपद्मपलाशाभेति ङ॥ , ञ॥ च :प् २८४ आवाहनञ्च गायत्र्यास्तत ओङ्कारमभ्यसेत्
grahayajñamukho vāpi homo 'yutamukho 'rthakṛt :n 1 padmarāgo 'maladyutiriti kha.. , cha.. , ja.. , ṭa.. ca 2 śuklapadmapalāśābheti ṅa.. , ña.. ca :p 284 āvāhanañca gāyatryāstata oṅkāramabhyaset
Or an oblation headed by the sacrifice to the planets, beginning with ten thousand, accomplishes the object; and (then) the invocation of the Gāyatrī; thereafter one should practise Oṃ.
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AgP 215.31
स्मृत्वौङ्कारन्तु गायत्र्या निबध्नीयाच्छिखान्ततः पुनराचम्य हृडयं नाभिं स्कन्धौ च संस्पृशेत्
smṛtvauṅkārantu gāyatryā nibadhnīyācchikhāntataḥ punarācamya hṛḍayaṃ nābhiṃ skandhau ca saṃspṛśet
Having called Oṃ to mind, one should bind the hair-tuft with the Gāyatrī at the end; then, sipping water again, he should touch the heart, the navel, and the two shoulders.
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AgP 215.32
प्रणवस्य ऋषिर्ब्रह्मा गायत्रीच्छन्द एव च देवो ऽग्निः परमात्मा स्याद्योगो वै सर्वकर्मसु
praṇavasya ṛṣirbrahmā gāyatrīcchanda eva ca devo 'gniḥ paramātmā syādyogo vai sarvakarmasu
Of the praṇava (Oṃ) the seer is Brahmā, and the metre is gāyatrī; the deity is Agni, or the Supreme Self; its application is indeed in all rites.
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AgP 215.33
शुक्ला चाग्निमुखी देव्या कात्यायनसगोत्रजा त्रैलोक्यवरणा दिव्या पृथिव्याधारसंयुता
śuklā cāgnimukhī devyā kātyāyanasagotrajā trailokyavaraṇā divyā pṛthivyādhārasaṃyutā
The goddess is white and fire-faced, born in the lineage of Kātyāyana, encompassing the three worlds, divine, joined with the support of the earth.
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AgP 215.34
अक्षरसूत्रधरा देवी पद्मासनगता शुभा ॐ तेजो ऽसि महो ऽसि बलमसि भ्राजो ऽसि देवानान्धामनामासि । विश्वमसि विश्वायुः सर्वमसि सर्वायुः ॐ अभि भूः आगच्छ वरदे देवि जप्ये मे सन्निधौ भव
akṣarasūtradharā devī padmāsanagatā śubhā oṃ tejo 'si maho 'si balamasi bhrājo 'si devānāndhāmanāmāsi / viśvamasi viśvāyuḥ sarvamasi sarvāyuḥ oṃ abhi bhūḥ āgaccha varade devi japye me sannidhau bhava
The goddess holds a rosary of syllables, seated on a lotus, auspicious. Oṃ, you are radiance, you are greatness, you are strength, you are brilliance, you are the abode of the gods and their name. You are the All, the life of all; you are everything, the life of everything. Oṃ, be present! Come, O boon-granting goddess, be near me at my recitation.
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AgP 215.35
व्याहृतीनान्तु सर्वासामृषिरेव प्रजापतिः व्यस्ताश् चैव समस्ताश् च ब्राह्ममक्षरमोमिति
vyāhṛtīnāntu sarvāsāmṛṣireva prajāpatiḥ vyastāś caiva samastāś ca brāhmamakṣaramomiti
But of all the vyāhṛtis (utterances) the seer is Prajāpati himself, both separately and taken together; and the syllable Oṃ belongs to Brahmā.
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AgP 215.36
विश्वामित्रो यमदग्निर्भरद्वाजो ऽथ गोतमः ऋषिरत्रिर्वशिष्ठश् च काश्यपश् च यथाक्रमं
viśvāmitro yamadagnirbharadvājo 'tha gotamaḥ ṛṣiratrirvaśiṣṭhaś ca kāśyapaś ca yathākramaṃ
Viśvāmitra, Jamadagni, Bharadvāja, then Gotama, the seer Atri, and Vasiṣṭha, and Kaśyapa — in that order (are the seers).
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AgP 215.37
अग्निर्वायू रविश् चैव वाक्पतिर्वरुणस् तथा इन्द्रो विष्णुर्व्याहृतीनां दैवतानि यथाक्रमं
agnirvāyū raviś caiva vākpatirvaruṇas tathā indro viṣṇurvyāhṛtīnāṃ daivatāni yathākramaṃ
Agni, Vāyu, and the Sun, Bṛhaspati (lord of speech), and Varuṇa likewise, Indra and Viṣṇu — these in order are the deities of the vyāhṛtis.
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AgP 215.38
गायत्र्यष्टिगनुष्टुप् च वृहती पङ्क्तिरेव च त्रिष्टुप् च जगती चेति छन्दांस्याहुरनुक्तामात्
gāyatryaṣṭiganuṣṭup ca vṛhatī paṅktireva ca triṣṭup ca jagatī ceti chandāṃsyāhuranuktāmāt
Gāyatrī, aṣṭi, anuṣṭubh, and bṛhatī, and paṅkti, triṣṭubh and jagatī — these they declare to be the metres, following the order of recitation.
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AgP 215.39
विनियोगे व्याहृतीनां प्राणायामे च होमके आपोहिष्ठेत्यृचा चापान्द्रुपदादीति वा स्मृता(१)
viniyoge vyāhṛtīnāṃ prāṇāyāme ca homake āpohiṣṭhetyṛcā cāpāndrupadādīti vā smṛtā(1)
As for the application of the vyāhṛtis, it is in breath-control and in the oblation; and (the sprinkling) is prescribed with the verse beginning 'āpo hi ṣṭhā' or with the one beginning 'drupadā'.
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AgP 215.40
:न् १ द्रुपदादीनि वाप्यृचा इति ङ॥ , ज॥ , ञ॥ च :प् २८५ तथा हिरण्यवर्णाभिः पावमानीभिरन्ततः विप्रुषो ऽष्टौ क्षिपेदूर्ध्वमाजन्मकृतपापजित्
:n 1 drupadādīni vāpyṛcā iti ṅa.. , ja.. , ña.. ca :p 285 tathā hiraṇyavarṇābhiḥ pāvamānībhirantataḥ vipruṣo 'ṣṭau kṣipedūrdhvamājanmakṛtapāpajit
(Footnote 1: 'drupadādīni vāpy ṛcā' in manuscripts ṅa, ja, ña. Page 285) Likewise, at the end, with the 'hiraṇyavarṇāḥ' and the pāvamānī verses, one should flick eight drops upward — (thereby) conquering the sin committed since birth.
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AgP 215.41
अन्तर्जले ऋतञ्चेति उपेत्त्रिरघमर्षणं आपोहिष्ठेत्यृचो ऽस्याश् च सिन्धुद्वीप ऋषिः स्मृतः
antarjale ṛtañceti upettriraghamarṣaṇaṃ āpohiṣṭhetyṛco 'syāś ca sindhudvīpa ṛṣiḥ smṛtaḥ
Standing in the water one should recite 'ṛtaṃ ca…', the aghamarṣaṇa (hymn), three times. And of this verse 'āpo hi ṣṭhā' the seer is said to be Sindhudvīpa.
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AgP 215.42
ब्रह्मस्नानाय छन्दो ऽस्य गायत्री देवता जलं मार्जने विनियोगस्य हयावभृथके क्रतोः
brahmasnānāya chando 'sya gāyatrī devatā jalaṃ mārjane viniyogasya hayāvabhṛthake kratoḥ
Its metre is gāyatrī, for the purpose of the brahma-bath; the deity is water; its application is in the wiping (of the body), and in the concluding ablution of the horse-sacrifice.
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AgP 215.43
अघमर्षणसूक्तस्य ऋषिरेवाघमर्षणं अनुष्टुप् च भवेच्छन्दो भाववृत्तस्तु दैवतं
aghamarṣaṇasūktasya ṛṣirevāghamarṣaṇaṃ anuṣṭup ca bhavecchando bhāvavṛttastu daivataṃ
Of the aghamarṣaṇa hymn the seer is Aghamarṣaṇa himself; the metre is anuṣṭubh, and the deity is Bhāvavṛtta.
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AgP 215.44
आपीज्योरीरस इति गायत्र्यास्तु शिरः स्मृतं ऋषिः प्रजापतिस्तस्य छन्दोहीनं यजुर्यतः
āpījyorīrasa iti gāyatryāstu śiraḥ smṛtaṃ ṛṣiḥ prajāpatistasya chandohīnaṃ yajuryataḥ
'āpo jyotir raso…' is known as the head of the gāyatrī; its seer is Prajāpati, and it is without metre, since it is a yajus.
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AgP 215.45
ब्रह्माग्निवायुसूर्याश् च देवताः परिकीर्तिताः प्राणरोधात्तु वायुः स्याद्वायोरग्निश् च जायते
brahmāgnivāyusūryāś ca devatāḥ parikīrtitāḥ prāṇarodhāttu vāyuḥ syādvāyoragniś ca jāyate
Brahmā, Agni, Vāyu and the Sun are proclaimed as its deities. From the restraint of breath arises wind, and from wind fire is born.
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AgP 215.46
अग्नेरापस्ततः शुद्धिस्ततश्चाचमनञ्चरेत् अन्तश् चरति भूतेषु गुहायां विश्वमूर्तिषु
agnerāpastataḥ śuddhistataścācamanañcaret antaś carati bhūteṣu guhāyāṃ viśvamūrtiṣu
From fire, water; thence purification; and thereafter one should perform the sipping of water. (That) moves within, in beings, in the hidden place, in all forms.
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AgP 215.47
तपोयज्ञवषट्कार आपो ज्योती रसो ऽमृतं उदुत्यं जातवेदसमृषिः प्रष्कन्न उच्यते
tapoyajñavaṣaṭkāra āpo jyotī raso 'mṛtaṃ udutyaṃ jātavedasamṛṣiḥ praṣkanna ucyate
Austerity, sacrifice, the utterance vaṣaṭ, the waters, light, essence, nectar. Of 'ud u tyaṃ jātavedasam' the seer is said to be Praskaṇva.
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AgP 215.48
गायत्रीच्छन्द आख्यातं सूर्यश् चैव तु दैवतम् अतिरात्रे नियोगः स्यादग्नीषोमो नियोगकः
gāyatrīcchanda ākhyātaṃ sūryaś caiva tu daivatam atirātre niyogaḥ syādagnīṣomo niyogakaḥ
The metre is declared to be gāyatrī, and the deity is the Sun; its application is in the atirātra (rite), and in the agnīṣoma rite it is likewise employed.
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AgP 215.49
चित्रं देवेति ऋचके ऋषिः कौत्स उदाहृतः त्रिष्टुप् छन्दो दैवतञ्च सूर्यो ऽस्याः परिकीर्तितं
citraṃ deveti ṛcake ṛṣiḥ kautsa udāhṛtaḥ triṣṭup chando daivatañca sūryo 'syāḥ parikīrtitaṃ
For the verse 'citraṃ devānām…' the seer is stated to be Kutsa; the metre is triṣṭubh, and its deity is proclaimed to be the Sun.
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