Agni Purana — Chapter 216

AgP 216.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे सन्ध्याविधिर्नाम पञ्चदशाधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ :प् २८६ छप्तेर् {२१६} :श् अथ षोडशाधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः गायत्रीनिर्वाणं अग्निर् उवाच एवं सन्ध्याविधिं कृत्वा गायत्रीञ्च जपेत् स्मरेत् गायञ्च्छिष्यान् यतस्त्रायेत् भार्यां प्राणांस्तथैव च(१)

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe sandhyāvidhirnāma pañcadaśādhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || :p 286 chapter {216} :ś atha ṣoḍaśādhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ gāyatrīnirvāṇaṃ agnir uvāca evaṃ sandhyāvidhiṃ kṛtvā gāyatrīñca japet smaret gāyañcchiṣyān yatastrāyet bhāryāṃ prāṇāṃstathaiva ca(1)

(Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa the two hundred and fifteenth chapter, called 'The Rule of the Twilight Worship'. Page 286, chapter 216. Now the two hundred and sixteenth chapter: The Emancipation by the Gāyatrī.) Agni said: Having thus performed the twilight rite, one should recite and meditate on the Gāyatrī, since, being sung, it saves the disciples, and likewise (one's) wife and (one's) breaths.

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AgP 216.2

ततः स्मृतेयं गायत्री सावित्रीय ततो यतः प्रकाशनात्सा सवितुर्वाग्रूपत्वात् सरस्वती

tataḥ smṛteyaṃ gāyatrī sāvitrīya tato yataḥ prakāśanātsā saviturvāgrūpatvāt sarasvatī

Hence she is known as Gāyatrī; and she is Sāvitrī, because she comes from Savitṛ (or: because of illuminating, from 'savitṛ'); and because she has the form of speech, she is Sarasvatī.

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AgP 216.3

तज् ज्योतिः परमं ब्रह्म भर्गस्तेजो यतः स्मृतं भा दीप्ताविति रूपं हि भ्रस्जः पाके ऽथ तत् स्मृतं

taj jyotiḥ paramaṃ brahma bhargastejo yataḥ smṛtaṃ bhā dīptāviti rūpaṃ hi bhrasjaḥ pāke 'tha tat smṛtaṃ

That light is the supreme brahman, from which 'bharga' is remembered as radiance; for the form (of the word) is from bhā in the sense of 'to shine'; and (it is derived) from bhrasj in the sense of 'cooking'—so it is held.

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AgP 216.4

ओषध्यादिकं पचति भ्राजृ दीप्तौ तथा भवेत् भर्गः स्याद् भ्राजत इति बहुलं छन्द ईरितं

oṣadhyādikaṃ pacati bhrājṛ dīptau tathā bhavet bhargaḥ syād bhrājata iti bahulaṃ chanda īritaṃ

(Because) it cooks herbs and the rest; likewise it may be from bhrājṛ in the sense of 'to shine'—'bharga' would be 'that which shines'; the Vedic usage (chandas) is declared to be manifold.

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AgP 216.5

वरेण्यं सर्वतेजोभ्यः श्रेष्ठं वै परमं पदं स्वर्गापवर्गकामैर् वा वरणीयं सदैव हि

vareṇyaṃ sarvatejobhyaḥ śreṣṭhaṃ vai paramaṃ padaṃ svargāpavargakāmair vā varaṇīyaṃ sadaiva hi

'Vareṇya' means the best of all lights, indeed the supreme state; or it is what is always to be chosen by those who desire heaven or release,

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AgP 216.6

वृणोतेर्वरणार्थत्वाज्जाग्रत्स्वप्नादिवर्जितं नित्यशुद्धबुद्धमेकं सत्यन्तद्धीमहीश्वरं

vṛṇotervaraṇārthatvājjāgratsvapnādivarjitaṃ nityaśuddhabuddhamekaṃ satyantaddhīmahīśvaraṃ

since (the root) vṛṇoti has the sense of choosing. That (which is) free of waking, dream and the rest, eternally pure, awakened, one, real—that Lord we would meditate upon.

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AgP 216.7

अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिर्ध्ययेमहि विमुक्तये तज् ज्योतिर्भगवान् विष्णुर्जगज्जन्मादिकारणं

ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotirdhyayemahi vimuktaye taj jyotirbhagavān viṣṇurjagajjanmādikāraṇaṃ

'I am brahman, the supreme light'—thus may we meditate for the sake of release. That light is the Lord Viṣṇu, the cause of the world's birth and so on.

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AgP 216.8

शिवं केचित् पठन्ति स्म शक्तिरूपं पठन्ति च केचित् सूर्यङ्केचिदग्निं वेदगा अग्निहोत्रिणः

śivaṃ kecit paṭhanti sma śaktirūpaṃ paṭhanti ca kecit sūryaṅkecidagniṃ vedagā agnihotriṇaḥ

Some recite (it as) Śiva, and some recite (it as) having the form of Śakti; some (say it is) the Sun, some the Fire—the knowers of the Veda who offer the agnihotra.

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AgP 216.9

:न् १ कायान् प्राणांस्तथैव चेति ञ॥ :प् २८७ अग्न्यादिरूपो विष्णुर्हि वेदादौ ब्रह्म गीयते तत् पदं परमं विष्णोर्देवस्य सवितुः स्मृतं

:n 1 kāyān prāṇāṃstathaiva ceti ña.. :p 287 agnyādirūpo viṣṇurhi vedādau brahma gīyate tat padaṃ paramaṃ viṣṇordevasya savituḥ smṛtaṃ

[note 1: 'kāyān prāṇāṃs tathaiva ca' in ms. ña; p. 287] For Viṣṇu has the form of Fire and the rest; in the Veda and elsewhere he is sung as brahman. That supreme station is remembered as that of Viṣṇu, of the god Savitṛ.

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AgP 216.10

महदाज्यं सूयते हि स्वयं ज्योतिर्हरिः प्रभुः पर्जन्यो वायुरादित्यः शीतोष्णाद्यैश् च पाचयेत्

mahadājyaṃ sūyate hi svayaṃ jyotirhariḥ prabhuḥ parjanyo vāyurādityaḥ śītoṣṇādyaiś ca pācayet

For the Lord Hari, self-luminous, brings forth the great oblation; as rain-cloud, wind and sun he ripens (things) by cold, heat and the rest.

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AgP 216.11

अग्नौ प्रास्ताहुतिः सम्यगादित्यमुपतिष्ठते आदित्याज्जायते वृष्टिर्वृष्टेरन्नन्ततः प्रजाः

agnau prāstāhutiḥ samyagādityamupatiṣṭhate ādityājjāyate vṛṣṭirvṛṣṭerannantataḥ prajāḥ

The oblation properly cast into the fire attains the sun; from the sun rain is born, from rain food, and finally creatures.

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AgP 216.12

दधातेर्वा धीमहीति मनसा धारयेमहि नो ऽस्माकं यश् च भर्गश् च सर्वेषां प्राणिनां धियः

dadhātervā dhīmahīti manasā dhārayemahi no 'smākaṃ yaś ca bhargaś ca sarveṣāṃ prāṇināṃ dhiyaḥ

Or from (the root) dadhāti, 'dhīmahi' means 'may we hold in mind'. 'Naḥ' means 'ours'; and that which is the bharga (illumines) the thoughts of all living beings.

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AgP 216.13

चोदयात् प्रेरयेद् बुद्धीर्भोक्तॄणां सर्वकर्मसु दृष्टादृष्टविपाकेषु विष्णुसूर्याग्निरूपवान्

codayāt prerayed buddhīrbhoktṝṇāṃ sarvakarmasu dṛṣṭādṛṣṭavipākeṣu viṣṇusūryāgnirūpavān

'Codayāt' means he would impel the intellects of the enjoyers in all their actions, in the ripenings (of karma) seen and unseen—he who has the forms of Viṣṇu, the Sun and Fire.

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AgP 216.14

ईश्वरप्रेरितो गच्छेत् स्वर्गं वाश्वभ्रमेव वा ईशावास्यमिदं सर्वं महदादिजगद्धरिः

īśvaraprerito gacchet svargaṃ vāśvabhrameva vā īśāvāsyamidaṃ sarvaṃ mahadādijagaddhariḥ

Impelled by the Lord, one may go to heaven or indeed to hell. All this is to be dwelt in by the Lord; the world beginning with the mahat is Hari.

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AgP 216.15

स्वर्गाद्यैः क्रीडते देवो यो ऽहं स पुरुषः प्रभुः आदित्यान्तर्गतं यच्च भर्गाख्यं वै मुमुक्षुभिः

svargādyaiḥ krīḍate devo yo 'haṃ sa puruṣaḥ prabhuḥ ādityāntargataṃ yacca bhargākhyaṃ vai mumukṣubhiḥ

The god plays with the heavens and the rest; he who is 'I' is that Puruṣa, the Lord. And that which is within the sun, called bharga, (is to be seen) by those desiring release,

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AgP 216.16

जन्ममृत्युविनाशाय दुःखस्य त्रिविधस्य च ध्यानेन पुरुषो ऽयञ्च द्रष्टव्यः सूर्यमण्डले

janmamṛtyuvināśāya duḥkhasya trividhasya ca dhyānena puruṣo 'yañca draṣṭavyaḥ sūryamaṇḍale

for the destruction of birth and death and of the threefold suffering; and this Puruṣa is to be seen by meditation in the orb of the sun.

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AgP 216.17

तत्त्वं सदसि चिद्ब्रह्म विष्णोर्यत् परमं पदं देवस्य सवितुर्भर्गो वरेण्यं हि तुरीयकं

tattvaṃ sadasi cidbrahma viṣṇoryat paramaṃ padaṃ devasya saviturbhargo vareṇyaṃ hi turīyakaṃ

'That thou art'—in the assembly (?)—brahman as consciousness, which is the supreme station of Viṣṇu, the bharga of the god Savitṛ, the 'vareṇya', indeed the fourth (state).

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AgP 216.18

देहादिजाग्रदाब्रह्म अहं ब्रह्मेति धीमहि यो ऽसावादित्यपुरुषः सो ऽसावहमनन्त ॐ

dehādijāgradābrahma ahaṃ brahmeti dhīmahi yo 'sāvādityapuruṣaḥ so 'sāvahamananta oṃ

Brahman from the waking (state) of the body onward—'I am brahman', thus may we meditate. That Puruṣa who is in the sun, that am I, endless. Oṃ.

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AgP 216.19

ज्ञानानि शुभकर्मादीन् प्रवर्तयति यः सदा ॥१९

jñānāni śubhakarmādīn pravartayati yaḥ sadā //19

—he who always sets in motion knowledge and good works and the rest. (19)

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