Agni Purana — Chapter 227

AgP 227.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे दण्डप्रणयनं नाम षड्विंशत्यधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {२२७} :श् अथ सप्तविंशत्यधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः युद्धयात्रा पुष्कर उवाच यदा मन्येत नृपतिराक्रन्देन बलीयसा पार्ष्णिग्राहो ऽभिभूतो मे तदा यात्रां प्रयोजयेत्

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe daṇḍapraṇayanaṃ nāma ṣaḍviṃśatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {227} :ś atha saptaviṃśatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ yuddhayātrā puṣkara uvāca yadā manyeta nṛpatirākrandena balīyasā pārṣṇigrāho 'bhibhūto me tadā yātrāṃ prayojayet

Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa, the two hundred twenty-sixth chapter, called "The Infliction of Punishment." || Now the two hundred twenty-seventh chapter: The March to War. Puṣkara said: When a king thinks, "My rear-attacker has been overpowered by my stronger rear-ally," then he should set a campaign in motion.

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AgP 227.2

पुष्ता योधा भृटा भृत्याः प्रभूतञ्च बलं मम मूलरक्षासमर्थो ऽस्मि तैर् गत्वा(२) शिविरे व्रजेत्

puṣtā yodhā bhṛṭā bhṛtyāḥ prabhūtañca balaṃ mama mūlarakṣāsamartho 'smi tair gatvā(2) śivire vrajet

"My fighters are well fed, my servants paid, and my force abundant; I am able to protect the home base" — (thinking thus) he should go with them and proceed to the camp.

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AgP 227.3

शत्रोर्वा व्यसने यायात् दैवाद्यैः पीडितं परं भूकम्पो यान्दिशं याति याञ्च केतुर्व्यदूषयत्

śatrorvā vyasane yāyāt daivādyaiḥ pīḍitaṃ paraṃ bhūkampo yāndiśaṃ yāti yāñca keturvyadūṣayat

Or he should march when the enemy is in calamity, the foe afflicted by fate and the like; (he should march to) the direction toward which an earthquake moves and which a comet has marred.

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AgP 227.4

विद्विष्टनाशकं सैन्यं सम्भूतान्तःप्रकोपनं(३) शरीरस्फुरणे धन्ये तथा सुस्वप्रदर्शने

vidviṣṭanāśakaṃ sainyaṃ sambhūtāntaḥprakopanaṃ(3) śarīrasphuraṇe dhanye tathā susvapradarśane

An army that destroys the enemies; the arising of internal disaffection (in the foe); when there is throbbing in the body — auspicious — and likewise when good dreams are seen;

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AgP 227.5

निमित्ते शकुने धन्ये जाते शत्रुपुरं व्रजेत् :न् १ पुनर्जित्वेति ग॥ , घ॥ , ज॥ च २ तैर् वृत्वा इति साधुः ३ सम्भूतान्तःकोपदमिति ख॥ , छ॥ च :प् ३२९ पदातिनागबहुलां सेनां प्रावृषि योजयेत्

nimitte śakune dhanye jāte śatrupuraṃ vrajet :n 1 punarjitveti ga.. , gha.. , ja.. ca 2 tair vṛtvā iti sādhuḥ 3 sambhūtāntaḥkopadamiti kha.. , cha.. ca :p 329 padātināgabahulāṃ senāṃ prāvṛṣi yojayet

when the omen and the bird-sign are auspicious, he should march against the enemy's city. [Notes: 1 'punarjitvā' in mss. ga, gha, ja; 2 'tair vṛtvā' is the correct reading; 3 'sambhūtāntaḥkopadam' in mss. kha, cha. p. 329] In the rainy season he should deploy an army abundant in foot-soldiers and elephants;

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AgP 227.6

हेमन्ते शिशिरे चैव रथवाजिसमाकुलां चतुरङ्गबलोपेतां वसन्ते वा शरन्म्मुखे(१)

hemante śiśire caiva rathavājisamākulāṃ caturaṅgabalopetāṃ vasante vā śaranmmukhe(1)

in the cold season and the dewy season one crowded with chariots and horses; and in spring or at the onset of autumn one equipped with the fourfold force.

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AgP 227.7

सेना पदातिबहुला शत्रून् जयति सर्वदा अङ्गसक्षिणभागे तु शस्तं प्रस्फुरणं भवेत्

senā padātibahulā śatrūn jayati sarvadā aṅgasakṣiṇabhāge tu śastaṃ prasphuraṇaṃ bhavet

An army abundant in foot-soldiers always conquers enemies. Throbbing in the right-hand part of the limbs is held to be auspicious,

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AgP 227.8

न शस्तन्तु तथा वामे पृष्ठस्य हृदयस्य च लाञ्छनं पिटकञ्चैव विज्ञेयं स्फुरणं तथा

na śastantu tathā vāme pṛṣṭhasya hṛdayasya ca lāñchanaṃ piṭakañcaiva vijñeyaṃ sphuraṇaṃ tathā

but it is not auspicious on the left, nor of the back and of the heart; a mark and a pimple too are to be understood in the same way as throbbing.

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AgP 227.9

विपर्ययेणाभिहितं सव्ये स्त्रीणां शुभं भवेत्

viparyayeṇābhihitaṃ savye strīṇāṃ śubhaṃ bhavet

What has been stated is reversed for women: on the left side it is auspicious.

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