Agni Purana — Chapter 228

AgP 228.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे यात्रा नाम सप्तविंशत्यधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {२२८} :श् अथाष्टाविंशत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः स्वप्नाध्यायः पुष्कर उवाच स्वप्नं शौभाशुभं वक्ष्ये दुःखप्रहरणन्तथा नाभिं विनान्यत्र गात्रे तृणवृक्षसमुद्भवः

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe yātrā nāma saptaviṃśatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {228} :ś athāṣṭāviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ svapnādhyāyaḥ puṣkara uvāca svapnaṃ śaubhāśubhaṃ vakṣye duḥkhapraharaṇantathā nābhiṃ vinānyatra gātre tṛṇavṛkṣasamudbhavaḥ

Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa, the two hundred twenty-seventh chapter, called "The March." || Now the two hundred twenty-eighth chapter: the Chapter on Dreams. Puṣkara said: I shall declare dreams, auspicious and inauspicious, and likewise the removal of misfortune. The sprouting of grass or a tree on the body anywhere except the navel;

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AgP 228.2

चूर्णं मूर्ध्नि कांस्यानां मुण्डनं नग्नता तथा मलिनाम्बरधारित्वमभ्यङ्गः पङ्कदिग्धता

cūrṇaṃ mūrdhni kāṃsyānāṃ muṇḍanaṃ nagnatā tathā malināmbaradhāritvamabhyaṅgaḥ paṅkadigdhatā

powder of bronze vessels on the head, shaving of the head, and nakedness, the wearing of dirty clothes, being anointed (with oil), being smeared with mud,

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AgP 228.3

उच्चात् प्रपतनञ्चैव विवाहो गीतमेव च तन्त्रीवाद्यविनोदश् च दोलारोहणमेव च

uccāt prapatanañcaiva vivāho gītameva ca tantrīvādyavinodaś ca dolārohaṇameva ca

and falling from a height, marriage, and singing too, and amusement with stringed instruments and music, and mounting a swing,

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AgP 228.4

अर्जनं पद्मलोहानां सर्पाणामथ मारणं :न् १ शरद्यश्चेति ञ॥ , ट॥ च :प् ३३० रक्तपुष्पद्रुमाणाञ्च चण्डालस्य तथैव च

arjanaṃ padmalohānāṃ sarpāṇāmatha māraṇaṃ :n 1 śaradyaśceti ña.. , ṭa.. ca :p 330 raktapuṣpadrumāṇāñca caṇḍālasya tathaiva ca

acquiring lotus-coloured metals (copper), and the killing of snakes, [Notes: 1 'śaradyaś ca' in mss. ña, ṭa. p. 330] and of red-flowered trees, and likewise of an outcaste,

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AgP 228.5

वराहाश्वखरोष्ट्राणां तथा चारोहणक्रिया भक्षणं पक्षिमांसानां तैलस्य कृशरस्य च(१)

varāhāśvakharoṣṭrāṇāṃ tathā cārohaṇakriyā bhakṣaṇaṃ pakṣimāṃsānāṃ tailasya kṛśarasya ca(1)

and the act of mounting boars, horses, asses and camels, the eating of the flesh of birds, of oil, and of kṛśara (a rice-and-sesame dish),

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AgP 228.6

मातुः प्रवेशो जठरे चितारोहणमेव च शक्रध्वजाभिपतनं पतनं शशिसूर्ययोः

mātuḥ praveśo jaṭhare citārohaṇameva ca śakradhvajābhipatanaṃ patanaṃ śaśisūryayoḥ

entering into the mother's womb, and mounting a funeral pyre, the falling of Indra's banner, the falling of the moon and the sun,

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AgP 228.7

दिव्यान्तरीक्षभौमानामुत्पातानाञ्च दर्शनं देवद्विजातिभूपानां गुरूणाङ्कोप एव च

divyāntarīkṣabhaumānāmutpātānāñca darśanaṃ devadvijātibhūpānāṃ gurūṇāṅkopa eva ca

and the sight of portents celestial, atmospheric and terrestrial, and the anger of gods, brahmins, kings and elders,

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AgP 228.8

नर्तनं हसनञ्चैव विवाहो गीतमेव च(२) तन्त्रीवाद्यविहीनानां वाद्यानामपि वादनं

nartanaṃ hasanañcaiva vivāho gītameva ca(2) tantrīvādyavihīnānāṃ vādyānāmapi vādanaṃ

dancing and laughing, marriage and singing, and the sounding even of instruments that lack strings,

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AgP 228.9

स्रोतोवहाधोगमनं स्नानं गोमयवारिणा पङ्कोदकेन च तथा मशीतोयेन वाप्यथ

srotovahādhogamanaṃ snānaṃ gomayavāriṇā paṅkodakena ca tathā maśītoyena vāpyatha

going downstream with the current, bathing with cow-dung water, and with muddy water, or else with unheated (?) water,

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AgP 228.10

आलिङ्गनं कुमारीणां पुरुषाञ्च मैथुनं(३) हानिश् चैव स्वगात्राणां विरेको वमनक्रिया

āliṅganaṃ kumārīṇāṃ puruṣāñca maithunaṃ(3) hāniś caiva svagātrāṇāṃ vireko vamanakriyā

embracing maidens, and intercourse with men, and the loss of one's own limbs, purging and the act of vomiting,

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AgP 228.11

दक्षिणाशाप्रगमनं व्याधिनाभिभवस् तथा फलानामुपहानिश् च धातूनां भेदनं तथा

dakṣiṇāśāpragamanaṃ vyādhinābhibhavas tathā phalānāmupahāniś ca dhātūnāṃ bhedanaṃ tathā

going toward the southern quarter, and being overcome by disease, and the loss of fruits, and likewise the splitting of metals (or bodily elements),

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AgP 228.12

गृहाणाञ्चैव पतनं गृहसम्मार्जनन्तथा क्रीडा पिशाचक्रव्यादवानरान्त्यनरैर् अपि

gṛhāṇāñcaiva patanaṃ gṛhasammārjanantathā krīḍā piśācakravyādavānarāntyanarair api

The falling of houses, and likewise the sweeping of a house, and play with ghouls, beasts of prey, monkeys, and outcaste men as well —

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AgP 228.13

परादभिभवश् चैव तस्माच्च व्यसनोद्भवः काषायवस्त्रधारित्वं तद्वस्त्रैः क्रीडनं तथा(४)

parādabhibhavaś caiva tasmācca vyasanodbhavaḥ kāṣāyavastradhāritvaṃ tadvastraiḥ krīḍanaṃ tathā(4)

and being overpowered by others, and from that the arising of calamity, the wearing of ochre-dyed garments, and likewise playing with such garments.

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AgP 228.14

:न् १ तन्त्रीवाद्यविनोदश्चेत्यादिः, तैलस्य कृशरस्य चेत्यन्तः पाठः छ॥ , झ॥ पुस्तकद्वये नास्ति २ विवाहोत्सव एव चेति ज॥ ३ तासामेव च मैथुनमिति ज॥ ४ हानिश् चैवेत्यादिः। क्रीडनं तथेत्यन्तः पाठः ज॥ पुस्तके नास्ति :प् ३३१ स्नेहपानावगाहौ च रक्तमाल्यानुलेपनं इत्यधान्यानि स्वप्नानि तेषामकथनं शुभं

:n 1 tantrīvādyavinodaścetyādiḥ, tailasya kṛśarasya cetyantaḥ pāṭhaḥ cha.. , jha.. pustakadvaye nāsti 2 vivāhotsava eva ceti ja.. 3 tāsāmeva ca maithunamiti ja.. 4 hāniś caivetyādiḥ. krīḍanaṃ tathetyantaḥ pāṭhaḥ ja.. pustake nāsti :p 331 snehapānāvagāhau ca raktamālyānulepanaṃ ityadhānyāni svapnāni teṣāmakathanaṃ śubhaṃ

[Note 1: the passage beginning 'tantrīvādyavinodaś ca' and ending 'tailasya kṛśarasya ca' is absent in the two manuscripts cha and jha. 2: ja reads 'vivāhotsava eva ca'. 3: ja reads 'tāsām eva ca maithunam'. 4: the passage beginning 'hāniś caiva' and ending 'krīḍanaṃ tathā' is absent in manuscript ja.] (p. 331) And the drinking of oils and bathing (in them), and red garlands and unguents — these are inauspicious dreams; not telling them is auspicious.

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AgP 228.15

भूजश् च स्वपनं तद्वत् कार्यां स्नानं द्विजार्चनं तिलैर् होमो हरिब्रह्मशिवार्कगणपूजनं

bhūjaś ca svapanaṃ tadvat kāryāṃ snānaṃ dvijārcanaṃ tilair homo haribrahmaśivārkagaṇapūjanaṃ

And likewise sleeping on the ground; a bath is to be performed, and honouring of brahmins, an oblation with sesame seeds, and worship of Hari, Brahmā, Śiva, the Sun, and Gaṇa (Gaṇeśa).

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AgP 228.16

तथा स्तुतिप्रपठनं पुंसूक्तादिजपस् तथा स्वप्नास्तु प्रथमे यामे(१) संवत्सरविपाकिनः

tathā stutiprapaṭhanaṃ puṃsūktādijapas tathā svapnāstu prathame yāme(1) saṃvatsaravipākinaḥ

And likewise the recitation of hymns of praise, and the muttering of the Puruṣasūkta and the rest. But dreams (seen) in the first watch ripen (in their effect) within a year.

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AgP 228.17

षड्भिर्मासैर् द्वितीये तु त्रिभिर्मासैर् त्रियामिकाः चतुर्थे त्वर्धमासेन दशाहादरुणोदये

ṣaḍbhirmāsair dvitīye tu tribhirmāsair triyāmikāḥ caturthe tvardhamāsena daśāhādaruṇodaye

But (those seen) in the second, in six months; (those) in the third watch, in three months; but in the fourth, within half a month; and at dawn, within ten days.

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AgP 228.18

एकस्यामथ चेद्रात्रौ शुभं वा यदि वाशुभं पश्चादृष्टस्तु यस्तत्र तस्य पाकं विनिर्दिशेत्

ekasyāmatha cedrātrau śubhaṃ vā yadi vāśubhaṃ paścādṛṣṭastu yastatra tasya pākaṃ vinirdiśet

But if in one and the same night there is (a dream) either auspicious or inauspicious, one should declare the ripening of that one which was seen later there.

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AgP 228.19

तस्मात्तु शोभने स्वप्ने पश्चात्स्वापो न शस्यते शैलप्रासादनागाश्ववृषभारोहणं हितं

tasmāttu śobhane svapne paścātsvāpo na śasyate śailaprāsādanāgāśvavṛṣabhārohaṇaṃ hitaṃ

Therefore, when a dream has been auspicious, sleeping afterwards is not commended. Mounting a mountain, a palace, an elephant, a horse, or a bull is beneficial;

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AgP 228.20

द्रुमाणां श्वेतपुष्पाणां गगने च तथा द्विज द्रुमतृणोद्भवो नाभौ तथा च बहुबाहुता

drumāṇāṃ śvetapuṣpāṇāṃ gagane ca tathā dvija drumatṛṇodbhavo nābhau tathā ca bahubāhutā

(and seeing) trees with white flowers, and (being) in the sky, O twice-born; the springing up of a tree or grass from the navel, and likewise having many arms;

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AgP 228.21

तथा च बहुशीर्षत्वं पलितोद्भव एव च सुशुक्रमाल्यधारित्वं सुशुक्लाम्बरधारिता

tathā ca bahuśīrṣatvaṃ palitodbhava eva ca suśukramālyadhāritvaṃ suśuklāmbaradhāritā

and likewise having many heads, and indeed the appearance of grey hair; the wearing of a very bright garland, the wearing of very white clothes;

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AgP 228.22

चन्द्रार्कताराग्रहणं परिमार्जनमेव च शक्रध्वजालिङ्गनञ्च ध्वजोच्छ्रायक्रिया तथा

candrārkatārāgrahaṇaṃ parimārjanameva ca śakradhvajāliṅganañca dhvajocchrāyakriyā tathā

the seizing of the moon, the sun, and the stars, and indeed the wiping (of them) clean; the embracing of Indra's banner, and likewise the act of raising a banner;

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AgP 228.23

भूम्यबुधाराग्रहणं(२) शत्रूणाञ्चैव विक्रिया जयो विवादे द्यूते च सङ्ग्रामे च तथा द्विज

bhūmyabudhārāgrahaṇaṃ(2) śatrūṇāñcaiva vikriyā jayo vivāde dyūte ca saṅgrāme ca tathā dvija

the seizing of the earth, of Mercury, and of Mars, and indeed the mutilation of enemies; victory in dispute, in gambling, and in battle, likewise, O twice-born;

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AgP 228.24

भक्षणञ्चार्द्रमांसानाम्पायसस्य च भक्षणं दर्शनं रुधिरस्यापि स्नानं वा रुधिरेण च

bhakṣaṇañcārdramāṃsānāmpāyasasya ca bhakṣaṇaṃ darśanaṃ rudhirasyāpi snānaṃ vā rudhireṇa ca

the eating of raw flesh, and the eating of milk-rice; also the sight of blood, or bathing with blood;

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AgP 228.25

:न् १ प्रथमे भागे इति ख॥ २ भूम्यम्बुधीनां ग्रहणमिति क॥ , छ॥ , ञ॥ च :प् ३३२ सरारुधिरमद्यानां पानं क्षीरस्य वाप्यथ अस्त्रैर् विचेष्टनं भूमौ निर्मलं गगनं तथा

:n 1 prathame bhāge iti kha.. 2 bhūmyambudhīnāṃ grahaṇamiti ka.. , cha.. , ña.. ca :p 332 sarārudhiramadyānāṃ pānaṃ kṣīrasya vāpyatha astrair viceṣṭanaṃ bhūmau nirmalaṃ gaganaṃ tathā

[Note 1: kha reads 'prathame bhāge'. 2: ka, cha, and ña read 'bhūmyambudhīnāṃ grahaṇam'.] (p. 332) the drinking of marrow(?), blood, and liquor, or else of milk; writhing on the ground (pierced) by weapons, and likewise a cloudless sky;

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AgP 228.26

मुखेन दोहनं शस्तं महिषीणां तथा गवां सिंहीनां हस्तिनीनाञ्च बडवानां तथैव च

mukhena dohanaṃ śastaṃ mahiṣīṇāṃ tathā gavāṃ siṃhīnāṃ hastinīnāñca baḍavānāṃ tathaiva ca

Milking with the mouth is commended — of buffalo-cows and likewise of cows, of lionesses and she-elephants, and of mares as well;

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AgP 228.27

प्रसादो देवविप्रेभ्यो गुरुभ्यश् च तथा द्विज अम्भसा चाभिषेकस्तु गवां शृङ्गच्युतेन च

prasādo devaviprebhyo gurubhyaś ca tathā dvija ambhasā cābhiṣekastu gavāṃ śṛṅgacyutena ca

favour from gods and brahmins, and likewise from teachers, O twice-born; and consecration with water fallen from the horns of cows,

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AgP 228.28

चन्द्राद् भ्रष्टेन वा राम ज्ञेयं राज्यप्रदं हि तत् राज्याभिषेकश् च तथा छेदनं शिरसो ऽप्यथ

candrād bhraṣṭena vā rāma jñeyaṃ rājyapradaṃ hi tat rājyābhiṣekaś ca tathā chedanaṃ śiraso 'pyatha

or with (water) fallen from the moon, O Rāma — that is to be known as bestowing kingship; and royal consecration, and likewise even the cutting off of one's head;

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AgP 228.29

मरणं वह्निलाभश् च वह्निदाहो गृहादिषु लब्धेश् च राजलिङ्गानां तन्त्रीवाद्याभिवादनं

maraṇaṃ vahnilābhaś ca vahnidāho gṛhādiṣu labdheś ca rājaliṅgānāṃ tantrīvādyābhivādanaṃ

death, and the obtaining of fire, the burning by fire in houses and the like, and the gaining of the marks of royalty, and the sounding of stringed instruments.

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AgP 228.30

यस्तु पश्यति स्वप्नान्ते राजानं कुञ्जरं हयं हिरण्यं वृषभङ्गाञ्च कुटुम्बस्तस्य वर्धते

yastu paśyati svapnānte rājānaṃ kuñjaraṃ hayaṃ hiraṇyaṃ vṛṣabhaṅgāñca kuṭumbastasya vardhate

He who at the end of a dream sees a king, an elephant, a horse, gold, a bull, and a cow — his household increases.

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AgP 228.31

वृषेभगृहशैलाग्रवृक्षारोहणरोदनं घृटविष्ठानुलेपो वा अगम्यागमनं तथा

vṛṣebhagṛhaśailāgravṛkṣārohaṇarodanaṃ ghṛṭaviṣṭhānulepo vā agamyāgamanaṃ tathā

Mounting a bull, an elephant, a house, a mountain peak, or a tree; weeping; smearing with ghee or with excrement; and likewise intercourse with a forbidden woman —

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AgP 228.32

सितवस्त्रं प्रसन्नाम्भः फली वृक्षो नभो ऽमलं

sitavastraṃ prasannāmbhaḥ phalī vṛkṣo nabho 'malaṃ

White clothing, clear water, a tree in fruit, a spotless sky (are auspicious).

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