Agni Purana — Chapter 233

AgP 233.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महाओपुराणे यात्रामण्डलचिन्तादिर्नाम द्वात्रिंशदधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {२३३} :श् अथ त्रयस्त्रिंशदधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः षाड्गुण्यं पुष्कर उवाच सामभेदौ मया प्रोक्तौ दानदण्डौ तथैव च दण्डः स्वदेशे कथितः परदेशे व्रवीमि ते

:e ity āgneye mahāopurāṇe yātrāmaṇḍalacintādirnāma dvātriṃśadadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {233} :ś atha trayastriṃśadadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ ṣāḍguṇyaṃ puṣkara uvāca sāmabhedau mayā proktau dānadaṇḍau tathaiva ca daṇḍaḥ svadeśe kathitaḥ paradeśe vravīmi te

[Colophon:] Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa the two hundred thirty-second chapter, called 'Reflection on the March and the Circle (of states)'. Chapter 233. Now the two hundred thirty-third chapter: the six measures (of policy). Puṣkara said: Conciliation and dissension have been declared by me, and likewise gift and force. Force has been described as regards one's own country; (now) I will tell you of it in an enemy's country.

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AgP 233.2

:न् १ शत्रुं जिहीर्षुरुच्छिन्द्यादिति घ॥ , ञ॥ च :प् ३४५ प्रकाशश्चाप्रकाशश् च द्विविधो दण्ड उच्यते लुण्ठनं ग्रामघातश् च शस्यघातो ऽग्निदीपनं

:n 1 śatruṃ jihīrṣurucchindyāditi gha.. , ña.. ca :p 345 prakāśaścāprakāśaś ca dvividho daṇḍa ucyate luṇṭhanaṃ grāmaghātaś ca śasyaghāto 'gnidīpanaṃ

[Note 1: 'wishing to seize the enemy he should destroy him' — thus in gha and ña. p. 345] Force is said to be of two kinds, open and concealed. Plundering, the destruction of villages, the destruction of crops, the setting of fires —

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AgP 233.3

प्रकाशो ऽथ विषं वह्निर्विविधैः पुरुषैर् बधः दूषणञ्चैव साधूनामुदकानाञ्च दूषणं

prakāśo 'tha viṣaṃ vahnirvividhaiḥ puruṣair badhaḥ dūṣaṇañcaiva sādhūnāmudakānāñca dūṣaṇaṃ

— that is open (force). Then poison, fire, killing by various men, the corrupting of good men, and the poisoning of waters (is concealed force).

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AgP 233.4

दण्डप्रणयणं प्रोक्तमुपेक्षां शृणु भार्गव यदा मन्यते नृपती रणे न मम विग्रहः

daṇḍapraṇayaṇaṃ proktamupekṣāṃ śṛṇu bhārgava yadā manyate nṛpatī raṇe na mama vigrahaḥ

The application of force has been declared; hear of neglect (upekṣā), O Bhārgava. When a king thinks: 'I have no quarrel in battle,'

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AgP 233.5

अनर्थायानुबन्धः स्यात् सन्धिना च तथा भवेत् सामलब्धास्पदञ्चात्र दानञ्चार्थक्षयङ्करं

anarthāyānubandhaḥ syāt sandhinā ca tathā bhavet sāmalabdhāspadañcātra dānañcārthakṣayaṅkaraṃ

'the sequel would tend to loss, and it would be so with a treaty too; and here conciliation would (only) give (the enemy) a footing, and gift causes loss of wealth,

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AgP 233.6

भेददण्डानुबन्धः स्यात्तदोपेक्षां समाश्रयेत् न चायं मम शक्नोति किञ्चित् कर्तुमुपद्रवं

bhedadaṇḍānubandhaḥ syāttadopekṣāṃ samāśrayet na cāyaṃ mama śaknoti kiñcit kartumupadravaṃ

'and the sequel of dissension and force would be (bad)' — then he should resort to neglect. '(Nor) can this man do me any harm,'

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AgP 233.7

न चाहमस्य शक्नोमि तत्रोपेक्षां समाश्रयेत् अवज्ञोपहतस्तत्र राज्ञा कार्यो रिपुर्भवेत्

na cāhamasya śaknomi tatropekṣāṃ samāśrayet avajñopahatastatra rājñā kāryo ripurbhavet

"And I too am unable (to do anything) to him" — in that case (the king) should resort to indifference; but there, an enemy struck down by contempt should be dealt with by the king.

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AgP 233.8

मायोपायं प्रवक्ष्यामि उत्पातैर् अनृतैश् चरत् शत्रोरुद्वेजनं शत्रोः शिविरस्थस्य पक्षिणः

māyopāyaṃ pravakṣyāmi utpātair anṛtaiś carat śatrorudvejanaṃ śatroḥ śivirasthasya pakṣiṇaḥ

I shall declare the stratagem of deception: moving with false portents, (one causes) the unsettling of the enemy — of the enemy stationed in his camp, (by means of) birds.

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AgP 233.9

स्थूलस्य तस्य पुच्छस्थां कृत्वोल्कां विपुलां द्विज विसृजेच्च ततश् चैवमुल्कापातं प्रदर्शयेत्

sthūlasya tasya pucchasthāṃ kṛtvolkāṃ vipulāṃ dvija visṛjecca tataś caivamulkāpātaṃ pradarśayet

Having made a large firebrand fixed on the tail of that big (bird), O twice-born, one should then release it, and thus display a meteor-fall.

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AgP 233.10

एवमन्ये दर्शनीया उत्पाता बहवो ऽपि च उद्वेजनं तथा कुर्यात् कुहकैर् विविधैर् द्विषां

evamanye darśanīyā utpātā bahavo 'pi ca udvejanaṃ tathā kuryāt kuhakair vividhair dviṣāṃ

In this way many other portents too are to be displayed; likewise one should cause the unsettling of foes by various tricks.

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AgP 233.11

सांवत्सरास्तापसाश् च नाशं ब्रूयुः प्ररस्य च जिगीषुः पृथिवीं राजा तेन चोद्वेजयेत् परान्

sāṃvatsarāstāpasāś ca nāśaṃ brūyuḥ prarasya ca jigīṣuḥ pṛthivīṃ rājā tena codvejayet parān

And astrologers and ascetics should proclaim the ruin of the enemy; the king seeking to conquer the earth should thereby unsettle his foes.

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AgP 233.12

देवतानां प्रसादश् च कीर्तनीयः परस्य तु आगतन्नो ऽमित्रबलं प्रहरध्वमभीतवत्

devatānāṃ prasādaś ca kīrtanīyaḥ parasya tu āgatanno 'mitrabalaṃ praharadhvamabhītavat

And the favour of the gods toward oneself is to be proclaimed, but (the ruin) of the enemy: "The enemy's army has come against us — strike, as though fearless!"

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AgP 233.13

एवं ब्रूयाद्रणे प्राप्ते भग्नाः सर्वे परे इति :प् ३४६ क्ष्वेडाः किलकिलाः कार्या वाच्यः शत्रुर्हतस् तथा

evaṃ brūyādraṇe prāpte bhagnāḥ sarve pare iti :p 346 kṣveḍāḥ kilakilāḥ kāryā vācyaḥ śatrurhatas tathā

So should he say when battle has come: "All the foes are broken!" Shouts and cries of triumph are to be made, and it should be announced that the enemy is slain.

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AgP 233.14

देवाज्ञावृंहितो राजा सन्नद्धः समरं प्रति इन्द्रजालं प्रवक्ष्यामि इन्द्रं कालेन दर्शयेत्

devājñāvṛṃhito rājā sannaddhaḥ samaraṃ prati indrajālaṃ pravakṣyāmi indraṃ kālena darśayet

The king, strengthened by the command of the gods, being armed for battle — I shall declare the (art of) illusion: one should display Indra at the (right) time.

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AgP 233.15

चतुरङ्गं बलं राजा सहायार्थं दिवौकसां बलन्तु दर्शयेत् प्राप्तं रक्तवृष्टिञ्चेन्द्रपौ

caturaṅgaṃ balaṃ rājā sahāyārthaṃ divaukasāṃ balantu darśayet prāptaṃ raktavṛṣṭiñcendrapau

The king should display an army of four divisions as having arrived for the aid of the dwellers in heaven, and a rain of blood upon the enemy's ranks.

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AgP 233.16

छिन्नानि रिपुशीर्षाणि प्रासादाग्रेषु दर्शयेत्(१) षाड्गुण्यं सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि तद्वरौ सन्धिविग्रहौ

chinnāni ripuśīrṣāṇi prāsādāgreṣu darśayet(1) ṣāḍguṇyaṃ sampravakṣyāmi tadvarau sandhivigrahau

He should display the severed heads of enemies on the tops of the palaces. I shall now declare the set of six measures, of which the two chief are treaty and war.

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AgP 233.17

सन्धिश् च विग्रहश् चैव यानमासनमेव च द्वैधीभावः संशयश् च षड्गुणाः परिकीर्तिताः

sandhiś ca vigrahaś caiva yānamāsanameva ca dvaidhībhāvaḥ saṃśayaś ca ṣaḍguṇāḥ parikīrtitāḥ

Treaty and war, marching and halting, division (of forces) and taking refuge — these are proclaimed as the six measures.

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AgP 233.18

पणबन्धः स्मृतः सन्धिरपकारस्तु विग्रहः जिगीषोः शत्रुविषये यानं यात्राभिधीयते

paṇabandhaḥ smṛtaḥ sandhirapakārastu vigrahaḥ jigīṣoḥ śatruviṣaye yānaṃ yātrābhidhīyate

Treaty is said to be the making of a compact, and war is the doing of injury; for one who seeks conquest, the march into the enemy's territory is called 'marching'.

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AgP 233.19

विग्रहेण स्वके देशे स्थितिरासनमुच्यते बलार्धेन प्रयाणन्तु द्वैधीभावः स उच्यते

vigraheṇa svake deśe sthitirāsanamucyate balārdhena prayāṇantu dvaidhībhāvaḥ sa ucyate

Remaining in one's own country while at war is called 'halting'; marching out with half one's force is called 'division of forces'.

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AgP 233.20

उदासीनो मध्यगो वा संश्रयात्संशयः स्मृतः समेन सन्धिरन्वेष्यो ऽहीनेन च बलीयसा

udāsīno madhyago vā saṃśrayātsaṃśayaḥ smṛtaḥ samena sandhiranveṣyo 'hīnena ca balīyasā

(Attachment to one) who is neutral or is a middle power, through shelter, is held to be 'taking refuge'. Treaty is to be sought with an equal and with one not inferior, and with a stronger one.

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AgP 233.21

हीनेन विग्रहः कार्यः स्वयं राज्ञा बलीयसा तत्रापि शुद्धपार्ष्णिस्तु बलीयांसं समाश्रयेत्

hīnena vigrahaḥ kāryaḥ svayaṃ rājñā balīyasā tatrāpi śuddhapārṣṇistu balīyāṃsaṃ samāśrayet

War is to be waged by the king himself, being stronger, against a weaker one; and there too, if his rear is secure — otherwise he should take refuge with the stronger.

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AgP 233.22

आसीनः कर्मविच्छेदं शक्तः कर्तुं रिपोर्यदा अशुद्धपार्ष्णिश्चासीत विगृह्य वसुधाधिपः

āsīnaḥ karmavicchedaṃ śaktaḥ kartuṃ riporyadā aśuddhapārṣṇiścāsīta vigṛhya vasudhādhipaḥ

When, while halting, he is able to cut off the enemy's operations, the lord of the earth should halt after making war, even with his rear unsecured.

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AgP 233.23

अशुद्धपार्ष्णिर्बलवान् द्वैधीभावं समाश्रयेत् बलिना विगृहीतस्तु(२) यो ऽसन्देहेन पार्थिवः

aśuddhapārṣṇirbalavān dvaidhībhāvaṃ samāśrayet balinā vigṛhītastu(2) yo 'sandehena pārthivaḥ

One who is strong but whose rear is unsecured should resort to division of forces; but a ruler who is beset by a stronger one, without doubt —

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AgP 233.24

संश्रयस्तेन वक्तव्यो गुणानामधमो गुणः :न् १ प्रासादाग्रे प्रदर्शयेदिति ट॥ २ विगृहीतस्तु इति ख॥ :प् ३४७ बहुक्षयव्ययायासं(१) तेषां यानं प्रकीर्तितं

saṃśrayastena vaktavyo guṇānāmadhamo guṇaḥ :n 1 prāsādāgre pradarśayediti ṭa.. 2 vigṛhītastu iti kha.. :p 347 bahukṣayavyayāyāsaṃ(1) teṣāṃ yānaṃ prakīrtitaṃ

— should be said to (adopt) taking refuge, the lowest of the measures. [notes: 'prāsādāgre pradarśayet' in Ṭa; 'vigṛhītastu' in Kha] Their marching is declared to involve much loss, expense and toil.

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AgP 233.25

बहुलाभकरं पश्चात्तदा राजा समाश्रयेत्(२) सर्वशक्तिविहीनस्तु तदा कुर्यात्तु संश्रयं

bahulābhakaraṃ paścāttadā rājā samāśrayet(2) sarvaśaktivihīnastu tadā kuryāttu saṃśrayaṃ

When afterwards it brings much gain, then the king should resort (to it); but when wholly bereft of power, then he should take refuge.

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