Agni Purana — Chapter 234
AgP 234.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे उपायषड्गुणादिर्नाम त्रयस्त्रिंशदधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {२३४} :श् अथ चतुस्त्रिंशदधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः प्रात्यहिकराजकर्म पुष्कर उवाच अजस्रं कर्म वक्ष्यामि दिनं प्रति यदाचरेत् द्विमुहूर्तावशेषायां रात्रौ निद्रान्त्यजेन्नृपः
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe upāyaṣaḍguṇādirnāma trayastriṃśadadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {234} :ś atha catustriṃśadadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ prātyahikarājakarma puṣkara uvāca ajasraṃ karma vakṣyāmi dinaṃ prati yadācaret dvimuhūrtāvaśeṣāyāṃ rātrau nidrāntyajennṛpaḥ
Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa, the two hundred thirty-third chapter, called 'The Expedients, the Six Measures, and so forth.' [Chapter 234: Now the two hundred thirty-fourth chapter: the king's daily duties.] Puṣkara said: I shall declare the unceasing duty, what he should perform each day. When two muhūrtas of the night remain, the king should give up sleep.
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AgP 234.2
वाद्यवन्दिस्वनैर् गीतैः पश्येद् गूढांस्ततो नरान् विज्ञायते न ये लोकास्तदीया इति केनचित्
vādyavandisvanair gītaiḥ paśyed gūḍhāṃstato narān vijñāyate na ye lokāstadīyā iti kenacit
With the sounds of instruments and of bards, and with songs, (he should awake); then he should look upon the hidden men (his agents), so that it is not known by anyone which people belong to him.
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AgP 234.3
आयव्ययस्य श्रवणं ततः कार्यं यथाविधि वेगोत्सर्गं ततः कृत्वा राजा स्नानगृहं व्रजेत्
āyavyayasya śravaṇaṃ tataḥ kāryaṃ yathāvidhi vegotsargaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā rājā snānagṛhaṃ vrajet
Then the hearing of the accounts of income and expenditure is to be done as prescribed; then, having relieved himself, the king should go to the bathing-chamber.
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AgP 234.4
स्नानं कुर्यान्नृपः पश्चाद्दन्तधावनपूर्वकं कृत्वा सन्ध्यान्ततो जप्यं वासुदेवं प्रपूजयेत्
snānaṃ kuryānnṛpaḥ paścāddantadhāvanapūrvakaṃ kṛtvā sandhyāntato japyaṃ vāsudevaṃ prapūjayet
Afterwards the king should bathe, preceded by the cleaning of the teeth; having performed the twilight rite and then the recitation, he should worship Vāsudeva.
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AgP 234.5
वह्नौ पवित्रान् जुहुयात् तर्पयेदुदकैः पितॄन् :न् १ बहुक्षयव्ययायामिति ख॥ , छ॥ , ट॥ च २ आसीनः कर्मविच्छेदमित्यादिः, राजा समाश्रयेदित्यन्तः पाठः ज॥ पुस्तके नास्ति :प् ३४८ दद्यात्सकाञ्चीं धेनुं द्विजाशीर्वादसंयुतः
vahnau pavitrān juhuyāt tarpayedudakaiḥ pitṝn :n 1 bahukṣayavyayāyāmiti kha.. , cha.. , ṭa.. ca 2 āsīnaḥ karmavicchedamityādiḥ, rājā samāśrayedityantaḥ pāṭhaḥ ja.. pustake nāsti :p 348 dadyātsakāñcīṃ dhenuṃ dvijāśīrvādasaṃyutaḥ
He should offer the purifying blades into the fire and gratify the ancestors with water; he should give a cow together with a girdle-ornament, receiving the brahmins' blessing. [Apparatus: 1. 'bahukṣayavyayāyām' in MSS kha, cha and ṭa. 2. The passage beginning 'āsīnaḥ karmavicchedam' and ending 'rājā samāśrayet' is not in MS ja. Page 348.]
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AgP 234.6
अनुलिप्तो ऽलङ्कृतश् च मुखं पश्येच्च दर्पणे ससुवर्णे धृते राजा शृणुयाद्दिवसादिकं
anulipto 'laṅkṛtaś ca mukhaṃ paśyecca darpaṇe sasuvarṇe dhṛte rājā śṛṇuyāddivasādikaṃ
Anointed and adorned, he should look at his face in a mirror held (before him) together with gold; the king should listen to (the reckoning of) the day and so forth.
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AgP 234.7
औषधं भिषजोक्तं च मङ्गलालम्भनञ्चरेत् पश्चेद् गुरुं तेन दत्ताशीर्वदो ऽथ व्रजेत्सभां
auṣadhaṃ bhiṣajoktaṃ ca maṅgalālambhanañcaret paśced guruṃ tena dattāśīrvado 'tha vrajetsabhāṃ
And he should take the medicine prescribed by the physician, and perform the touching of auspicious objects; then he should see his teacher, and having been given his blessing, should go to the assembly.
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AgP 234.8
तत्रस्थो ब्राह्मणान् पश्येदमात्यान्मन्त्रिणस् तथा प्रकृतीश् च महाभाग प्रतीहारनिवेदिताः
tatrastho brāhmaṇān paśyedamātyānmantriṇas tathā prakṛtīś ca mahābhāga pratīhāraniveditāḥ
Stationed there he should see the brahmins, the officials and likewise the counsellors, and the subjects, O greatly fortunate one, as they are announced by the doorkeeper.
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AgP 234.9
श्रुत्वेतिहासं कार्याणि कार्याणां कार्यनिर्णयम् व्यवहारन्ततः पश्येन्मन्त्रं कुर्यात्तु मन्त्रिभिः
śrutvetihāsaṃ kāryāṇi kāryāṇāṃ kāryanirṇayam vyavahārantataḥ paśyenmantraṃ kuryāttu mantribhiḥ
Having heard the traditional narrative, the matters (of business), and the decision on those matters, he should then attend to lawsuits, and take counsel with the ministers.
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AgP 234.10
नैकेन सहितः कुर्यान्न कुर्याद्बहुभिः सह न च मूर्खैर् नचानाप्तैर् गुप्तं न प्रकटं चरेत्(१)
naikena sahitaḥ kuryānna kuryādbahubhiḥ saha na ca mūrkhair nacānāptair guptaṃ na prakaṭaṃ caret(1)
He should not hold counsel joined with one man alone, nor should he hold it with many; nor with fools, nor with untrusted men; he should not make what is secret open.
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AgP 234.11
मन्त्रं स्वधिष्ठितं कुर्याद्येन राष्ट्रं न बाधते आकारग्रहणे राज्ञो मन्त्ररक्षा परा मता(२)
mantraṃ svadhiṣṭhitaṃ kuryādyena rāṣṭraṃ na bādhate ākāragrahaṇe rājño mantrarakṣā parā matā(2)
He should keep the counsel well under his own control, by which the realm is not troubled; in the grasping of (others') outward signs, the guarding of counsel is held to be the king's highest (concern).
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AgP 234.12
आकारैर् इङ्गितैः प्रज्ञा मन्त्रं गृह्णन्ति पण्डिताः सांवत्सराणां वैद्यानां मन्त्रिणां वचने रतः
ākārair iṅgitaiḥ prajñā mantraṃ gṛhṇanti paṇḍitāḥ sāṃvatsarāṇāṃ vaidyānāṃ mantriṇāṃ vacane rataḥ
Wise, learned men grasp a counsel from outward appearances and gestures. (The king) intent upon the word of astrologers, physicians and ministers—
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AgP 234.13
राजा विभूतिमाप्नोति(३) धारयन्ति नृपं हि ते मन्त्रं कृत्वाथ व्यायामञ्चक्रे याने च शस्त्रके
rājā vibhūtimāpnoti(3) dhārayanti nṛpaṃ hi te mantraṃ kṛtvātha vyāyāmañcakre yāne ca śastrake
—the king attains prosperity, for they uphold him. Then, having held counsel, (he should practise) exercise on the chariot, the mount, and with weapons.
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AgP 234.14
निःसत्त्वादौ नृपः स्नातः पश्येद्विष्णुं सुपूजितं हुतञ्च पावकं पश्येद्विप्रान् पश्येत्सुपूजितान्
niḥsattvādau nṛpaḥ snātaḥ paśyedviṣṇuṃ supūjitaṃ hutañca pāvakaṃ paśyedviprān paśyetsupūjitān
When (the exercise) has left him without strength, and so forth, the king, having bathed, should look upon Viṣṇu well worshipped, and upon the fire into which oblation has been poured, and should see the brahmins duly honoured.
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AgP 234.15
:न् १ गुप्तं चाप्रकटं चरेदिति ग॥ , ज॥ , ट॥ च २ आकार ग्रहणे राज्ञो मन्त्ररक्षा परा मता इत्य् अस्य स्थाने आकारेङ्गिततत्त्वज्ञः कार्याकार्यविचक्षण इति ट॥ पुस्तकपाठः ३ राजाधिभूतिमाप्नोतीति ज॥ :प् ३४९ भूषितो भोजनङ्कुर्याद् दानाद्यैः सुपरीक्षितं भुक्त्वा गृहीतताम्बूलो वामपार्श्वेन संस्थितः(१)
:n 1 guptaṃ cāprakaṭaṃ carediti ga.. , ja.. , ṭa.. ca 2 ākāra grahaṇe rājño mantrarakṣā parā matā ity asya sthāne ākāreṅgitatattvajñaḥ kāryākāryavicakṣaṇa iti ṭa.. pustakapāṭhaḥ 3 rājādhibhūtimāpnotīti ja.. :p 349 bhūṣito bhojanaṅkuryād dānādyaiḥ suparīkṣitaṃ bhuktvā gṛhītatāmbūlo vāmapārśvena saṃsthitaḥ(1)
[Apparatus: 1. 'guptaṃ cāprakaṭaṃ caret' in MSS ga, ja and ṭa. 2. In place of 'ākāragrahaṇe rājño mantrarakṣā parā matā' MS ṭa reads 'ākāreṅgitatattvajñaḥ kāryākāryavicakṣaṇaḥ'. 3. 'rājādhibhūtimāpnoti' in MS ja. Page 349.] Adorned, he should take his meal, well tested by (having a portion) given (to others) and the like; having eaten and taken betel, resting upon his left side—
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AgP 234.16
शास्त्राणि चिन्तयेद् दृष्ट्वा योधान् कोष्ठायुधं गृहं अन्वास्य पश्चिमां सन्ध्यां कार्याणि च विचिन्त्य तु
śāstrāṇi cintayed dṛṣṭvā yodhān koṣṭhāyudhaṃ gṛhaṃ anvāsya paścimāṃ sandhyāṃ kāryāṇi ca vicintya tu
—he should reflect upon the treatises, after inspecting the soldiers, the armoury-storehouse, and the palace; and having attended the evening twilight rite and pondered the matters of business,
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AgP 234.17
चरान् सम्प्रेष्य भुक्तान्नमन्तःपुरचरो भवेत् वाद्यगीतैर् अक्षितो ऽन्यैर् एवन्नित्यञ्चरेन्नृपः
carān sampreṣya bhuktānnamantaḥpuracaro bhavet vādyagītair akṣito 'nyair evannityañcarennṛpaḥ
having dispatched his agents, having eaten his food, he should move about in the inner apartments; unharmed(?) by musics and songs, the king should thus always conduct himself in other ways as well.
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