Agni Purana — Chapter 242
AgP 242.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे रामोक्तराजनीतिर्नाम एकचत्वारिंशदधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ :न् १ अस्मल्लब्धपुस्तकनां मध्ये क॥ ज॥ चिह्नितपुस्त्रकद्वये दण्डादिकतिपयव्यूहानां विन्दुविन्यासैस्तत्तन्नामसमीपे आकृतयः प्रदर्शिताः , परन्तु ता अशुद्धा । ता यथा,दण्डव्यूहस्य ??? । प्रदारकस्य ??? । दृढव्यूहस्य ??? ।असह्यव्यूहस्य ??? । खातकव्यूहस्य ??? । वलयव्यूहस्य ??? ।दुर्जयव्यूहस्य ??? । भोगव्यूहस्य ??? । गोमूत्रिकाव्यूहस्य ??? ।शकटव्यूहस्य ??? । अमरव्यूहस्य ??? । सर्वतोभद्रव्यूहस्य ???॥ :प् ३८३ छप्तेर् {२४२} :श् अथ द्विचत्वारिंशदधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः पुरुषलक्षणं अग्निर् उवाच रामोक्तोक्ता मया नीतिः स्त्रीणां राजन् नृणां वदे लक्षणं यद्समुद्रेण गर्गायोक्तं यथा पुरा
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe rāmoktarājanītirnāma ekacatvāriṃśadadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || :n 1 asmallabdhapustakanāṃ madhye ka.. ja.. cihnitapustrakadvaye daṇḍādikatipayavyūhānāṃ vinduvinyāsaistattannāmasamīpe ākṛtayaḥ pradarśitāḥ , parantu tā aśuddhā / tā yathā,daṇḍavyūhasya ??? / pradārakasya ??? / dṛḍhavyūhasya ??? /asahyavyūhasya ??? / khātakavyūhasya ??? / valayavyūhasya ??? /durjayavyūhasya ??? / bhogavyūhasya ??? / gomūtrikāvyūhasya ??? /śakaṭavyūhasya ??? / amaravyūhasya ??? / sarvatobhadravyūhasya ???|| :p 383 chapter {242} :ś atha dvicatvāriṃśadadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ puruṣalakṣaṇaṃ agnir uvāca rāmoktoktā mayā nītiḥ strīṇāṃ rājan nṛṇāṃ vade lakṣaṇaṃ yadsamudreṇa gargāyoktaṃ yathā purā
Thus (ends) in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa the two hundred and forty-first chapter, called "The Royal Polity Declared by Rāma." [Editorial note: among the manuscripts obtained by us, in the two marked ka and ja the shapes of a few arrays, beginning with the "staff" (daṇḍa), are shown by arrangements of dots beside their respective names; but these are corrupt. They are as follows: of the daṇḍa array ???; of the pradāraka ???; of the dṛḍha array ???; of the asahya array ???; of the khātaka array ???; of the valaya array ???; of the durjaya array ???; of the bhoga array ???; of the gomūtrikā array ???; of the śakaṭa array ???; of the amara array ???; of the sarvatobhadra array ???.] Now the two hundred and forty-second chapter: the marks of a man. Agni said: The policy declared by Rāma has been told by me; O king, I shall tell the marks of women and of men, which was formerly told by Samudra to Garga.
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AgP 242.2
समुद्र उवाच पुंसाञ्च लक्षणं वक्ष्ये स्त्रीणाञ्चैव शुभाशुभं एकाधिको द्विशुक्रश् च त्रिगन्भीरस्तथैव च
samudra uvāca puṃsāñca lakṣaṇaṃ vakṣye strīṇāñcaiva śubhāśubhaṃ ekādhiko dviśukraś ca triganbhīrastathaiva ca
Samudra said: I shall tell the marks of men, and also the auspicious and inauspicious (marks) of women. (A man may be) "one-in-excess" (ekādhika), "two-bright" (dviśukra), and likewise "three-deep" (trigambhīra),
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AgP 242.3
त्रित्रिकस्त्रिप्रलम्बश् च त्रिभिर्व्याप्नोति यस् तथा त्रिबलीमांस्त्रिविनतस्त्रिकालज्ञश् च सुव्रत
tritrikastripralambaś ca tribhirvyāpnoti yas tathā tribalīmāṃstrivinatastrikālajñaś ca suvrata
"three-tripled" (tritrika), "three-pendulous" (tripralamba), and one who pervades by three; "having three folds" (tribalimān), "three-bowed" (trivinata), and "knower of the three times" (trikālajña), O you of good vows —
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AgP 242.4
पुरुषः स्यात्सुलक्षण्यो विपुलश् च तथा त्रिषु चतुर्लेखस् तथा यश् च तथैव च चतुःसमः
puruṣaḥ syātsulakṣaṇyo vipulaś ca tathā triṣu caturlekhas tathā yaś ca tathaiva ca catuḥsamaḥ
such a man is one of good marks; likewise (he is) broad in three (parts), and one who has four lines, and likewise "four-even" (catuḥsama),
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AgP 242.5
चतुष्किष्कुश् चतुर्दंष्ट्रः शुक्लकृष्णस्तथैव च चतुर्गन्धश् चतुर्ह्रस्वः सूक्ष्मदीर्घश् च पञ्चसु
catuṣkiṣkuś caturdaṃṣṭraḥ śuklakṛṣṇastathaiva ca caturgandhaś caturhrasvaḥ sūkṣmadīrghaś ca pañcasu
"four-cubits" (catuṣkiṣku), "four-fanged" (caturdaṃṣṭra), and likewise white-and-black, "four-scented" (caturgandha), "four-short" (caturhrasva), and fine-and-long in five (parts),
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AgP 242.6
षडुन्नतो ऽष्टवंशश् च सप्तस्नेहो नवामलः दशपद्मो दशव्यूहो न्यग्रोधपरिमण्डलः
ṣaḍunnato 'ṣṭavaṃśaś ca saptasneho navāmalaḥ daśapadmo daśavyūho nyagrodhaparimaṇḍalaḥ
"six-raised" (ṣaḍunnata), "eight-lineaged" (aṣṭavaṃśa), "seven-oily" (saptasneha), "nine-spotless" (navāmala), "ten-lotused" (daśapadma), "ten-arrayed" (daśavyūha), and rounded like a banyan tree,
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AgP 242.7
चतुर्दशसमद्वन्द्वः षोडशाक्षयश् च शस्यते धर्मार्थकामसंयुक्तो धर्मो ह्य् एकाधिको मतः
caturdaśasamadvandvaḥ ṣoḍaśākṣayaś ca śasyate dharmārthakāmasaṃyukto dharmo hy ekādhiko mataḥ
having fourteen even pairs and sixteen unfailing (features) — he is praised. (One who is) joined with dharma, wealth and pleasure — dharma indeed is held to be the "one-in-excess."
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AgP 242.8
तारकाभ्यां विना नेत्रे शुक्रदन्तो द्विशुक्लकः गम्भीरस्त्रिश्रवो नाभिः सत्त्वञ्चैकं त्रिकं स्मृतं
tārakābhyāṃ vinā netre śukradanto dviśuklakaḥ gambhīrastriśravo nābhiḥ sattvañcaikaṃ trikaṃ smṛtaṃ
The two eyes apart from the pupils, and teeth bright (as semen): (that is) the "two-bright." Deep (are) the three: the voice(?), and the navel; and the character too — this is called the "one" triad.
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AgP 242.9
अनसूया दया क्षान्तिर्मङ्गलाचारयुक्तता शौचं स्पृहा त्वकार्पण्यमनायासश् च शौर्यता
anasūyā dayā kṣāntirmaṅgalācārayuktatā śaucaṃ spṛhā tvakārpaṇyamanāyāsaś ca śauryatā
Absence of envy, compassion, patience, being endowed with auspicious conduct, purity, aspiration, absence of meanness, freedom from strain, and valour —
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AgP 242.10
:प् ३८४ चित्रिकस्त्रिप्रलम्बः स्याद्वृषणे भुजयोर्नरः दिग्देशजातिवर्गांश् च तेजसा यशसा श्रिया
:p 384 citrikastripralambaḥ syādvṛṣaṇe bhujayornaraḥ digdeśajātivargāṃś ca tejasā yaśasā śriyā
A man is "three-tripled" (citrika/tritrika) and "three-pendulous" in the testicles and the two arms; and (he) pervades the quarters, the regions, and the classes of castes with his splendour, his fame and his majesty —
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AgP 242.11
व्याप्नोति यस्त्रिकव्यापी त्रिबलीमान्नरस्त्वसौ उदरे बलयस्तिस्रो नरन्त्रिविनतं शृणु
vyāpnoti yastrikavyāpī tribalīmānnarastvasau udare balayastisro narantrivinataṃ śṛṇu
he who pervades (thus) is the "triad-pervader." That man is "having three folds" (when) there are three folds on the belly; hear now, O man, about the "three-bowed."
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AgP 242.12
देवतानां द्विजानाञ्च गुरूणां प्रणतस्तु यः धर्मार्थकामकालज्ञस्त्रिकालज्ञो ऽभिधीयते
devatānāṃ dvijānāñca gurūṇāṃ praṇatastu yaḥ dharmārthakāmakālajñastrikālajño 'bhidhīyate
He who is bowed down (in reverence) to the gods, to the twice-born and to teachers (is the "three-bowed"). One who knows the time for dharma, wealth and pleasure is called the "knower of the three times."
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AgP 242.13
उरो ललाटं वक्त्रञ्च त्रिविस्तीर्णो विलेखवान् द्वौ पाणी द्वौ तथा पादौ ध्वजच्छत्रादिभिर्युतौ
uro lalāṭaṃ vaktrañca trivistīrṇo vilekhavān dvau pāṇī dvau tathā pādau dhvajacchatrādibhiryutau
The chest, the forehead and the face — (he who is) broad in these three, and marked with lines: the two hands and likewise the two feet furnished with (marks of) banner, parasol and the like;
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AgP 242.14
अङ्गुल्यो हृदयं पृष्ठं कटिः शस्तं चतुःसमं षण्णवत्यङ्गुलोत्सेधश् चतुष्किष्कुप्रमाणतः
aṅgulyo hṛdayaṃ pṛṣṭhaṃ kaṭiḥ śastaṃ catuḥsamaṃ ṣaṇṇavatyaṅgulotsedhaś catuṣkiṣkupramāṇataḥ
the fingers, the heart, the back and the hip — the "four-even" is commended; a height of ninety-six fingers is by the measure of "four cubits";
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AgP 242.15
द्रंष्ट्राश् चतस्रश् चन्द्राभाश् चतुःकृष्णं वदामि ते नेत्रतारौ भ्रुवौ श्मश्रुः कृष्णाः केशास्तथैव च
draṃṣṭrāś catasraś candrābhāś catuḥkṛṣṇaṃ vadāmi te netratārau bhruvau śmaśruḥ kṛṣṇāḥ keśāstathaiva ca
the four fangs (should be) moon-bright; I shall tell you the "four-black": the pupils of the eyes, the eyebrows, the beard, and likewise the hair — (these should be) black.
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AgP 242.16
नासायां वदने स्वेदे कक्षयोर्विडगन्धकः ह्रस्वं लिङ्गं तथा ग्रीवा जङ्घे स्याद्वेदह्रस्वकं
nāsāyāṃ vadane svede kakṣayorviḍagandhakaḥ hrasvaṃ liṅgaṃ tathā grīvā jaṅghe syādvedahrasvakaṃ
A stench of excrement in the nose, in the mouth, in the sweat, in the two armpits (is bad). Short penis, likewise neck, and the two shanks — four things should be short.
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AgP 242.17
सूक्ष्माण्यङ्गुलिपर्वाणि नखकेशद्विजत्वचः हनू नेत्रे ललाटे च नासा दीर्घा स्तनान्तरं
sūkṣmāṇyaṅguliparvāṇi nakhakeśadvijatvacaḥ hanū netre lalāṭe ca nāsā dīrghā stanāntaraṃ
Fine (should be) the finger-joints, the nails, hair, teeth and skin; long (should be) the jaws, the eyes, the forehead, the nose, and the space between the breasts.
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AgP 242.18
वक्षः कक्षौ नखा नासोन्नतं वक्त्रं कृकाटिका स्निग्धास्त्वक्केशदन्ताश् च लोम दृष्टिर्नखाश् च वाक्
vakṣaḥ kakṣau nakhā nāsonnataṃ vaktraṃ kṛkāṭikā snigdhāstvakkeśadantāś ca loma dṛṣṭirnakhāś ca vāk
The chest, the two armpits, the nails, the nose, the face, the nape (should be) prominent; and glossy (should be) the skin, hair, teeth, body-hair, the gaze, the nails, and the speech.
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AgP 242.19
जान्वोरुर्वोश् च पृष्ठस्थ वंशौ द्वौ करनासयोः नेत्रे नासापुटौ कर्णौ मेढ्रं पायुमुखे ऽमलं
jānvorurvoś ca pṛṣṭhastha vaṃśau dvau karanāsayoḥ netre nāsāpuṭau karṇau meḍhraṃ pāyumukhe 'malaṃ
Of the knees and of the thighs, and the two ridges standing on the back, (and those) of the hands and the nose...; the eyes, the two nostrils, the ears, the penis, the anus and the mouth (should be) clean.
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AgP 242.20
जिह्वोष्ठे तालुनेत्रे तु हस्तपादौ नखास् तथा शिश्नाग्रवक्त्रं शस्यन्ते पद्माभा दश देहिनां
jihvoṣṭhe tālunetre tu hastapādau nakhās tathā śiśnāgravaktraṃ śasyante padmābhā daśa dehināṃ
The tongue and lips, the palate and eyes, the hands and feet, likewise the nails, the tip of the penis and the mouth: ten (parts) of embodied beings are commended (when) lotus-coloured.
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AgP 242.21
पाणिपादं मुखं ग्रीवा श्रवणे हृदयं शिरः :प् ३८५ ललाटमुदरं पृष्ठं वृहन्तः पूजिता दश
pāṇipādaṃ mukhaṃ grīvā śravaṇe hṛdayaṃ śiraḥ :p 385 lalāṭamudaraṃ pṛṣṭhaṃ vṛhantaḥ pūjitā daśa
Hands and feet, face, neck, the two ears, heart, head, forehead, belly, back: ten are esteemed (when) large.
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AgP 242.22
प्रसारितभुजस्येह मध्यमाग्रद्वयान्तरं उच्छ्रायेण समं यस्य न्यग्रोधपरिमण्डलः
prasāritabhujasyeha madhyamāgradvayāntaraṃ ucchrāyeṇa samaṃ yasya nyagrodhaparimaṇḍalaḥ
He whose distance between the tips of the two middle fingers, when the arms are stretched out, is equal to his height, (is called) 'circular as a banyan'.
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AgP 242.23
पादौ गुल्फौ स्फिचौ पार्श्वौ वङ्क्षणौ वृषणौ कुचौ कर्णौष्ठे सक्थिनी जङ्घे हस्तौ बाहू तथाक्षिणी
pādau gulphau sphicau pārśvau vaṅkṣaṇau vṛṣaṇau kucau karṇauṣṭhe sakthinī jaṅghe hastau bāhū tathākṣiṇī
The two feet, ankles, buttocks, flanks, groins, testicles, nipples, ears and lips, the two thighs, shanks, hands, arms, and likewise the eyes:
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AgP 242.24
चतुर्दशसमद्वन्द्व एतत्सामान्यतो नरः विद्याश् चतुर्दश द्व्यक्षैः पश्येद्यः षोडशाक्षकः
caturdaśasamadvandva etatsāmānyato naraḥ vidyāś caturdaśa dvyakṣaiḥ paśyedyaḥ ṣoḍaśākṣakaḥ
a man with these fourteen pairs equal (is praised) — this in general terms. The fourteen sciences... he who would see with two eyes... having sixteen eyes.
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AgP 242.25
रूक्षं शिराततं गात्रमशुभं मांसवर्जितं दुर्गन्धिविपरीतं यच्छस्तन्दृष्ट्या प्रसन्नया
rūkṣaṃ śirātataṃ gātramaśubhaṃ māṃsavarjitaṃ durgandhiviparītaṃ yacchastandṛṣṭyā prasannayā
A body that is rough, covered with veins, without flesh is inauspicious, as is one foul-smelling and misshapen — whereas what is commended (is seen) with a clear gaze.
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AgP 242.26
धन्यस्य मधुरा वाणी गतिर्मत्तेभसन्निभा एककूपभवं रोम भये रक्षा सकृत् सकृत्
dhanyasya madhurā vāṇī gatirmattebhasannibhā ekakūpabhavaṃ roma bhaye rakṣā sakṛt sakṛt
The fortunate man's speech is sweet, his gait like that of a rutting elephant, his body-hair one to a pore; in danger there is protection for him again and again.
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