Agni Purana — Chapter 250

AgP 250.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे धनुर्वेदे नामोनपञ्चाशदधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {२५०} :श् अथ पञ्चाशदधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः धनुर्वेदकथनम् अग्निर् उवाच जितहस्तो जितमतिर्जितदृग्लक्ष्यसाधकः नियतां सिद्धिमासाद्य ततो वाहनमारुहेत्

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe dhanurvede nāmonapañcāśadadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {250} :ś atha pañcāśadadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ dhanurvedakathanam agnir uvāca jitahasto jitamatirjitadṛglakṣyasādhakaḥ niyatāṃ siddhimāsādya tato vāhanamāruhet

[Thus, in the Agni Mahāpurāṇa, in the Dhanurveda, the two hundred and forty-ninth chapter. Chapter 250. Now the two hundred and fiftieth chapter: the exposition of the Dhanurveda.] Agni said: With hand mastered, mind mastered, sight mastered, an achiever of the target — having attained assured mastery, he should then mount his vehicle.

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AgP 250.2

दशहस्तो भवेत् पाशो वृत्तः करमुखस् तथा गुणकार्पासमुञ्जानां भङ्गस्नाय्वर्कवर्मिणाम्

daśahasto bhavet pāśo vṛttaḥ karamukhas tathā guṇakārpāsamuñjānāṃ bhaṅgasnāyvarkavarmiṇām

The noose should be ten cubits long, round, with a mouth (loop) the size of a hand, made of cotton thread, muñja grass, hemp, sinew, arka fibre, or bark,

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AgP 250.3

अन्येषां सुदृढानाञ्च सुकृतं परिवेष्टितम् तथा त्रिंशत्समं पाशं बुधः कुर्यात् सुवर्तितम्

anyeṣāṃ sudṛḍhānāñca sukṛtaṃ pariveṣṭitam tathā triṃśatsamaṃ pāśaṃ budhaḥ kuryāt suvartitam

and of other very strong (materials), well made and well wound about; and the wise man should make a noose of thirty (cubits), evenly and well twisted.

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AgP 250.4

कर्तव्यं शिक्षकैस्तस्य स्थानं कक्षासु वै तदा वामहस्तेन सङ्गृह्य दक्षिणेनोद्धरेत्ततः

kartavyaṃ śikṣakaistasya sthānaṃ kakṣāsu vai tadā vāmahastena saṅgṛhya dakṣiṇenoddharettataḥ

Then a place for it must be made by the trainers at the flanks (of the mount); having grasped (it) with the left hand, he should then lift (it) up with the right.

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AgP 250.5

कुण्डलस्याकृतिं कृत्वा भ्राम्यकं मस्तकोपरि :प् ४०२ क्षिपेत् तूर्णमये तूर्णं पुरुषे चर्मवेष्टिते(१)

kuṇḍalasyākṛtiṃ kṛtvā bhrāmyakaṃ mastakopari :p 402 kṣipet tūrṇamaye tūrṇaṃ puruṣe carmaveṣṭite(1)

Having made it into the shape of a ring, whirling it above his head, [p. 402] he should quickly cast (it) upon a straw figure, quickly, upon a man wrapped in hide.

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AgP 250.6

वल्गिते च प्लुते चैव तथा प्रव्रजितेषु च समयोगविधिं कृत्वा(२) प्रयुञ्जीत सुशिक्षितम्

valgite ca plute caiva tathā pravrajiteṣu ca samayogavidhiṃ kṛtvā(2) prayuñjīta suśikṣitam

And in leaping and in bounding, and likewise in (mounts) set going forward, having applied the rule of correct application, the well-trained man should use (the noose).

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AgP 250.7

विजित्वा तु यथान्यायं ततो बन्धं समाचरेत् कट्याम्बद्ध्वा ततः खड्गं वामपार्श्वावलम्बितम्

vijitvā tu yathānyāyaṃ tato bandhaṃ samācaret kaṭyāmbaddhvā tataḥ khaḍgaṃ vāmapārśvāvalambitam

But having conquered in the proper manner, he should then apply the binding (of the weapon); having fastened the sword at the waist, hanging on the left side,

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AgP 250.8

दृढं विगृह्य वामेन निष्कर्षेद्दक्षिणेन तु षडङ्गुलपरीणाहं सप्तहस्तसमुच्छ्रितं

dṛḍhaṃ vigṛhya vāmena niṣkarṣeddakṣiṇena tu ṣaḍaṅgulaparīṇāhaṃ saptahastasamucchritaṃ

grasping (it) firmly with the left (hand), he should draw (it) out with the right — six fingers in girth, seven cubits in height,

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AgP 250.9

अयोमय्यः शलाकाश् च वर्माणि विविधानि च अर्धहस्ते समे चैव तिर्यगूर्ध्वगतं तथा

ayomayyaḥ śalākāś ca varmāṇi vividhāni ca ardhahaste same caiva tiryagūrdhvagataṃ tathā

and rods made of iron, and armours of various kinds — of half a cubit, and even, and likewise extending crosswise and upward,

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AgP 250.10

योजयेद्विधिना येन तथात्वङ्गदतः शृणु तूणचर्मावनद्धाङ्गं स्थापयित्वा नवं दृढं

yojayedvidhinā yena tathātvaṅgadataḥ śṛṇu tūṇacarmāvanaddhāṅgaṃ sthāpayitvā navaṃ dṛḍhaṃ

by which prescribed method he should join (them); and now hear likewise of the armlet: having set up the new, firm (frame) whose parts are bound over with quiver-leather,

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AgP 250.11

करेणादाय लगूडं दक्षिणाङ्गुलकं नवं उद्यम्य घातयेद्यस्य नाशस्तेन शिशोर्दृढं

kareṇādāya lagūḍaṃ dakṣiṇāṅgulakaṃ navaṃ udyamya ghātayedyasya nāśastena śiśordṛḍhaṃ

taking in (his) hand a new cudgel (gripped) with the right fingers, and raising (it), he should strike him whose destruction (is sought) — thereby the child's (grip?) is made firm.

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AgP 250.12

उभाभ्यामथ हस्ताभ्यां कुर्यात्तस्य निपातनं अक्लेशेन ततः कुर्वन् बधे सिद्धिः प्रकीर्तिता

ubhābhyāmatha hastābhyāṃ kuryāttasya nipātanaṃ akleśena tataḥ kurvan badhe siddhiḥ prakīrtitā

Then with both hands he should bring about his felling; acting thus without difficulty, success in the killing is declared.

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AgP 250.13

वाहानां श्रमकरणं प्रचारार्थं पुरा तव

vāhānāṃ śramakaraṇaṃ pracārārthaṃ purā tava

The making of exertion for the mounts, for the sake of maneuvering, (was told) to you before.

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