Agni Purana — Chapter 254
AgP 254.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे व्यवहारो नाम त्रिपञ्चाशदधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {२५४} :श् अथ चतुःपञ्चाशदधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः दिव्यप्रमाणकथनं अग्निर् उवाच तपस्विनो दानशीलाः कुलीनाः सत्यवादिनः धर्मप्रधाना ऋजवः पुत्रवन्तो धनान्विताः
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe vyavahāro nāma tripañcāśadadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {254} :ś atha catuḥpañcāśadadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ divyapramāṇakathanaṃ agnir uvāca tapasvino dānaśīlāḥ kulīnāḥ satyavādinaḥ dharmapradhānā ṛjavaḥ putravanto dhanānvitāḥ
Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa the two hundred fifty-third chapter, called Legal Procedure. Now the two hundred fifty-fourth chapter: the exposition of the ordeals. Agni said: Ascetics, men given to giving, of good family, truthful, having dharma foremost, upright, having sons, possessed of wealth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 254.2
पञ्चयज्ञक्रियायुक्ताः साक्षिणः पञ्च वा त्रयः यथाजाति यथावर्ण सर्वे सर्वेषु वा स्मृताः
pañcayajñakriyāyuktāḥ sākṣiṇaḥ pañca vā trayaḥ yathājāti yathāvarṇa sarve sarveṣu vā smṛtāḥ
and engaged in the performance of the five sacrifices — such are the witnesses, five or three; (they are to be chosen) according to birth and according to class, or, it is held, all (may be witnesses) in all (cases).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 254.3
स्त्रीवृद्धबालकितवमत्तोन्मत्ताभिशस्तकाः :प् ४१६ रङ्गावतारिपाषण्डिकूटकृद्विकलेन्द्रियाः
strīvṛddhabālakitavamattonmattābhiśastakāḥ :p 416 raṅgāvatāripāṣaṇḍikūṭakṛdvikalendriyāḥ
Women, the aged, children, gamblers, the drunken, the mad, the accused, stage-players, heretics, forgers, those defective in their senses,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 254.4
पतिताप्तान्नसम्बन्धिसहायरिपुतस्कराः अमाक्षिणः सर्वसाक्षी चौर्यपारुष्यसाहसे
patitāptānnasambandhisahāyariputaskarāḥ amākṣiṇaḥ sarvasākṣī cauryapāruṣyasāhase
the fallen, intimates, dependants fed (by a party), relatives, allies, enemies, thieves — (these are) not witnesses; (but) anyone may be a witness in cases of theft, assault, and violence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 254.5
उभयानुमतः साक्षी भवत्येकोपि धर्मवित् अब्रुवन् हि नरः साक्ष्यमृणं सदशबन्धकम्
ubhayānumataḥ sākṣī bhavatyekopi dharmavit abruvan hi naraḥ sākṣyamṛṇaṃ sadaśabandhakam
Even a single man who knows dharma is a witness if both parties agree to him. For the man who does not speak his testimony — the debt together with a tenth as penalty
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 254.6
राज्ञा सर्वं प्रदाप्यः स्यात् षट्चत्वारिंशके ऽह्ननि न ददाति हि यः साक्ष्यं जानन्नपि नराधमः
rājñā sarvaṃ pradāpyaḥ syāt ṣaṭcatvāriṃśake 'hnani na dadāti hi yaḥ sākṣyaṃ jānannapi narādhamaḥ
— all of it is to be made to be paid by the king on the forty-sixth day. For that basest of men who, though he knows, does not give testimony,
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AgP 254.7
स कूटसाक्षिणां पापैस्तुल्यो दण्डेन चैव हि साक्षिणः श्रावयेद्वादिप्रतिवादिसमीपगान्
sa kūṭasākṣiṇāṃ pāpaistulyo daṇḍena caiva hi sākṣiṇaḥ śrāvayedvādiprativādisamīpagān
He is equal, in sin and in punishment alike, to false witnesses. (The judge) should have (the depositions of) the witnesses declared aloud in the presence of the plaintiff and defendant.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 254.8
ये पातककृतां लोका महापातकिनां तथा अग्निदानाञ्च ये लोका ये च स्त्रीबालघातिनां
ye pātakakṛtāṃ lokā mahāpātakināṃ tathā agnidānāñca ye lokā ye ca strībālaghātināṃ
Those worlds that belong to committers of sin, and likewise of great sinners, and those worlds that belong to arsonists, and those of killers of women and children —
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AgP 254.9
तान् सर्वान् समवाप्नोति यः साक्ष्यमनृतं वदेत् सुकृतं यत्त्वया किञ्चिज्जन्मान्तरशतैः कृतम्
tān sarvān samavāpnoti yaḥ sākṣyamanṛtaṃ vadet sukṛtaṃ yattvayā kiñcijjanmāntaraśataiḥ kṛtam
all those he obtains, who speaks false testimony. "Whatever merit you have accumulated in hundreds of other births,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 254.10
तत्सर्वं तस्य जानीहि यं पराजयसे मृषा द्वैधे बहूनां वचनं समेषु गुणिनान्तथा
tatsarvaṃ tasya jānīhi yaṃ parājayase mṛṣā dvaidhe bahūnāṃ vacanaṃ sameṣu guṇināntathā
know that all of it (goes) to him whom you defeat by falsehood." When (testimonies) are divided, the statement of the many (is accepted); when they are equal (in number), that of the virtuous ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 254.11
गुणिद्वैधे तु वचनं ग्राह्यं ये गुणवत्तराः यस्योचुः साक्षिणः सत्यां प्रतिज्ञां स जयी भवेत्
guṇidvaidhe tu vacanaṃ grāhyaṃ ye guṇavattarāḥ yasyocuḥ sākṣiṇaḥ satyāṃ pratijñāṃ sa jayī bhavet
But when the virtuous are divided, the statement of those who are more virtuous is to be accepted. He for whose true claim the witnesses have spoken becomes the winner.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 254.12
अन्यथा वादिनो यस्य ध्रूवस्तस्य पराजयः उक्ते ऽपि साक्षिभिः साक्ष्ये यद्यन्ये गुणवत्तराः
anyathā vādino yasya dhrūvastasya parājayaḥ ukte 'pi sākṣibhiḥ sākṣye yadyanye guṇavattarāḥ
But of him whose (witnesses) speak otherwise, defeat is certain. Even when testimony has been given by witnesses, if others more virtuous,
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AgP 254.13
द्विगुणा वान्यथा ब्रूयुः कूटाः स्युःपूर्वसाक्षिणः पृथक् पृथग्दण्डनीयाः कूटकृत्साक्षिणस् तथा
dviguṇā vānyathā brūyuḥ kūṭāḥ syuḥpūrvasākṣiṇaḥ pṛthak pṛthagdaṇḍanīyāḥ kūṭakṛtsākṣiṇas tathā
or twice as many, should say otherwise, the earlier witnesses are false. They are to be punished individually, and so are the witnesses who commit falsehood —
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AgP 254.14
विवादाद्द्विगुणं दण्डं विवास्यो ब्राह्मणः स्मृतः यः साक्ष्यं श्रावितो ऽन्येभ्यो निह्नुते तत्तमोवृतः
vivādāddviguṇaṃ daṇḍaṃ vivāsyo brāhmaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ yaḥ sākṣyaṃ śrāvito 'nyebhyo nihnute tattamovṛtaḥ
a fine twice (the amount) of the suit; a brahmin, it is taught, is to be banished. He who, having been summoned to give testimony, conceals it from the others, being enveloped in darkness (of ignorance) —
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AgP 254.15
:प् ४१७ स दाप्यो ऽष्टगुणम् दण्डं ब्राह्मणन्तु विवासयेत् वर्णिनां हि बधो यत्र तत्र साक्ष्य।अनृतं वदेत्
:p 417 sa dāpyo 'ṣṭaguṇam daṇḍaṃ brāhmaṇantu vivāsayet varṇināṃ hi badho yatra tatra sākṣya.anṛtaṃ vadet
he is to be made to pay an eightfold fine, but a brahmin should be banished. For where there is destruction of the (members of the) classes, there one may speak false testimony.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 254.16
यः कश्चिदर्थो ऽभिमतः स्वरुच्या तु परस्परं लेख्यं तु साक्षिमत् कार्यं तस्मिन् धनिकपूर्वकम्
yaḥ kaścidartho 'bhimataḥ svarucyā tu parasparaṃ lekhyaṃ tu sākṣimat kāryaṃ tasmin dhanikapūrvakam
Whatever matter is mutually agreed upon of their own accord, in that a document with witnesses should be drawn up, with the creditor named first,
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AgP 254.17
समामासतदर्हाहर् नामजातिस्वगोत्रजैः सब्रह्मचारिकात्मीयपितृनामादिचिह्नितम्
samāmāsatadarhāhar nāmajātisvagotrajaiḥ sabrahmacārikātmīyapitṛnāmādicihnitam
marked with the year, the month, the fortnight, the day, the names, castes, own lineages, Vedic schools, and the names of oneself and of (one's) father, and so on.
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AgP 254.18
समाप्ते ऽर्थे ऋणी नाम स्वहस्तेन निवेशयेत् मतं मे ऽमुकपुत्रस्य यदत्रोपरिलेखितं
samāpte 'rthe ṛṇī nāma svahastena niveśayet mataṃ me 'mukaputrasya yadatroparilekhitaṃ
When the matter is completed, the debtor should set down his name in his own hand: "What is written above here is agreed to by me, the son of so-and-so."
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AgP 254.19
साक्षिणश् च स्वहस्तेन पितृनामकपूर्वकम् अत्राहममुकः साक्षी लिखेयुरिति ते समाः
sākṣiṇaś ca svahastena pitṛnāmakapūrvakam atrāhamamukaḥ sākṣī likheyuriti te samāḥ
And the witnesses, in their own hand, with the father's name first, should write "Herein I, so-and-so, am witness" — thus (should) they, being equal (in status, write).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 254.20
अलिपिज्ञ ऋणी यः स्यालेकयेत् स्वमतन्तु सः साक्षी वा साक्षिणान्येन सर्वसाक्षिसमीपतः
alipijña ṛṇī yaḥ syālekayet svamatantu saḥ sākṣī vā sākṣiṇānyena sarvasākṣisamīpataḥ
If the debtor is one who does not know writing, he should have his consent written — by a witness, or by another witness, in the presence of all the witnesses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 254.21
उभयाभ्यर्थितेनैतन्मया ह्य् अमुकसूनुना लिखितं ह्य् अमुकेनेति लेखको ऽथान्ततो लिखेत्
ubhayābhyarthitenaitanmayā hy amukasūnunā likhitaṃ hy amukeneti lekhako 'thāntato likhet
Then at the end the scribe should write: "This was written by me, the son of so-and-so, at the request of both parties — by so-and-so."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 254.22
विनापि साक्षिभिर् लेख्यं स्वहस्तलिखितञ्च यत् तत् प्रमाणं स्मृतं सर्वं बलोपधिकृतादृते
vināpi sākṣibhir lekhyaṃ svahastalikhitañca yat tat pramāṇaṃ smṛtaṃ sarvaṃ balopadhikṛtādṛte
Even without witnesses a document, and whatever is written in one's own hand, is all held to be evidence — except what is made by force or fraud.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 254.23
ऋणं लेख्यकृतं देयं पुरुषैस्त्रिभिरेव तु आधिस्तु भुज्यते तावद्यावत्तन्न प्रदीयते
ṛṇaṃ lekhyakṛtaṃ deyaṃ puruṣaistribhireva tu ādhistu bhujyate tāvadyāvattanna pradīyate
A debt made by document is to be paid by three generations of men; but a pledge is enjoyed for just so long as that (debt) is not repaid.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 254.24
देशान्तरस्थे दुर्लेख्ये नष्टोन्मृष्टे हृते तथा भिन्ने च्छिन्ने तथा दग्धे लेख्यमन्यत्तु कारयेत्
deśāntarasthe durlekhye naṣṭonmṛṣṭe hṛte tathā bhinne cchinne tathā dagdhe lekhyamanyattu kārayet
When the document is in another country, or illegible, lost, effaced, stolen, or split, torn, or burnt, another document should be made.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 254.25
सन्दिग्धार्थविशुद्ध्यर्थं स्वहस्तलिखितन्तु यत् युक्तिप्राप्तिक्रियाचिह्नसम्बन्धागमहेतुभिः
sandigdhārthaviśuddhyarthaṃ svahastalikhitantu yat yuktiprāptikriyācihnasambandhāgamahetubhiḥ
When the meaning is doubtful, for the sake of clarification, whatever is written in one's own hand (is examined) by means of reasoning, receipt, action, marks, connection, and acquisition as grounds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 254.26
लेख्यस्य पृष्ठे ऽभिलिखेत् प्रविष्टमधमर्णिनः :प् ४१८ धनी चोपगतं दद्यात् स्वहस्तपरिचिह्नितम्
lekhyasya pṛṣṭhe 'bhilikhet praviṣṭamadhamarṇinaḥ :p 418 dhanī copagataṃ dadyāt svahastaparicihnitam
On the back of the document he should record what has been paid in by the debtor; and the creditor should give (a receipt for) what has come in, marked with his own hand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 254.27
दत्वर्णं पाटयेल्लेख्यं शुद्ध्यै चान्यत्तु कारयेत् साक्षिमच्च भवेद्यत्तु तद्दातव्यं ससाक्षिकं
datvarṇaṃ pāṭayellekhyaṃ śuddhyai cānyattu kārayet sākṣimacca bhavedyattu taddātavyaṃ sasākṣikaṃ
Having paid the debt, (the creditor) should tear up the document; but for (proof of) discharge he should have another (deed) made. And whatever (transaction) was attested by witnesses, that (receipt) should be given with witnesses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 254.28
तुलाग्न्यापो विषं कोषो दिव्यानीह विशुद्धये महाभियोगेष्वेतानि शीर्षकस्थे ऽभियोक्तरि
tulāgnyāpo viṣaṃ koṣo divyānīha viśuddhaye mahābhiyogeṣvetāni śīrṣakasthe 'bhiyoktari
The balance, fire, water, poison, and the (sacred) libation — these are the divine ordeals here for clearing (oneself); (they are used) in grave accusations, when the accuser stands surety for the penalty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 254.29
रुच्या वान्यतरः कुर्यादितरो वर्तयेच्छिरः विनापि शीर्षकात् कुर्यान्नृपद्रोहे ऽथ पातके
rucyā vānyataraḥ kuryāditaro vartayecchiraḥ vināpi śīrṣakāt kuryānnṛpadrohe 'tha pātake
Or, by (mutual) preference, either one of the two may undergo (the ordeal), and the other shall bear the (staked) penalty; even without a śīrṣaka one may (be made to) undergo it in a case of treason against the king, or of a mortal sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 254.30
नासहस्राद्धरेत् फालं न तुलान्न विषन्तथा नृपार्थेष्वभियोगेषु वहेयुः शुचयः सदा
nāsahasrāddharet phālaṃ na tulānna viṣantathā nṛpārtheṣvabhiyogeṣu vaheyuḥ śucayaḥ sadā
For less than a thousand one should not take up the ploughshare, nor the balance, nor poison likewise; but in accusations concerning the king's affairs, those who are pure may always undergo them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 254.31
सहस्रार्थे तुलादीनि कोषमल्पे ऽपि दापयेत् शतार्धं दापयेच्छुद्धमशुद्धो दण्डभाग् भवेत्
sahasrārthe tulādīni koṣamalpe 'pi dāpayet śatārdhaṃ dāpayecchuddhamaśuddho daṇḍabhāg bhavet
For a matter of a thousand, the balance and the rest; the libation he may impose even in a small matter — he may impose (it) for half a hundred. One found pure (is released); one found impure incurs punishment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 254.32
सचेलस्नातमाहूय सूर्योदय उपोषितम् कारयेत्दर्वदिव्यानि नृपब्राह्मणसन्निधौ
sacelasnātamāhūya sūryodaya upoṣitam kārayetdarvadivyāni nṛpabrāhmaṇasannidhau
Having summoned him at sunrise, bathed with his clothes on and fasting, one should have the divine ordeals performed in the presence of the king and of brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 254.33
तुला स्त्रीबालवृद्धान्धपङ्गुब्राह्मणरोगिणां अग्निर्ज्वलं वा शूद्रस्य यवाः सप्त विषस्य वा
tulā strībālavṛddhāndhapaṅgubrāhmaṇarogiṇāṃ agnirjvalaṃ vā śūdrasya yavāḥ sapta viṣasya vā
The balance (is for) women, children, the aged, the blind, the lame, brahmins and the sick; fire or water for a śūdra, or seven barley-grains of poison.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 254.34
तुलाधारणविद्वद्भिरभियुक्तस्तुलाश्रितः प्रतिमानसमीभूतो रेखां कृत्वावतारितः
tulādhāraṇavidvadbhirabhiyuktastulāśritaḥ pratimānasamībhūto rekhāṃ kṛtvāvatāritaḥ
By men skilled in the handling of the balance, the accused, placed on the balance and made equal to the counterweight, is marked with a line and then taken down.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 254.35
आदित्यचन्द्रावनिलो ऽनलश् च द्यौर्भूमिरापोहृदयं यमश् च अहश् च रात्रिश् च उभे च सन्ध्ये धर्मश् च जानाति नरस्य वृत्तम्
ādityacandrāvanilo 'nalaś ca dyaurbhūmirāpohṛdayaṃ yamaś ca ahaś ca rātriś ca ubhe ca sandhye dharmaś ca jānāti narasya vṛttam
The sun and moon, the wind and the fire, heaven, earth, the waters, the heart, and Yama, day and night and both twilights, and Dharma — (all these) know a man's conduct.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 254.36
त्वं तुले सत्यधामासि पुरा देवैर् विनिर्मिता सत्यं वदस्व कल्याणि संशयान्मां विमोचय
tvaṃ tule satyadhāmāsi purā devair vinirmitā satyaṃ vadasva kalyāṇi saṃśayānmāṃ vimocaya
You, O balance, are the abode of truth; you were fashioned of old by the gods. Speak the truth, auspicious one; release me from doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 254.37
:प् ४१९ यद्यस्मि पापकृन्मातस्ततो मां त्वमधो नय शुद्धश्चेद्गमयोर्ध्वम्मां तुलामित्यभिमन्त्रयेत्
:p 419 yadyasmi pāpakṛnmātastato māṃ tvamadho naya śuddhaścedgamayordhvammāṃ tulāmityabhimantrayet
"If I am a doer of evil, mother, then carry me downward; but if I am pure, take me upward" — thus he should address the balance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 254.38
करौ विमृदितव्रीहेर्लक्षयित्वा ततो न्यसेत् सप्ताश्वप्त्यस्य पत्राणि तावत् सूत्रेण वेष्टयेत्
karau vimṛditavrīherlakṣayitvā tato nyaset saptāśvaptyasya patrāṇi tāvat sūtreṇa veṣṭayet
Having marked the two hands of him, rubbed with (pounded) rice, one should then place on them seven leaves of the aśvattha tree, and wrap them round with thread just so.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 254.39
त्वमेव सर्वभूतानामन्तश् चरसि पावक साक्षिवत् पुण्यपापेभ्यो ब्रूहि सत्यङ्गरे मम
tvameva sarvabhūtānāmantaś carasi pāvaka sākṣivat puṇyapāpebhyo brūhi satyaṅgare mama
You alone, O purifier, move within all beings; as a witness, speak truly to me concerning (my) merits and sins, O Ember.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 254.40
तस्येत्युक्तवतो लौहं पञ्चाशत्पलिकं समम् अग्निर्वर्णं न्यसेत् पिण्डं हस्तयोरुभयोरपि
tasyetyuktavato lauhaṃ pañcāśatpalikaṃ samam agnirvarṇaṃ nyaset piṇḍaṃ hastayorubhayorapi
When he has spoken thus, one should place an even iron ball of fifty palas, glowing with the colour of fire, upon both his hands.
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AgP 254.41
स तमादाय सप्तैव मण्डलानि शतैर् व्रजेत् षोडशाङ्गुलकं ज्ञेयं मण्डलं तावदन्तरम्
sa tamādāya saptaiva maṇḍalāni śatair vrajet ṣoḍaśāṅgulakaṃ jñeyaṃ maṇḍalaṃ tāvadantaram
Taking it, he should walk through just seven circles slowly; the circle is to be known as sixteen aṅgulas, and the interval (between them) the same.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 254.42
मुक्त्वाग्निं मृदितव्रीहिरदग्धः शुद्धिमाप्नुयात् अन्तरा पतिते पिण्डे सन्देहे वा पुनर्हरेत्
muktvāgniṃ mṛditavrīhiradagdhaḥ śuddhimāpnuyāt antarā patite piṇḍe sandehe vā punarharet
Having let go of the fire (i.e. the ball), if on rubbing the rice he is unburnt, he attains purity; but if the ball falls in mid-course, or if there is doubt, he should carry it again.
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AgP 254.43
पवित्राणां पवित्र त्वं शोध्यं शोधय पावन सत्येन माभिरक्षस्व वरुणेत्यभिशस्तकम्
pavitrāṇāṃ pavitra tvaṃ śodhyaṃ śodhaya pāvana satyena mābhirakṣasva varuṇetyabhiśastakam
"O purifier, you are the purest of pure things; purify, O cleanser, what is to be cleansed. By truth protect me, O Varuṇa" — thus (says) the accused.
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AgP 254.44
नाभिदघ्नोदकस्थस्य गृहीत्वोरू जलं विशेत् समकालमिषुं मुक्तमानीयान्यो जवो नरः
nābhidaghnodakasthasya gṛhītvorū jalaṃ viśet samakālamiṣuṃ muktamānīyānyo javo naraḥ
He should enter water reaching to the navel, grasping the thighs of one standing (there); at the same moment another swift man brings back a discharged arrow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 254.45
यदि तस्मिन्निमग्नाङ्गं पश्येच्च शुद्धिमाप्नुयात् त्वं विष ब्रह्मणः पुत्र सत्यधर्मे व्यवस्थित
yadi tasminnimagnāṅgaṃ paśyecca śuddhimāpnuyāt tvaṃ viṣa brahmaṇaḥ putra satyadharme vyavasthita
If meanwhile one sees his body still submerged, he attains purity. "You, poison, are the son of Brahmā, established in truth and dharma;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 254.46
त्रायस्वास्मादभीशापात् सत्येन भव मे ऽमृतम् एवमुक्त्वा विषं सार्ङ्गं भक्षयेद्धिमशैलजं
trāyasvāsmādabhīśāpāt satyena bhava me 'mṛtam evamuktvā viṣaṃ sārṅgaṃ bhakṣayeddhimaśailajaṃ
save me from this accusation; by (the power of) truth become nectar for me" — having said thus, he should eat śārṅga poison grown on the Snowy Mountain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 254.47
यस्य वेगैर् विना जीर्णं शुद्धिं तस्य विनिर्दिशेत् देवानुग्रान् समभ्यर्च्य तत्स्नानोदकमाहरेत्
yasya vegair vinā jīrṇaṃ śuddhiṃ tasya vinirdiśet devānugrān samabhyarcya tatsnānodakamāharet
He in whom (the poison) is digested without attacks (of its effects) — his purity one should declare. Having duly worshipped the favourable deities, one should fetch the water of their bathing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 254.48
संश्राव्य पापयेत्तस्माज्जलात्तु प्रसृतित्रयम् :प् ४२० आचतुर्दशमादह्नो यस्य नो राजदैविकम्
saṃśrāvya pāpayettasmājjalāttu prasṛtitrayam :p 420 ācaturdaśamādahno yasya no rājadaivikam
Having made (the accused) hear (the oath), one should make him drink three prasṛtis of that water. He for whom, up to the fourteenth day, no calamity of royal or divine origin...
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 254.49
व्यसनं जायते घोरं स शुद्धः स्यादसंशयम् सत्यवाहनशस्त्राणि गोवीजकनकानि च
vyasanaṃ jāyate ghoraṃ sa śuddhaḥ syādasaṃśayam satyavāhanaśastrāṇi govījakanakāni ca
...terrible, arises — he is pure, without doubt. Truth, vehicles, weapons, cows, seed-grain and gold,
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AgP 254.50
देवतागुरुपादाश् च इष्टापूर्तकृतानि च इत्येते सुकराः प्रोक्ताः शपथाः स्वल्पसंशये
devatāgurupādāś ca iṣṭāpūrtakṛtāni ca ityete sukarāḥ proktāḥ śapathāḥ svalpasaṃśaye
and the feet of deities and of teachers, and works of sacrifice and public charity — these are said to be the easy oaths, (used) when the doubt is slight.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition