Agni Purana — Chapter 262
AgP 262.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे अथर्वविधानं नामैकषष्ट्यधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः :न् १ क्रुद्धं भूपं प्रसादयेदिति घ॥ , ज॥ , झ॥ च :प् ४६० छप्तेर् {२६२} :श् अथ द्विषष्ठ्यधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः उत्पातशान्तिः पुष्कर उवाच श्रीसूक्तं प्रतिवेदञ्च ज्ञेयं लक्ष्मीविवर्धनं हिरण्यवर्णा हरिणीमृचः पञ्चदश श्रियः
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe atharvavidhānaṃ nāmaikaṣaṣṭyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ :n 1 kruddhaṃ bhūpaṃ prasādayediti gha.. , ja.. , jha.. ca :p 460 chapter {262} :ś atha dviṣaṣṭhyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ utpātaśāntiḥ puṣkara uvāca śrīsūktaṃ prativedañca jñeyaṃ lakṣmīvivardhanaṃ hiraṇyavarṇā hariṇīmṛcaḥ pañcadaśa śriyaḥ
[Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa the two hundred sixty-first chapter, called 'The Prescription of the Atharvan'. Note 1: 'he should propitiate the angry king' in gha, ja and jha. Page 460.] Chapter 262. Now the two hundred sixty-second chapter: the appeasing of portents. Puṣkara said: The Śrī hymn is to be known in each Veda, and it increases Lakṣmī: the fifteen verses of Śrī beginning 'hiraṇyavarṇā hariṇī'.
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AgP 262.2
रथेष्वक्षेषु वाजेति चतस्रो यजुषि श्रियः स्रावन्तीयं तथा साम श्रीसूक्तं सामवेदके
ratheṣvakṣeṣu vājeti catasro yajuṣi śriyaḥ srāvantīyaṃ tathā sāma śrīsūktaṃ sāmavedake
In the Yajurveda the four verses of Śrī beginning 'ratheṣu akṣeṣu vāje'; and in the Sāmaveda the Śrī hymn is the Srāvantīya sāman.
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AgP 262.3
श्रियं धातर्मयि धेहि प्राक्तमाथर्वणे तथा श्रीसूक्तं यो जपेद्भक्त्या हुत्वा श्रीस्तस्य वै भवेत्
śriyaṃ dhātarmayi dhehi prāktamātharvaṇe tathā śrīsūktaṃ yo japedbhaktyā hutvā śrīstasya vai bhavet
And in the Atharvan (the Śrī hymn) begins 'O Establisher, place prosperity in me'. Whoever recites the Śrī hymn with devotion, having made the oblation, to him prosperity will indeed come.
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AgP 262.4
पद्मानि चाथ विल्वानि हुत्वाज्यं वा तिलान् श्रियः एकन्तु पौरुषं सूक्तं प्रतिवेदन्तु सर्वदं
padmāni cātha vilvāni hutvājyaṃ vā tilān śriyaḥ ekantu pauruṣaṃ sūktaṃ prativedantu sarvadaṃ
(He should offer) lotuses and bilva fruits, or ghee, or sesame, for prosperity. And the Puruṣa hymn is one, in each Veda, and grants everything.
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AgP 262.5
सूक्तेन द्दद्यान्निष्पापो ह्य् एकैकया(१) जलाञ्जलिं स्नात एकैकया पुष्पं विष्णोर्दत्वाघहा भवेत्
sūktena ddadyānniṣpāpo hy ekaikayā(1) jalāñjaliṃ snāta ekaikayā puṣpaṃ viṣṇordatvāghahā bhavet
With the hymn, offering a handful of water with each single verse, he becomes free of sin; having bathed, offering a flower to Viṣṇu with each single verse, he becomes a destroyer of sin.
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AgP 262.6
स्नात एकैकया दत्वा फलं स्यात् सर्वकामभाक् महापापोपपान्तो भवेज्जप्त्वा तु पौरुषं
snāta ekaikayā datvā phalaṃ syāt sarvakāmabhāk mahāpāpopapānto bhavejjaptvā tu pauruṣaṃ
Having bathed and offered a fruit with each single verse, the result would be that he obtains all his desires; and by reciting the Puruṣa hymn he becomes one whose great sins are allayed.
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AgP 262.7
कृच्छ्रैर् विशुद्धो जप्त्वा च हुत्वा स्नात्वाथ सर्वभाक् अष्टादशभ्यः शान्तिभ्यस्तिस्रो ऽन्याः शान्तयो वराः
kṛcchrair viśuddho japtvā ca hutvā snātvātha sarvabhāk aṣṭādaśabhyaḥ śāntibhyastisro 'nyāḥ śāntayo varāḥ
Purified by penances, and by reciting, offering and bathing, he obtains everything. Besides the eighteen Śānti (verses) there are three other excellent Śāntis.
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AgP 262.8
अमृता चाभयवा सौम्या सर्वोत्पातविमर्दनाः अमृता सर्वदवत्या अभया ब्रह्मदैवता
amṛtā cābhayavā saumyā sarvotpātavimardanāḥ amṛtā sarvadavatyā abhayā brahmadaivatā
The Amṛtā, the Abhayā and the Saumyā, which crush all portents. The Amṛtā has all the gods as its deity, the Abhayā has Brahmā as its deity,
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AgP 262.9
सौम्या च सर्वदैवत्या एका स्यात्सर्वकामदा :न् १ ह्य् एकैकश इति क॥ , घ॥ , छ॥ , ञ॥ च :प् ४६१ अभयाया मणिः कार्यो वरुणस्य भृगूत्तम
saumyā ca sarvadaivatyā ekā syātsarvakāmadā :n 1 hy ekaikaśa iti ka.. , gha.. , cha.. , ña.. ca :p 461 abhayāyā maṇiḥ kāryo varuṇasya bhṛgūttama
and the Saumyā has all the gods as its deity; one alone would grant all desires. [Note: 'one by one' in MSS ka, gha, cha, ña. Page 461.] For the Abhayā a gem of Varuṇa is to be made, O best of the Bhṛgus;
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AgP 262.10
शतकाण्डो ऽमृतायाश् च सौम्यायाः शङ्कजो मणिः तद्दैवत्यास् तथा मन्त्राः सिद्धौ(१) स्यान्मणिबन्धनं
śatakāṇḍo 'mṛtāyāś ca saumyāyāḥ śaṅkajo maṇiḥ taddaivatyās tathā mantrāḥ siddhau(1) syānmaṇibandhanaṃ
the Śatakāṇḍa (reed) for the Amṛtā, and for the Saumyā a gem made of conch. The mantras, too, have those same deities; the binding on of the gem should be (done) at the accomplishment (of the rite).
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AgP 262.11
दिव्यान्तरीक्षभौमादिसमुत्पातार्दना इमाः दिव्यान्तरीक्षभौमन्तु अद्भुतं त्रिविधं शृणु
divyāntarīkṣabhaumādisamutpātārdanā imāḥ divyāntarīkṣabhaumantu adbhutaṃ trividhaṃ śṛṇu
These crush the portents arising in the sky, the atmosphere, the earth and so on. Hear about the threefold prodigy—celestial, atmospheric and terrestrial.
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AgP 262.12
ग्रहर्क्षवैकृतं दिव्यमान्तरीक्षन्निबोध मे उल्कापातश् च दिग्दाहः परिवेशस्तथैव च
graharkṣavaikṛtaṃ divyamāntarīkṣannibodha me ulkāpātaś ca digdāhaḥ pariveśastathaiva ca
The celestial is an aberration of the planets and stars; learn from me the atmospheric: the fall of meteors, the burning of the horizon, and likewise the halo,
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AgP 262.13
गन्धर्वनगरञ्चैव वृष्टिश् च विकृता च या चरस्थिरभवं भूमौ भूकम्पमपि भूमिजं
gandharvanagarañcaiva vṛṣṭiś ca vikṛtā ca yā carasthirabhavaṃ bhūmau bhūkampamapi bhūmijaṃ
and the city of the Gandharvas, and rain that is abnormal. What occurs on the earth, moving or stationary, and earthquake too, is earth-born.
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AgP 262.14
सप्ताहाभ्यनतरे वृष्टावद्भुतं भयकृद्भवेत् शान्तिं विना त्रिभिर्वषैर् अद्भुतं भयकृद्भवेत्
saptāhābhyanatare vṛṣṭāvadbhutaṃ bhayakṛdbhavet śāntiṃ vinā tribhirvaṣair adbhutaṃ bhayakṛdbhavet
If it rains within seven days, the prodigy becomes fear-producing; without the appeasing rite the prodigy becomes fear-producing for three years.
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AgP 262.15
देवतार्चाः(२) प्रनृत्यन्ति वेपन्ते प्रज्वलन्ति च आरठन्ति(३) च रोदन्ति प्रस्विद्यन्ते हसन्ति च
devatārcāḥ(2) pranṛtyanti vepante prajvalanti ca āraṭhanti(3) ca rodanti prasvidyante hasanti ca
The images of the deities dance, tremble, and blaze up; they cry out, weep, sweat, and laugh.
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AgP 262.16
अर्चाविकारोपशमो ऽभ्यर्च्य हुत्वा प्रजापतेः अनग्निर्दीप्यते यत्र राष्ट्रे च भृशनिस्वनं
arcāvikāropaśamo 'bhyarcya hutvā prajāpateḥ anagnirdīpyate yatra rāṣṭre ca bhṛśanisvanaṃ
The pacification of an alteration in an image (is accomplished) by worshipping and offering oblation to Prajāpati. Where, without fire, (something) blazes in a kingdom, and (where there is) a very loud noise —
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AgP 262.17
न दीप्यते चेन्धनवांस्तद्राष्ट्रं पाड्यते नृपैः अग्निवैकृत्यशमनमग्निमन्त्रैश् च भार्गव
na dīpyate cendhanavāṃstadrāṣṭraṃ pāḍyate nṛpaiḥ agnivaikṛtyaśamanamagnimantraiś ca bhārgava
— and where (fire), though it has fuel, does not blaze: that kingdom is oppressed by (hostile) kings. And the pacification of an abnormality of fire (is done) with the fire-mantras, O Bhārgava.
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AgP 262.18
अकाले फलिता वृक्षाः क्षीरं रक्तं स्रवन्ति च वृक्षोत्पातप्रशमनं शिवं पूज्य च कारयेत्
akāle phalitā vṛkṣāḥ kṣīraṃ raktaṃ sravanti ca vṛkṣotpātapraśamanaṃ śivaṃ pūjya ca kārayet
Trees bear fruit out of season, and ooze milk or blood; (in that case) one should have the pacification of the tree-portent performed, and should worship Śiva.
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AgP 262.19
अतिवृष्टिरनावृष्टिर्दुर्भिक्षायोभयं मतं :न् १ सिद्ध्या इति घ॥ , ञ॥ च २ देवताश्चेति ख॥ , छ॥ च ३ आवटन्तीति ख॥ , घ॥ , छ॥ , ञ॥ च :प् ४६२ अनृतौ त्रिदिनारब्धवृष्टिर्ज्ञेया भयाय हि
ativṛṣṭiranāvṛṣṭirdurbhikṣāyobhayaṃ mataṃ :n 1 siddhyā iti gha.. , ña.. ca 2 devatāśceti kha.. , cha.. ca 3 āvaṭantīti kha.. , gha.. , cha.. , ña.. ca :p 462 anṛtau tridinārabdhavṛṣṭirjñeyā bhayāya hi
Excessive rain, drought, famine — both are held (to be portents); rain begun in the wrong season and lasting three days is to be known as (a sign) of danger.
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AgP 262.20
वृष्टिवैकृत्यनाशः स्यात्पर्जण्येन्द्वर्कपूजनात् नगरादपसर्पन्ते समीपमुपयान्ति च
vṛṣṭivaikṛtyanāśaḥ syātparjaṇyendvarkapūjanāt nagarādapasarpante samīpamupayānti ca
The destruction of an abnormality of rain comes about from the worship of Parjanya, the moon, and the sun. (Animals) slip away from the city, or come near (it).
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AgP 262.21
नद्यो ह्रदप्रश्रवणा विरसाश् च भवन्ति च शलिलाशयवैकृत्ये जप्तव्यो वारुणो मनुः
nadyo hradapraśravaṇā virasāś ca bhavanti ca śalilāśayavaikṛtye japtavyo vāruṇo manuḥ
Rivers (become) pools and springs, and become tasteless; when there is an abnormality in a body of water, the mantra of Varuṇa is to be muttered.
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AgP 262.22
अकालप्रसवा नार्यः कालतो वाप्रजास् तथा विकृतप्रसवाश् चैव युग्मप्रसवनादिकं
akālaprasavā nāryaḥ kālato vāprajās tathā vikṛtaprasavāś caiva yugmaprasavanādikaṃ
Women give birth out of season, or are childless at the (proper) time, and give birth to deformed offspring, or to twins, and so on.
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AgP 262.23
स्त्रीणां प्रसववैकृत्ये स्त्रीविप्रादिं प्रपूजयेत् वडवा हस्तिनी गौर्वा यदि युग्मं प्रसूयते
strīṇāṃ prasavavaikṛtye strīviprādiṃ prapūjayet vaḍavā hastinī gaurvā yadi yugmaṃ prasūyate
When there is an abnormality in women's childbearing, one should worship women, brahmins and the rest. If a mare, a she-elephant, or a cow gives birth to twins,
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AgP 262.24
विजात्यं विकृतं वापि षड्भिर्मासैर् म्रियेत वै विकृतं वा प्रसूयन्ते परचक्रभयं भवेत्
vijātyaṃ vikṛtaṃ vāpi ṣaḍbhirmāsair mriyeta vai vikṛtaṃ vā prasūyante paracakrabhayaṃ bhavet
or (to offspring) of another species, or deformed, (the owner) will surely die within six months; or (if animals) bring forth something deformed, there will be danger from a hostile army.
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AgP 262.25
होमः प्रसूतिवैकृत्ये जपो विप्रादिपूजनं यानि यानान्ययुक्तानि युक्तानि न वहन्ति च
homaḥ prasūtivaikṛtye japo viprādipūjanaṃ yāni yānānyayuktāni yuktāni na vahanti ca
For an abnormality in birth: burnt offering, muttering of mantras, and worship of brahmins and the rest. Those vehicles which move though unyoked, and which do not carry (loads) though yoked —
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AgP 262.26
आकाशे तूर्यनादाश् च महद्भयमुपस्थितं प्रविशन्ति यदा ग्राममारण्या मृगपक्षिणः
ākāśe tūryanādāś ca mahadbhayamupasthitaṃ praviśanti yadā grāmamāraṇyā mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ
and sounds of drums in the sky: (these mean) a great danger has arisen. When forest beasts and birds enter a village,
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AgP 262.27
अरण्यं यान्ति वा ग्राम्याः जलं यान्ति स्थलोद्भवाः स्थलं वा जलजा यान्ति राजद्वारादिके शिवाः
araṇyaṃ yānti vā grāmyāḥ jalaṃ yānti sthalodbhavāḥ sthalaṃ vā jalajā yānti rājadvārādike śivāḥ
or village (animals) go to the forest, land-born (creatures) go to the water, or water-born (creatures) go to the land, (or) jackals (appear) at the king's gate and such places,
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AgP 262.28
प्रदोषे कुक्कुटो वासे शिवा चार्कोदये भवेत् गृहङ्कपोतः प्रविशेत् क्रव्याहा मूर्ध्नि लीयते
pradoṣe kukkuṭo vāse śivā cārkodaye bhavet gṛhaṅkapotaḥ praviśet kravyāhā mūrdhni līyate
(or) a cock crows at nightfall, and a jackal at sunrise, (or) a house-pigeon enters, (or) a carrion-eating (bird) settles on (one's) head,
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AgP 262.29
मधुरां मक्षिकां कुर्यात् काको मैथुनगो दृशि प्रासादतोरणोद्यानद्वारप्राकारवेश्मनां
madhurāṃ makṣikāṃ kuryāt kāko maithunago dṛśi prāsādatoraṇodyānadvāraprākāraveśmanāṃ
(or) a bee makes honey (in the house), (or) a crow is seen copulating (in one's) sight; (and) of palaces, archways, gardens, doors, walls and houses —
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AgP 262.30
अनिमित्तन्तु पतनं दृढानां राजमृत्यवे रजसा वाथ धूमेन दिशो यत्र समाकुलाः
animittantu patanaṃ dṛḍhānāṃ rājamṛtyave rajasā vātha dhūmena diśo yatra samākulāḥ
the causeless collapse of firm (structures) portends the king's death; and where the directions are clouded over with dust or with smoke,
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AgP 262.31
:प् ४६३ केतूदयोपरागौ च छिद्रता शशिसूर्ययोः ग्रहर्क्षविकृतिर्यत्र तत्रापि भयमादिशेत्
:p 463 ketūdayoparāgau ca chidratā śaśisūryayoḥ graharkṣavikṛtiryatra tatrāpi bhayamādiśet
and the rising of comets and eclipses, and holes (appearing) in the moon and sun, and where there is an abnormality of the planets and the lunar mansions — there too one should declare danger.
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AgP 262.32
अग्निर्यत्र म दीप्येत स्रवन्ते चोदकम्भकाः मृतिर्भयं शून्यतादिरुत्पातानां फलम्भवेत्
agniryatra ma dīpyeta sravante codakambhakāḥ mṛtirbhayaṃ śūnyatādirutpātānāṃ phalambhavet
Where fire will not blaze, and water-jars leak: death, danger, depopulation and the like will be the fruit of (these) portents.
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AgP 262.33
द्विजदेवादिपूजाभ्यः शान्तिर्जप्यैस्तु होमतः ॥३३
dvijadevādipūjābhyaḥ śāntirjapyaistu homataḥ //33
Pacification (comes) from the worship of brahmins, gods and the rest, and by mutterings and by burnt offering.
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