Agni Purana — Chapter 269
AgP 269.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे छत्रादिमन्त्रादयः नामाष्टषष्ठ्यधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ :प् ४८१ अग्निपुराणम् महर्षिश्रीमद्वेदव्यासेन प्रणीतम् श्रीलश्री वङ्गदेशीयासियातिक्-समाजानुज्ञया श्रीराजेन्द्रलालमित्रेण परिशोधितम् कलिकाताराजधान्यां गणेशयन्त्रे मुद्रितञ्च संवत् १९३३ अग्निपुराणम् छप्तेर् {२६९} :श् अथोनसप्तत्यधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः विष्णुपञ्जरं पुष्कर उवच त्रिपुरञ्जघ्नुषः पूर्वं ब्रह्मणा विष्णुपञ्जरं शङ्करस्य द्विजश्रेष्थ रक्षणाय निरूपितं
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe chatrādimantrādayaḥ nāmāṣṭaṣaṣṭhyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || :p 481 agnipurāṇam maharṣiśrīmadvedavyāsena praṇītam śrīlaśrī vaṅgadeśīyāsiyātik-samājānujñayā śrīrājendralālamitreṇa pariśodhitam kalikātārājadhānyāṃ gaṇeśayantre mudritañca saṃvat 1933 agnipurāṇam chapter {269} :ś athonasaptatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ viṣṇupañjaraṃ puṣkara uvaca tripurañjaghnuṣaḥ pūrvaṃ brahmaṇā viṣṇupañjaraṃ śaṅkarasya dvijaśreṣtha rakṣaṇāya nirūpitaṃ
Thus in the great Āgneya Purāṇa, the two hundred sixty-eighth chapter, named "Mantras for the parasol and the rest." [Page 481. The Agnipurāṇa, composed by the great sage the revered Vedavyāsa, edited by Śrī Rājendralāla Mitra by permission of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, and printed at the Gaṇeśa Press in the capital city of Calcutta, Saṃvat 1933. Agnipurāṇa, chapter 269.] Now the two hundred sixty-ninth chapter: the Viṣṇu-cage. Puṣkara said: Formerly, for Śaṅkara, who had slain Tripura, the Viṣṇu-cage was set forth by Brahmā for (his) protection, O best of the twice-born,
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AgP 269.2
वागीशेन च शक्रस्य बलं हन्तुं प्रयास्यतः तस्य स्वरूपं वक्ष्यामि तत्त्वं शृणु जयादिमत्
vāgīśena ca śakrasya balaṃ hantuṃ prayāsyataḥ tasya svarūpaṃ vakṣyāmi tattvaṃ śṛṇu jayādimat
and by the Lord of Speech (Brahmā) for Śakra, when he was about to set out to destroy (the enemy's) army. I shall declare its nature; hear its truth, beginning with "Jaya."
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AgP 269.3
विष्णुः प्राच्यां स्थितश् चक्री हरिर्दक्षिनणतो गदी प्रतीच्यां शार्ङ्गधृग्विष्णुर्जिष्णुः खड्गी ममोत्तरे
viṣṇuḥ prācyāṃ sthitaś cakrī harirdakṣinaṇato gadī pratīcyāṃ śārṅgadhṛgviṣṇurjiṣṇuḥ khaḍgī mamottare
Viṣṇu bearing the discus stands in the east, Hari with the mace on the south, in the west Viṣṇu holding the Śārṅga bow, and to my north Jiṣṇu with the sword.
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AgP 269.4
हृषीकेशो विकोणेषु तच्छिद्रेषु जनार्दनः क्रोडरूपी हरिर्भूमौ नरसिंहो ऽम्बरे मम
hṛṣīkeśo vikoṇeṣu tacchidreṣu janārdanaḥ kroḍarūpī harirbhūmau narasiṃho 'mbare mama
Hṛṣīkeśa (stands) in the intermediate corners, Janārdana in the gaps between them, Hari in boar form on the earth, and Narasiṃha in the sky above me.
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AgP 269.5
क्षुरान्तममलञ्चक्रं भ्रमत्येतत् सुदर्शनं अस्यांशुमाला दुष्प्रेक्ष्या हन्तुं प्रेतनिशाचरान्
kṣurāntamamalañcakraṃ bhramatyetat sudarśanaṃ asyāṃśumālā duṣprekṣyā hantuṃ pretaniśācarān
This spotless discus Sudarśana, razor-edged, whirls about; its garland of rays, hard to look upon, (is there) to destroy ghosts and night-roamers.
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AgP 269.6
गदा चेयं सहस्रार्चिःप्रदीप्तपावकोज्ज्वला रक्षोभूतपिशाचानां डाकिनीनाञ्च नाशनी
gadā ceyaṃ sahasrārciḥpradīptapāvakojjvalā rakṣobhūtapiśācānāṃ ḍākinīnāñca nāśanī
And this mace, blazing like a fire kindled with a thousand flames, is the destroyer of rākṣasas, bhūtas, piśācas, and ḍākinīs.
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AgP 269.7
शार्ङ्गविस्फूर्जितञ्चैव वासुदेवस्य मद्रिपून् तिर्यङ्मनुष्यकुष्माण्डप्रेतादीन् हन्त्वशेषतः
śārṅgavisphūrjitañcaiva vāsudevasya madripūn tiryaṅmanuṣyakuṣmāṇḍapretādīn hantvaśeṣataḥ
And let the twanging of Vāsudeva's Śārṅga bow slay my enemies without remainder — animals, men, kuṣmāṇḍas, pretas, and the rest.
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AgP 269.8
:प् १ खड्गधारोज्ज्वलज्जो ऽत्स्नानिर्धूता ये समाहिताः ते यान्तु शाम्यतां सद्यो गरुडेनेव पन्नगाः
:p 1 khaḍgadhārojjvalajjo 'tsnānirdhūtā ye samāhitāḥ te yāntu śāmyatāṃ sadyo garuḍeneva pannagāḥ
Those who are gathered here, shaken off by the brilliant moonlight-like flashing of the sword's edge — let them go at once to quiescence, like serpents (before) Garuḍa.
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AgP 269.9
ये कुष्माण्डास्था यक्षा ये दैत्या ये निशाचराः प्रेता विनायकाः क्रूरा मनुष्या जम्भगाः खगाः
ye kuṣmāṇḍāsthā yakṣā ye daityā ye niśācarāḥ pretā vināyakāḥ krūrā manuṣyā jambhagāḥ khagāḥ
Those yakṣas who abide among the kuṣmāṇḍas, those daityas, those night-roamers, pretas, cruel vināyakas, men, jambha-goers, birds,
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AgP 269.10
सिंहादयश् च पशवो दन्दशूकाश् च पन्नगाः सर्वे भवन्तु ते सौम्याः कृष्णशङ्खरवाहताः
siṃhādayaś ca paśavo dandaśūkāś ca pannagāḥ sarve bhavantu te saumyāḥ kṛṣṇaśaṅkharavāhatāḥ
and beasts beginning with lions, and biting serpents — let them all become gentle, struck by the sound of Kṛṣṇa's conch.
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AgP 269.11
चित्तवृत्तिहरा ये मे ये जनाः स्मृतिहारकाः बलौजसञ्च हर्तारश्छायाविभ्रंशकाश् च ये
cittavṛttiharā ye me ye janāḥ smṛtihārakāḥ balaujasañca hartāraśchāyāvibhraṃśakāś ca ye
Those beings who steal away my mental activity, those who rob my memory, those who take away my strength and vigour, and those who cause my bodily lustre to fail,
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AgP 269.12
ये चोपभोगहर्तारो ये च लक्षणनाशकाः कुष्माण्डास्ते प्रणश्यन्तु विष्णुचक्ररवाहताः
ye copabhogahartāro ye ca lakṣaṇanāśakāḥ kuṣmāṇḍāste praṇaśyantu viṣṇucakraravāhatāḥ
and those who rob my enjoyments, and those who destroy my auspicious marks — let those kuṣmāṇḍas perish, struck by the sound of Viṣṇu's discus.
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AgP 269.13
बुद्धिस्वास्थ्यं मनःस्वास्थ्यं स्वास्थ्यमैन्द्रियकं तथा ममास्तु देवदेवस्य वासुदेवस्य कीर्तनात्
buddhisvāsthyaṃ manaḥsvāsthyaṃ svāsthyamaindriyakaṃ tathā mamāstu devadevasya vāsudevasya kīrtanāt
May soundness of intellect, soundness of mind, and likewise soundness of the senses be mine, through the praising of Vāsudeva, the god of gods.
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AgP 269.14
पृष्ठे पुरस्तान्मम दक्षिणोत्तरे विकोणतश्चास्तु जनार्दनोहरिः तमीड्यमीशानमनन्तमच्युतं जनार्दनं प्रणिपतितो न सीदति
pṛṣṭhe purastānmama dakṣiṇottare vikoṇataścāstu janārdanohariḥ tamīḍyamīśānamanantamacyutaṃ janārdanaṃ praṇipatito na sīdati
Behind me, in front, to the south and north, and in the corners, let Hari Janārdana be. He who has bowed down to that praiseworthy one, the Lord, the endless, the unfallen Janārdana, does not sink down.
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AgP 269.15
यथा परं ब्रह्म हरिस् तथा परः जगत्स्वरूपश् च स एव केशवः सत्येन तेनाच्युतनामकीर्तनात् प्रणाशयेत्तु त्रिविधंममाशुभं
yathā paraṃ brahma haris tathā paraḥ jagatsvarūpaś ca sa eva keśavaḥ satyena tenācyutanāmakīrtanāt praṇāśayettu trividhaṃmamāśubhaṃ
As the supreme Brahman is, so is Hari supreme; and that same Keśava has the world for his form. By that truth, through the praising of the name of Acyuta, may he destroy my threefold misfortune.
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