Agni Purana — Chapter 27

AgP 27.1

:ए इत्य् आदिमहापुराणे आग्नेये मुद्राप्रदर्शनं नाम षड्विंशो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् {२७} :श् अथ सप्तविंशो ऽध्यायः दीक्षाविधिकथनं नारद उवाच वक्ष्ये दीक्षां सर्वदाञ्च मण्डलेब्जे हरिं यजेत् दशम्यामुपसंहृत्य यागद्रव्यं समस्तकं

:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye mudrāpradarśanaṃ nāma ṣaḍviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter {27} :ś atha saptaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ dīkṣāvidhikathanaṃ nārada uvāca vakṣye dīkṣāṃ sarvadāñca maṇḍalebje hariṃ yajet daśamyāmupasaṃhṛtya yāgadravyaṃ samastakaṃ

[Thus in the Āgneya, the first of the great Purāṇas, the twenty-sixth chapter, called 'The Display of the Mudrās'. Chapter 27. Now the twenty-seventh chapter: the statement of the rules of initiation.] Nārada said: I shall declare initiation, which grants everything. One should worship Hari on the maṇḍala-lotus. On the tenth (day), having collected together the whole of the sacrificial material,

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AgP 27.2

विन्यस्य नारसिंहेन सम्मन्त्र्य शतवारकं सर्षपांस्तु फडन्तेन(१) रक्षोघ्नान् सर्वतः क्षिपेत्

vinyasya nārasiṃhena sammantrya śatavārakaṃ sarṣapāṃstu phaḍantena(1) rakṣoghnān sarvataḥ kṣipet

and having set (it) down, and having consecrated (it) with the Nārasiṃha (mantra) a hundred times, he should cast mustard seeds, destroyers of demons, in all directions with the (mantra) ending in phaṭ.

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AgP 27.3

शक्तिं सर्वात्मकां तत्र न्यसेत् प्रासादरूपिणीं सर्वौषधिं समाहृत्य विकिरानभिमन्त्रयेत्

śaktiṃ sarvātmakāṃ tatra nyaset prāsādarūpiṇīṃ sarvauṣadhiṃ samāhṛtya vikirānabhimantrayet

There he should install the Śakti who comprises all, having the form of the temple; and having gathered all the herbs, he should consecrate the grains for scattering,

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AgP 27.4

शतवारं शुभे पात्रे वासुदेवेन साधकः संसाध्य पण्जगव्यन्तु पञ्चभिर्मूलमूर्तिभिः

śatavāraṃ śubhe pātre vāsudevena sādhakaḥ saṃsādhya paṇjagavyantu pañcabhirmūlamūrtibhiḥ

a hundred times, in an auspicious vessel, with the Vāsudeva (mantra); and the adept, having prepared the pañcagavya with the five root-forms (of the deity),

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AgP 27.5

नारायणान्तैः सम्प्रोक्ष्य कुशाग्रैस्तेन तांभुवं(३) विकिरान्वासुदेवेन क्षिपेदुत्तानपाणिना

nārāyaṇāntaiḥ samprokṣya kuśāgraistena tāṃbhuvaṃ(3) vikirānvāsudevena kṣipeduttānapāṇinā

having sprinkled that ground with the tips of kuśa grass, with the (mantras) ending in Nārāyaṇa, he should throw the scattering-grains with the Vāsudeva (mantra), with the palm turned upward,

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AgP 27.6

त्रिधा पूर्वमुखस्तिष्ठन् ध्यायेत् विष्णुं तथा हृदि वर्धन्या सहिते कुम्भे साङ्गं विष्णुं प्रपूजयेत्

tridhā pūrvamukhastiṣṭhan dhyāyet viṣṇuṃ tathā hṛdi vardhanyā sahite kumbhe sāṅgaṃ viṣṇuṃ prapūjayet

three times; standing facing east he should meditate on Viṣṇu thus in the heart; in the jar, together with the vardhanī vessel, he should worship Viṣṇu along with his ancillaries.

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AgP 27.7

:न् १ सर्षपांस्तद्वदस्त्रेण इति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ कुशाग्रेणैव तां भुवमिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाट्ःअः :प् ७१ शतवारं मन्त्रयित्वा त्वस्त्रेणैव च वर्धनीं अच्छिन्नधारया सिञ्चन् ईशानान्तं नयेच्च तं

:n 1 sarṣapāṃstadvadastreṇa iti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 kuśāgreṇaiva tāṃ bhuvamiti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭḥaḥ :p 71 śatavāraṃ mantrayitvā tvastreṇaiva ca vardhanīṃ acchinnadhārayā siñcan īśānāntaṃ nayecca taṃ

[Apparatus: 1. The manuscript marked ṅa reads 'sarṣapāṃs tadvad astreṇa'. 2. The manuscript marked ṅa reads 'kuśāgreṇaiva tāṃ bhuvam'. Page 71.] Having recited (over it) a hundred times with the astra (mantra) alone, (he should take) the vardhanī, and sprinkling with an unbroken stream he should carry it to the northeast.

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AgP 27.8

कलसं पृष्ठतो नीत्वा स्थापयेद्विकिरोपरि संहृत्य विकिरान् दर्भैः कुम्भेशं कर्करीं यजेत्

kalasaṃ pṛṣṭhato nītvā sthāpayedvikiropari saṃhṛtya vikirān darbhaiḥ kumbheśaṃ karkarīṃ yajet

Having carried the jar behind, he should set it down upon the scattered grains; having gathered up the scattered grains with darbha grass, he should worship the lord of the jar and the karkarī vessel.

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AgP 27.9

सवस्त्रं पञ्चरत्नाढ्यं खण्डिले पूजयेद्धरिं अग्नावपि समभ्यर्च्य मन्त्रान् सञ्जप्य पूर्ववत्

savastraṃ pañcaratnāḍhyaṃ khaṇḍile pūjayeddhariṃ agnāvapi samabhyarcya mantrān sañjapya pūrvavat

On the altar he should worship Hari, (the jar) with its cloth and furnished with the five jewels; and having worshipped in the fire as well, muttering the mantras as before,

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AgP 27.10

प्रक्षाल्य पुण्डरीकेन विलिप्यान्तः सुगन्धिना उखामाज्येन(१) संपूर्य गोक्षीरेण तु साधकः

prakṣālya puṇḍarīkena vilipyāntaḥ sugandhinā ukhāmājyena(1) saṃpūrya gokṣīreṇa tu sādhakaḥ

having washed (the pot) with the puṇḍarīka (mantra) and smeared it inside with fragrant substance, the adept, having filled the cooking pot with ghee and with cow's milk,

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AgP 27.11

आलोक्य वासुदेवेन(२) ततः सङ्कर्षणेन च तण्डुलानाज्यसंसृष्टान् क्षिपेत् क्षीरे सुसंस्कृते

ālokya vāsudevena(2) tataḥ saṅkarṣaṇena ca taṇḍulānājyasaṃsṛṣṭān kṣipet kṣīre susaṃskṛte

having looked upon it with the Vāsudeva (mantra) and then with the Saṃkarṣaṇa (mantra), should throw rice grains mixed with ghee into the well-prepared milk.

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AgP 27.12

प्रद्युम्नेन स्मालोड्य दर्व्या सङ्घट्टयेच्छनैः पक्वमुत्तारयेत् पश्चादनिरुद्धेन देशिकः

pradyumnena smāloḍya darvyā saṅghaṭṭayecchanaiḥ pakvamuttārayet paścādaniruddhena deśikaḥ

Having stirred it with the Pradyumna (mantra), he should gently beat it with the ladle; then, when it is cooked, the teacher should take it off with the Aniruddha (mantra).

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AgP 27.13

प्रक्षाल्यालिप्य तत् कुर्यादूर्ध्वपुण्ड्रं तु भस्मना नारायणेन पार्श्वेषु चरुमेवं सुसंस्कृतं

prakṣālyālipya tat kuryādūrdhvapuṇḍraṃ tu bhasmanā nārāyaṇena pārśveṣu carumevaṃ susaṃskṛtaṃ

Having washed and smeared it, he should make an upright mark on it with ash, and with the Nārāyaṇa (mantra) on the sides; thus the caru is well prepared.

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AgP 27.14

भागमेकं तु देवाय कलशाय द्वितीयकं तृतीयेन तु भागेन प्रदद्यादाहुतित्रयं

bhāgamekaṃ tu devāya kalaśāya dvitīyakaṃ tṛtīyena tu bhāgena pradadyādāhutitrayaṃ

One portion is for the god, the second for the jar, and with the third portion he should offer three oblations;

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AgP 27.15

शिष्यैः सह चतुर्थं तु गुरुरद्याद्विशुद्धये(३) नारायणेन सम्मन्त्र्य सप्तधा क्षीरवृक्षजम्

śiṣyaiḥ saha caturthaṃ tu gururadyādviśuddhaye(3) nārāyaṇena sammantrya saptadhā kṣīravṛkṣajam

the fourth the guru should eat together with the disciples, for purification. Having consecrated with the Nārāyaṇa (mantra) seven times a twig from a milk-tree,

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AgP 27.16

दन्तकाष्ठं भक्षयित्वा त्यक्त्वा ज्ञात्वास्वपातकं ऐन्द्राग्न्युत्तरकेशानीमुखं पतितमुत्तमं

dantakāṣṭhaṃ bhakṣayitvā tyaktvā jñātvāsvapātakaṃ aindrāgnyuttarakeśānīmukhaṃ patitamuttamaṃ

having chewed the tooth-stick and thrown it away, one should know one's own fault (from it): fallen toward the east, the southeast, or the north — that is best.

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AgP 27.17

शुभं सिंहशतं हुत्वा(४) आचम्याथ प्रविश्य च :न् १ उत्थायाज्येनेति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ आलोड्य वासुदेवेन इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ विवृद्धये इति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ४ शुभं सिद्धमिति ज्ञात्वा ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् ७२ पूजागारं न्यसेन्मन्त्री प्राच्यां विष्णुं प्रदक्षिणं

śubhaṃ siṃhaśataṃ hutvā(4) ācamyātha praviśya ca :n 1 utthāyājyeneti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 āloḍya vāsudevena iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 vivṛddhaye iti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 4 śubhaṃ siddhamiti jñātvā ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 72 pūjāgāraṃ nyasenmantrī prācyāṃ viṣṇuṃ pradakṣiṇaṃ

Having offered a hundred auspicious oblations (of the siṃha type), then sipping water and entering, the master of mantras should set the shrine in place, (installing) Viṣṇu in the east, moving rightward.

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AgP 27.18

संसारार्णवमग्नानां पशूनां पाशमुक्तये त्वमेव शरणं देव सदा त्वं भक्तवत्सल

saṃsārārṇavamagnānāṃ paśūnāṃ pāśamuktaye tvameva śaraṇaṃ deva sadā tvaṃ bhaktavatsala

For the release from bondage of the fettered creatures sunk in the ocean of transmigration, you alone are the refuge, O God; you are always fond of your devotees.

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AgP 27.19

देवदेवानुजानीहि प्राकृतैः पाशबन्धनैः पाशितान्मोचयिष्यामि त्वत्प्रसादात् पशूनिमान्

devadevānujānīhi prākṛtaiḥ pāśabandhanaiḥ pāśitānmocayiṣyāmi tvatprasādāt paśūnimān

God of gods, grant permission: by your grace I shall free these fettered creatures, bound with the bonds of primal matter (prakṛti).

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AgP 27.20

इति विज्ञाप्य देवेशं सम्प्रविश्य पशूंस्ततः धारणाभिस्तु संशोध्य पूर्वज्ज्वलनादिना

iti vijñāpya deveśaṃ sampraviśya paśūṃstataḥ dhāraṇābhistu saṃśodhya pūrvajjvalanādinā

Having thus informed the Lord of gods, and having entered, (he) then purifies the fettered souls by means of the fixations (dhāraṇā), with the burning and the rest as before,

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AgP 27.21

संस्कृत्य मूर्त्या संयोज्य(१) नेत्रे बद्ध्वा प्रदर्शयेत् पुष्पपूर्णाञ्जलींस्तत्र क्षिपेत्तन्नाम योजयेत्

saṃskṛtya mūrtyā saṃyojya(1) netre baddhvā pradarśayet puṣpapūrṇāñjalīṃstatra kṣipettannāma yojayet

and having consecrated (them) and joined (them) with the (divine) form, he should bind their eyes and then show (the maṇḍala to them); there they should cast their handfuls full of flowers, and he should attach the name accordingly.

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AgP 27.22

अमन्त्रमर्चनं तत्र पूर्ववत् कारयेत् क्रमात् यस्यां मूर्तौ पतेत् पुष्पं तस्य तन्नाम निर्दिशेत्

amantramarcanaṃ tatra pūrvavat kārayet kramāt yasyāṃ mūrtau patet puṣpaṃ tasya tannāma nirdiśet

There he should have the worship performed without mantras, in due order, as before; on whichever (divine) form the flower falls, he should assign that form's name to that (initiate).

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AgP 27.23

शिखान्तसम्मितं सूत्रं पादाङ्गुष्ठादि षड्गुणं कन्यासु कर्तितं रक्तं(२) पुनस्तत्त्रिगुणीकृतम्

śikhāntasammitaṃ sūtraṃ pādāṅguṣṭhādi ṣaḍguṇaṃ kanyāsu kartitaṃ raktaṃ(2) punastattriguṇīkṛtam

A cord measured to (the body's length) from the foot's big toe up to the crown of the head, sixfold, spun by maidens, red, and then tripled,

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AgP 27.24

यस्यां संलीयते विश्वं यतो विश्वं प्रसूयते प्रकृतिं प्रक्रियाभेदैः संस्थितां तत्र चिन्तयेत्

yasyāṃ saṃlīyate viśvaṃ yato viśvaṃ prasūyate prakṛtiṃ prakriyābhedaiḥ saṃsthitāṃ tatra cintayet

in which the universe is dissolved, and from which the universe is brought forth — he should meditate there on primal matter (prakṛti) as present in it through the divisions of its operations.

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AgP 27.25

तेन प्राकृतिकान् पाशान् ग्रथित्वा तत्त्वसङ्ख्यया(३) कृत्वा शरावे तत् सूत्रं कुण्डपार्श्वे निधाय तु(४)

tena prākṛtikān pāśān grathitvā tattvasaṅkhyayā(3) kṛtvā śarāve tat sūtraṃ kuṇḍapārśve nidhāya tu(4)

With that (cord), having knotted the bonds of primal matter according to the number of the tattvas, and having placed that cord in a shallow dish set beside the fire-pit,

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AgP 27.26

ततस्तत्त्वानि सर्वाणि ध्यात्वा शिष्यतनौ न्यसेत् सृष्टिक्रमात् प्रकृत्यादिपृथिव्यन्तानि देशिकः

tatastattvāni sarvāṇi dhyātvā śiṣyatanau nyaset sṛṣṭikramāt prakṛtyādipṛthivyantāni deśikaḥ

then the officiant, having meditated on all the tattvas, should install them in the body of the pupil, from prakṛti down to earth, in the order of creation.

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AgP 27.27

तत्रैकधा पण्चधा स्याद्दशद्वादशधापि वा(४) :न् १ मूर्त्या सम्प्रोक्ष्य इति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ सूत्रमिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ तत्र सङ्ख्यया इति ख, ग, घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकत्रयपाठः ४ निधीयते इति घ, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकद्वयपाठः ५ तत्रार्चा पञ्चधा या स्यादङ्गैर् द्वादशधापि वेति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः । तत्रात्मा पञ्चधा वा स्यात् दशद्वदशधापिवेति घ, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकद्वयपाठः :प् ७३ ज्ञातव्यः सर्वभेदेन ग्रथितस्तत्त्वचिन्तकैः

tatraikadhā paṇcadhā syāddaśadvādaśadhāpi vā(4) :n 1 mūrtyā samprokṣya iti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 sūtramiti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 tatra saṅkhyayā iti kha, ga, gha, cihnitapustakatrayapāṭhaḥ 4 nidhīyate iti gha, ṅa, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ 5 tatrārcā pañcadhā yā syādaṅgair dvādaśadhāpi veti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ / tatrātmā pañcadhā vā syāt daśadvadaśadhāpiveti gha, ṅa, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ :p 73 jñātavyaḥ sarvabhedena grathitastattvacintakaiḥ

There it may be onefold, or fivefold, or even tenfold or twelvefold. ... It, when knotted, is to be known in all its divisions by those who meditate on the tattvas.

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AgP 27.28

अङ्गैः पञ्चभिरध्वानं निखिलं विकृतिक्रमात् तन्मात्रात्मनि संहृत्य मायासूत्रे पशोस्तनौ(१)

aṅgaiḥ pañcabhiradhvānaṃ nikhilaṃ vikṛtikramāt tanmātrātmani saṃhṛtya māyāsūtre paśostanau(1)

Having withdrawn the entire course (of the tattvas) by means of the five limb-(mantras), in the order of the evolutes, into the tanmātra-self, in the māyā-cord upon the body of the fettered soul,

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AgP 27.29

प्रकृतिर्लिङ्गशक्तिश् च कर्ता बुद्धिस् तथा मनः पञ्चतन्मात्रबुद्ध्याख्यं कर्माख्यं भूतपञ्चकं

prakṛtirliṅgaśaktiś ca kartā buddhis tathā manaḥ pañcatanmātrabuddhyākhyaṃ karmākhyaṃ bhūtapañcakaṃ

primal matter, the power of the subtle mark (liṅga), the agent, the intellect, and likewise the mind, the group of five tanmātras called 'intellect(-born)', and the five elements called 'action' —

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AgP 27.30

ध्यायेच्च द्वादशात्मानं सूत्रे देहे तथेच्छया हुत्वा सम्पातविधिना सृष्टेः सृष्टिक्रमेण तु

dhyāyecca dvādaśātmānaṃ sūtre dehe tathecchayā hutvā sampātavidhinā sṛṣṭeḥ sṛṣṭikrameṇa tu

and he should meditate on the twelvefold self in the cord and in the body, as he wishes; having offered oblations by the sampāta procedure, from the creation onward, in the order of creation,

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AgP 27.31

एकैकं शतहोमेन दत्त्वा पूर्णाहुतिं ततः शरावे सम्पुटीकृत्य कुम्भेशाय निवेदयेत्

ekaikaṃ śatahomena dattvā pūrṇāhutiṃ tataḥ śarāve sampuṭīkṛtya kumbheśāya nivedayet

offering each one with a hundred oblations, and then the full oblation, he should cover it up in the dish and present it to the Lord of the pot.

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AgP 27.32

अधिवास्य यथा न्यायं भक्तं शिष्यं तु दीक्षयेत् करणीं कर्तरीं वापि(२) रजांसि खटिकामपि

adhivāsya yathā nyāyaṃ bhaktaṃ śiṣyaṃ tu dīkṣayet karaṇīṃ kartarīṃ vāpi(2) rajāṃsi khaṭikāmapi

Having consecrated (them) according to rule, he should then initiate the devoted pupil — the trowel, or the scissors, the coloured powders and the chalk too,

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AgP 27.33

अन्यदप्युपयोगि स्यात् सर्वं तद्वायुगोचरे संस्थाप्य मूलमन्त्रेण परामृश्याधिवाधिवासयेत्

anyadapyupayogi syāt sarvaṃ tadvāyugocare saṃsthāpya mūlamantreṇa parāmṛśyādhivādhivāsayet

and whatever else may be of use: having set all that in the region of wind (the northwest), he should touch it with the root-mantra and consecrate it.

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AgP 27.34

नमो भूतेभ्यश् च बलिः कुशे शेते स्मरन् हरिं मण्डपं भूषयित्वाथ वितानघटलड्डुकैः(३)

namo bhūtebhyaś ca baliḥ kuśe śete smaran hariṃ maṇḍapaṃ bhūṣayitvātha vitānaghaṭalaḍḍukaiḥ(3)

And the offering (is made) with 'homage to the beings'; he sleeps on kuśa grass remembering Hari. Then, having adorned the pavilion with canopies, pots and sweet-balls,

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AgP 27.35

मण्डलेथ यजेद्विष्णुं ततः सन्तर्प्य पावकं आहूय दीक्षयेच्छिष्यान् बद्धपद्मासनस्थितान्

maṇḍaletha yajedviṣṇuṃ tataḥ santarpya pāvakaṃ āhūya dīkṣayecchiṣyān baddhapadmāsanasthitān

he should then worship Viṣṇu in the maṇḍala; then, having satisfied the fire, he should summon the pupils, seated in the bound lotus posture, and initiate them.

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AgP 27.36

सम्मोक्ष्य विष्णुं हस्तेन मूर्धानं स्पृश्य वै क्रमात् प्रकृत्यादिविकृत्यन्तां साधिभूताधिदैवतां

sammokṣya viṣṇuṃ hastena mūrdhānaṃ spṛśya vai kramāt prakṛtyādivikṛtyantāṃ sādhibhūtādhidaivatāṃ

Having sprinkled (them), touching the head with the hand, (he should meditate) in order on (the series) from prakṛti up to the evolutes, together with their elemental and divine correlates,

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AgP 27.37

सृष्टिमाध्यात्मिकीं कृत्वा हृदि तां संहरेत् क्रमात् तन्मात्रभूतां सकलां जीवेन समतां गतां

sṛṣṭimādhyātmikīṃ kṛtvā hṛdi tāṃ saṃharet kramāt tanmātrabhūtāṃ sakalāṃ jīvena samatāṃ gatāṃ

Having carried out the creation pertaining to the self (ādhyātmika), he should withdraw it step by step into the heart — that (creation) consisting of the subtle elements and the gross elements, entire, become one with the individual soul.

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AgP 27.38

ततः सम्प्रार्थ्य कम्भेशं सूत्रं संहृत्य देशिकः :न् १ मायासूत्रे सुशोभने इति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ करालं कर्तरीञ्चापि इति ख, ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकद्वयपाठः ३ वितानभवगन्धकैर् इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः । वितानपटकेन्द्रियैर् इति ग, घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकद्वयपाठः :प् ७४ अग्नेः समीपमागत्य पार्श्वे तं सन्निवेश्य तु

tataḥ samprārthya kambheśaṃ sūtraṃ saṃhṛtya deśikaḥ :n 1 māyāsūtre suśobhane iti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 karālaṃ kartarīñcāpi iti kha, ga, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ 3 vitānabhavagandhakair iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ / vitānapaṭakendriyair iti ga, gha, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ :p 74 agneḥ samīpamāgatya pārśve taṃ sanniveśya tu

Then, having made his petition to the lord of the jar, the teacher, having withdrawn the cord, comes close to the fire and, setting it down at the side — [variant readings: "in the beautiful cord of māyā" in ms. ṅa; "the gaping (blade) and the scissors too" in mss. kha and ga; "with the canopy-perfumes" in ms. kha, "with the canopy-cloth-organs" in mss. ga and gha]

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AgP 27.39

मूलमन्त्रेण सृष्टीशमाहुतीनां शतेन तं उदासीनमथासाद्य पूर्णाहुत्या च देशिकः

mūlamantreṇa sṛṣṭīśamāhutīnāṃ śatena taṃ udāsīnamathāsādya pūrṇāhutyā ca deśikaḥ

with the root mantra, (he offers to) the Lord of creation with a hundred oblations; then, having brought it to a state of indifference (i.e. inactivity), the teacher, with the full oblation, (proceeds).

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AgP 27.40

शुक्लं रजः समादाय मूलेन शतमन्त्रितं सन्ताड्य हृदयन्तेन हुंफट्कारान्तसंयुतैः

śuklaṃ rajaḥ samādāya mūlena śatamantritaṃ santāḍya hṛdayantena huṃphaṭkārāntasaṃyutaiḥ

Taking white powder, consecrated a hundred times with the root mantra, having struck (it) with the (mantras) ending in the Heart, joined with huṃ and phaṭ at the end,

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AgP 27.41

वियोगपदसंयुक्तैर् वीजैः पदादिभिः क्रमात् पृथिव्यादीनि तत्त्वानि विश्लिष्य जुहुयात्ततः

viyogapadasaṃyuktair vījaiḥ padādibhiḥ kramāt pṛthivyādīni tattvāni viśliṣya juhuyāttataḥ

with the seed-syllables, preceded by the (respective) words and joined with the word of disjunction, having severed the elements beginning with earth in due order, he should then offer them in the fire.

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AgP 27.42

वह्नावखिलतत्त्वानामालये व्याहृते हरौ नीयमानं क्रमात्सर्वं तत्राध्वानं स्मरेद्बुधः

vahnāvakhilatattvānāmālaye vyāhṛte harau nīyamānaṃ kramātsarvaṃ tatrādhvānaṃ smaredbudhaḥ

When Hari, the abode of all the tattvas, has been invoked in the fire, the wise man should call to mind the whole course (of the path) being led there in due order.

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AgP 27.43

ताडनेन वियोज्यैवं(१) आदायापाद्य शाम्यतां प्रकृत्याहृत्य जुहुयाद्यथोक्ते जातवेदसि

tāḍanena viyojyaivaṃ(1) ādāyāpādya śāmyatāṃ prakṛtyāhṛtya juhuyādyathokte jātavedasi

Having thus disjoined (them) by the striking, and having taken (them) up and brought (them) to rest, having drawn (them) back into prakṛti, he should offer them in the fire as prescribed.

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AgP 27.44

गर्भाधानं जातकर्म भोगञ्चैव लयन्तथा

garbhādhānaṃ jātakarma bhogañcaiva layantathā

The placing of the embryo, the birth-rite, and enjoyment, and likewise dissolution —

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AgP 27.45

शुद्धं तत्त्वं समुद्धृत्य पूर्णाहुत्या तु देशिकः सन्नयेद्द्विपरे तत्त्वे यावदव्याहृतं क्रमात्

śuddhaṃ tattvaṃ samuddhṛtya pūrṇāhutyā tu deśikaḥ sannayeddvipare tattve yāvadavyāhṛtaṃ kramāt

having drawn out the purified tattva, the teacher should, with the full oblation, convey it into the next tattva, and so on in order, as far as (the tattva) that has not (yet) been invoked.

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AgP 27.46

तत् परं ज्ञानयोगेन विलाप्य परमात्मनि विमुक्तबन्धनं जीवं परस्मिन्नव्यये पदे

tat paraṃ jñānayogena vilāpya paramātmani vimuktabandhanaṃ jīvaṃ parasminnavyaye pade

Having dissolved that higher (tattva) in the supreme Self by the yoga of knowledge, (he should think of) the individual soul, its bonds released, in the supreme imperishable station,

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AgP 27.47

निवृत्तं परमानन्दे शुद्धे बुद्धे स्मरेद्बुधः दद्यात् पूर्णाहुतिं पश्चादेवं दीक्षा समाप्यते

nivṛttaṃ paramānande śuddhe buddhe smaredbudhaḥ dadyāt pūrṇāhutiṃ paścādevaṃ dīkṣā samāpyate

come to rest in the supreme bliss, pure and awakened — thus the wise man should meditate; afterwards he should offer the full oblation. In this way the initiation is brought to completion.

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AgP 27.48

प्रयोगमन्त्रान् वक्ष्यामि यैर् दीक्षा होमसंलयः ॐ यं भूतानि विशुद्धं हुं फट् अनेन ताडनं कुर्याद्वियोजनमिह द्वयं

prayogamantrān vakṣyāmi yair dīkṣā homasaṃlayaḥ oṃ yaṃ bhūtāni viśuddhaṃ huṃ phaṭ anena tāḍanaṃ kuryādviyojanamiha dvayaṃ

I shall declare the mantras for the practice, by which the initiation and the dissolution in the oblation (are effected): "Oṃ yaṃ, elements, purified, huṃ phaṭ" — with this he should perform the striking; here the two (syllables huṃ phaṭ) are the disjoining.

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AgP 27.49

ॐ यं भूतान्यापातयेहं आदानं कृत्वा चानेन प्रकृत्या योजनं शृणु :न् १ ताडनेन विमोक्ष्यैवमिति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् ७५ ॐ यं भूतानि पुंश्चाहो होममन्त्रं प्रवक्ष्यामि ततः पूर्णाहुतेर्मनुं

oṃ yaṃ bhūtānyāpātayehaṃ ādānaṃ kṛtvā cānena prakṛtyā yojanaṃ śṛṇu :n 1 tāḍanena vimokṣyaivamiti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 75 oṃ yaṃ bhūtāni puṃścāho homamantraṃ pravakṣyāmi tataḥ pūrṇāhutermanuṃ

"Oṃ yaṃ, elements, make (them) fall away, haṃ" — and having performed the taking-up with this, hear now the joining with prakṛti. [variant: "having thus released by the striking" in ms. kha] "Oṃ yaṃ, the elements, puṃ ca āho" — I shall declare the oblation-mantra, and then the mantra of the full oblation.

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AgP 27.50

ॐ भूतानि संहर स्वाहा । ॐ अं ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय वौषट् पूर्णाहुत्यनन्तरे तु तद्वै शिष्यन्तु साधयेत्(१) एवं तत्त्वानि सर्वाणि क्रमात्संशोधयेद् बुधः

oṃ bhūtāni saṃhara svāhā / oṃ aṃ oṃ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya vauṣaṭ pūrṇāhutyanantare tu tadvai śiṣyantu sādhayet(1) evaṃ tattvāni sarvāṇi kramātsaṃśodhayed budhaḥ

"Oṃ, withdraw the elements, svāhā." "Oṃ aṃ oṃ, homage to the Lord Vāsudeva, vauṣaṭ." Immediately after the full oblation he should effect that for the disciple. In this way the wise man should purify all the tattvas in due order,

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AgP 27.51

नमोन्तेन स्ववीजेन ताडनादिपुरःसरम् ॐ वां वर्मेन्द्रियाणि । ॐ दें बुद्धीन्द्रियाणि यं वीजेन समानन्तु ताडनादिप्रयोगकम्

namontena svavījena tāḍanādipuraḥsaram oṃ vāṃ varmendriyāṇi / oṃ deṃ buddhīndriyāṇi yaṃ vījena samānantu tāḍanādiprayogakam

with his own seed-syllable ending in namaḥ, preceded by the striking and the rest: "Oṃ vāṃ, the organs of action"; "Oṃ deṃ, the organs of cognition"; with the seed-syllable yaṃ the procedure of striking and so forth is to be the same.

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AgP 27.52

ॐ सुंगन्धतन्मात्रे वियुङ्क्ष्व हुं फट् । ॐ सम्पाहिं हा(२) ॥ ॐ खं खं क्ष प्रकृत्या(३) । ॐ सुं हुं गन्धतन्मात्रे संहर स्वाहा ततः पूर्णाहुतिश् चैवमुत्तरेषु प्रयुज्यते ॐ रां रसतन्मात्रे । ॐ भें रूपतन्मात्रे । ॐ रं स्पर्शतन्मात्रे । ॐ एं शब्दतन्मात्रे । ॐ भं नमः । ॐ स्ॐ अहङ्कारः । ॐ नं बुद्धे । ॐ ॐ प्रकृते एकमूर्तावयं प्रोक्तो दीक्षायोगः समासतः एवमेव प्रयोगस्तु नवव्यूहादिके स्मृतः

oṃ suṃgandhatanmātre viyuṅkṣva huṃ phaṭ / oṃ sampāhiṃ hā(2) // oṃ khaṃ khaṃ kṣa prakṛtyā(3) / oṃ suṃ huṃ gandhatanmātre saṃhara svāhā tataḥ pūrṇāhutiś caivamuttareṣu prayujyate oṃ rāṃ rasatanmātre / oṃ bheṃ rūpatanmātre / oṃ raṃ sparśatanmātre / oṃ eṃ śabdatanmātre / oṃ bhaṃ namaḥ / oṃ soṃ ahaṅkāraḥ / oṃ naṃ buddhe / oṃ oṃ prakṛte ekamūrtāvayaṃ prokto dīkṣāyogaḥ samāsataḥ evameva prayogastu navavyūhādike smṛtaḥ

"Oṃ suṃ, disjoin the subtle element of smell, huṃ phaṭ"; "Oṃ, protect fully, hā"; "Oṃ khaṃ khaṃ kṣa, by prakṛti"; "Oṃ suṃ huṃ, withdraw the subtle element of smell, svāhā" — then the full oblation; and thus it is applied in what follows: "Oṃ rāṃ, subtle element of taste"; "Oṃ bheṃ, subtle element of form"; "Oṃ raṃ, subtle element of touch"; "Oṃ eṃ, subtle element of sound"; "Oṃ bhaṃ, homage"; "Oṃ soṃ, the I-maker"; "Oṃ naṃ, O intellect"; "Oṃ oṃ, O prakṛti." For a single image this yoga of initiation has been stated in brief; just this same procedure is taught for the ninefold vyūha and the rest.

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AgP 27.53

दग्धापरस्मिन् सन्दध्यान्निर्वाणे प्रकृतिन्नरः अविकारे समादध्यादीश्वरे प्रकृतिन्नरः

dagdhāparasmin sandadhyānnirvāṇe prakṛtinnaraḥ avikāre samādadhyādīśvare prakṛtinnaraḥ

When (the lower) has been burnt, the man should join prakṛti to the higher, in extinction; the man should place prakṛti in the changeless Lord.

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AgP 27.54

शोधयित्वाथ भुतानि कर्माङ्गानि(४) विशोधयेत् बुद्ध्याख्यान्यथ तन्मात्रमनोज्ञानमहङ्कृतिं

śodhayitvātha bhutāni karmāṅgāni(4) viśodhayet buddhyākhyānyatha tanmātramanojñānamahaṅkṛtiṃ

Then, having purified the elements, he should purify the organs of action, and then those belonging to the intellect, then the subtle element, the mind, cognition and the I-maker.

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AgP 27.55

लिङ्गात्मानं विशोध्यान्ते प्रकृतिं शोधायेत् पुनः :न् १ तद्वै शिष्यन्तुसन्नयेदिति ख, घ, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकत्रयपाठः २ ॐ सुं आयाहि हामिति ख,चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ॐ सं पाहि स्वाहा इति ग, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकद्वयपाठः ३ अं दुं स्त्व प्रकृत्या इति ॐ खं खं स्त्व प्रकृत्या इति च ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ४ कर्माख्यानि च शोधयेदिति घ, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकद्वयपाठः :प् ७६ पुरुषं प्राकृतं शुद्धमीश्वरे धाम्नि संस्थितं

liṅgātmānaṃ viśodhyānte prakṛtiṃ śodhāyet punaḥ :n 1 tadvai śiṣyantusannayediti kha, gha, ṅa, cihnitapustakatrayapāṭhaḥ 2 oṃ suṃ āyāhi hāmiti kha,cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ oṃ saṃ pāhi svāhā iti ga, ṅa, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ 3 aṃ duṃ stva prakṛtyā iti oṃ khaṃ khaṃ stva prakṛtyā iti ca kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 4 karmākhyāni ca śodhayediti gha, ṅa, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ :p 76 puruṣaṃ prākṛtaṃ śuddhamīśvare dhāmni saṃsthitaṃ

Having purified the self that is the subtle body (liṅgātman), at the end he should purify prakṛti once again. [variant readings recorded for the mantras above] The prākṛta puruṣa, purified, established in the abode of the Lord —

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AgP 27.56

स्वगोचरीकृताशेषभोगमुक्तौ कृतास्पदं ध्यायन् पूर्णाहुतिं दद्याद्दीक्षेयं त्वधिकारिणी

svagocarīkṛtāśeṣabhogamuktau kṛtāspadaṃ dhyāyan pūrṇāhutiṃ dadyāddīkṣeyaṃ tvadhikāriṇī

meditating on him as having taken his place in the liberation-and-enjoyment that has been made entirely his own domain, he should offer the full oblation. But this initiation is (only) for one who is qualified.

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AgP 27.57

अङ्गैर् आराध्य मन्त्रस्य नीत्वा तत्त्वगणं समं क्रमादेवं विशोध्यान्ते सर्वसिद्धिसमन्वितं

aṅgair ārādhya mantrasya nītvā tattvagaṇaṃ samaṃ kramādevaṃ viśodhyānte sarvasiddhisamanvitaṃ

Having worshipped with the ancillary (mantras) of the mantra, having brought the whole set of tattvas together in due order, and thus in the end having purified (it) as endowed with all attainments,

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AgP 27.58

ध्यायन् पूर्णाहितिं दद्यात्दीक्षेयं साधके स्मृता द्रव्यस्य वा न सम्पत्तिरशक्तिर्वात्मनो यदि

dhyāyan pūrṇāhitiṃ dadyātdīkṣeyaṃ sādhake smṛtā dravyasya vā na sampattiraśaktirvātmano yadi

meditating, he should offer the full oblation; this initiation is taught (as being) for the sādhaka. But if there is no supply of materials, or if he himself lacks the power,

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AgP 27.59

इष्ट्वा देवं यथा पूर्वं सर्वोपकरणान्वितं सद्योधिवास्य द्वादश्यां दीक्षयेद्देशिकोत्तमः

iṣṭvā devaṃ yathā pūrvaṃ sarvopakaraṇānvitaṃ sadyodhivāsya dvādaśyāṃ dīkṣayeddeśikottamaḥ

having worshipped the god as before, (the rite) furnished with all the implements, and having performed the consecration-vigil on the same day, the foremost teacher should initiate (him) on the twelfth (day).

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AgP 27.60

भक्तो विनीतः शारीरैर् गुणैः सर्वैः समन्वितः शिष्यो नातिधनी यस्तु स्थण्डिलेभ्यर्च्य दीक्षयेत्

bhakto vinītaḥ śārīrair guṇaiḥ sarvaiḥ samanvitaḥ śiṣyo nātidhanī yastu sthaṇḍilebhyarcya dīkṣayet

But the disciple who is devoted, well-disciplined, endowed with all bodily qualities, (yet) not very wealthy — him he should initiate, worshipping upon the altar-ground (sthaṇḍila).

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AgP 27.61

अध्वानं निखिलं दैवं(२) भौतं वाध्यात्मिकी कृतं सृष्टिक्रमेण शिष्यस्य देहे ध्यात्वा तु देशिकः

adhvānaṃ nikhilaṃ daivaṃ(2) bhautaṃ vādhyātmikī kṛtaṃ sṛṣṭikrameṇa śiṣyasya dehe dhyātvā tu deśikaḥ

But the teacher, having meditated in the order of creation upon the entire path — the divine, the elemental, or that pertaining to the self — in the body of the disciple,

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AgP 27.62

अष्टाष्टाहुतिभिः पूर्वं क्रमात् सन्तर्प्य सृष्टिमान् स्वमन्त्रैर् वासुदेवादीन् जननादीन् विसर्जयेत्(२)

aṣṭāṣṭāhutibhiḥ pūrvaṃ kramāt santarpya sṛṣṭimān svamantrair vāsudevādīn jananādīn visarjayet(2)

having first gratified (them) in order with sets of eight oblations, he who has effected the creation should dismiss with their own mantras Vāsudeva and the rest, and (the tattvas) of birth and the rest.

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AgP 27.63

होमेन शोधयेत् पश्चात्संहारक्रमयोगतः योनिसूत्राणि बद्धानि मुक्त्वा कर्माणि देशिकः

homena śodhayet paścātsaṃhārakramayogataḥ yonisūtrāṇi baddhāni muktvā karmāṇi deśikaḥ

Afterwards he should purify by the fire-offering, proceeding in the order of reabsorption; the teacher, having loosed the bound womb-threads and the (bonds of) karma,

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AgP 27.64

शिष्यदेहात्समाहृत्य क्रमात्तत्त्वानि शोधयेत् अग्नौ प्राकृतिके विष्णौ लयं नीत्वाधिदैवके

śiṣyadehātsamāhṛtya kramāttattvāni śodhayet agnau prākṛtike viṣṇau layaṃ nītvādhidaivake

having withdrawn (them) from the disciple's body, should purify the tattvas in order, bringing (them) to dissolution in the fire in the case of the material (level), in Viṣṇu in the case of the level of the presiding deity.

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AgP 27.65

शुद्धं तत्त्वमशुद्धेन पूर्णाहुत्या तु साधयेत्(३) शिष्ये प्रकृतिमापन्ने दग्ध्वा प्राकृतिकान् गुणान्

śuddhaṃ tattvamaśuddhena pūrṇāhutyā tu sādhayet(3) śiṣye prakṛtimāpanne dagdhvā prākṛtikān guṇān

With the full oblation he should join the pure tattva to the impure; when the disciple has reached (the state of) prakṛti, having burnt away the qualities belonging to prakṛti,

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AgP 27.66

:न् १ लिखितं दैवमिति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ पूजां कृत्वा विसर्जयेदिति घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः विमलादीन् विसर्जयेदिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ पूर्णाहुत्या तु सन्नयेदिति ख, घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकद्वयपाठः :प् ७७ मौचयेदधिकारे वा नियुञ्ज्याद्देशिकः शिशून्(१) अथान्यान् शक्तिदीक्षां वा कुर्यात् भावे स्थितो गुरुः

:n 1 likhitaṃ daivamiti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 pūjāṃ kṛtvā visarjayediti gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ vimalādīn visarjayediti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 pūrṇāhutyā tu sannayediti kha, gha, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ :p 77 maucayedadhikāre vā niyuñjyāddeśikaḥ śiśūn(1) athānyān śaktidīkṣāṃ vā kuryāt bhāve sthito guruḥ

he should release (him), or the teacher should appoint the pupils to an office; then, established in the (proper) disposition, the guru should perform for others the initiation by power (śakti-dīkṣā). [Footnotes: 1. MS kha reads 'likhitaṃ daivam'. 2. MS gha reads 'having done the worship, he should dismiss'; MS ṅa reads 'he should dismiss Vimala and the rest'. 3. MSS kha and gha read 'with the full oblation he should bring (them) together'.]

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AgP 27.67

भक्त्या सम्प्रातिपन्नानां यतीनां निर्धनस्य च सम्पूज्य स्थण्डिले विष्णुं पार्श्वस्थं स्थाप्य पुत्रकं

bhaktyā samprātipannānāṃ yatīnāṃ nirdhanasya ca sampūjya sthaṇḍile viṣṇuṃ pārśvasthaṃ sthāpya putrakaṃ

For ascetics who have presented themselves with devotion, and for one without wealth: having worshipped Viṣṇu on the altar-ground, having stationed the putraka at his side,

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AgP 27.68

देवताभिमुखः शिष्यस्तिर्यगास्यः स्वयं स्थितः अध्वानं निखिलं ध्यात्वा पर्वभिः स्वैर् विकल्पितं

devatābhimukhaḥ śiṣyastiryagāsyaḥ svayaṃ sthitaḥ adhvānaṃ nikhilaṃ dhyātvā parvabhiḥ svair vikalpitaṃ

the disciple facing the deity, he himself seated with his face turned sideways — having meditated on the entire path as differentiated by its own joints,

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AgP 27.69

शिष्यदेहे तथा देवमाधिदैविकयाचनं ध्यानयोगेन सञ्चिन्त्य पूर्ववत्ताडनादिना

śiṣyadehe tathā devamādhidaivikayācanaṃ dhyānayogena sañcintya pūrvavattāḍanādinā

and likewise, having contemplated by the yoga of meditation the god in the disciple's body, (and) the invocation pertaining to the presiding deity, then, as before, by striking and the rest,

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AgP 27.70

क्रमात्तत्त्वानि सर्वाणि शोधयेत् स्थण्डिले हरौ ताडनेन वियोज्याथ गृहीत्वात्मनि तत्परः(२)

kramāttattvāni sarvāṇi śodhayet sthaṇḍile harau tāḍanena viyojyātha gṛhītvātmani tatparaḥ(2)

he should purify all the tattvas in order in Hari on the altar-ground; then, having separated (them) by striking, having taken (them) into himself, intent upon that,

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AgP 27.71

देवे संयोज्य संशोध्य गृहीत्वा तत् स्वभावतः आनीय शुद्धभावेन सन्धयित्वा क्रमेण तु

deve saṃyojya saṃśodhya gṛhītvā tat svabhāvataḥ ānīya śuddhabhāvena sandhayitvā krameṇa tu

joining (them) in the god, purifying (them), taking that (back) according to its own nature, and bringing (it) with pure disposition, having conjoined (it) step by step,

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AgP 27.72

शोधयेद्ध्यानयोगेन सर्वतो ज्ञानमुद्रया शुद्धेषु सर्वतत्त्वेषु प्रधाने चेश्वरे स्थिते

śodhayeddhyānayogena sarvato jñānamudrayā śuddheṣu sarvatattveṣu pradhāne ceśvare sthite

he should purify (it) on all sides by the yoga of meditation with the knowledge-gesture (jñānamudrā); when all the tattvas are purified, and the pradhāna and Īśvara are (thus) established,

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AgP 27.73

दग्ध्वा निर्वापयेच्छिष्यान् पदे चैशे नियोजयेत् निनयेत् सिद्धिमार्गे वा साधकं देशिकोत्तमः

dagdhvā nirvāpayecchiṣyān pade caiśe niyojayet ninayet siddhimārge vā sādhakaṃ deśikottamaḥ

having burnt (them), he should quench (them) and appoint the disciples in the state of Īśa; or else the foremost teacher may lead the sādhaka onto the path of attainment.

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AgP 27.74

एवमेवाधिकारस्थो गृही कर्मण्यतन्द्रितः आत्मानं शोधयंस्तिष्ठेद् यावद्रागक्षयो भवेत्

evamevādhikārastho gṛhī karmaṇyatandritaḥ ātmānaṃ śodhayaṃstiṣṭhed yāvadrāgakṣayo bhavet

Just in this way the householder placed in office, unwearying in ritual action, should continue purifying himself until the destruction of passion comes about.

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AgP 27.75

क्षीणरागमथात्मानं ज्ञात्वा संशुद्धिकिल्विषः आरोप्य पुत्रे शिष्ये वा ह्य् अधिकारन्तु संयमी

kṣīṇarāgamathātmānaṃ jñātvā saṃśuddhikilviṣaḥ āropya putre śiṣye vā hy adhikārantu saṃyamī

Then, knowing his self to have its passion exhausted, his defilement wholly purified, the self-restrained man, having laid the office upon his son or his disciple,

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AgP 27.76

दग्ध्वा मायामयं पाशं प्रव्रज्य स्वात्मनि स्थितः शरीरपातमाकाङ्क्षन्नासीताव्यक्तलिङ्गवान्

dagdhvā māyāmayaṃ pāśaṃ pravrajya svātmani sthitaḥ śarīrapātamākāṅkṣannāsītāvyaktaliṅgavān

having burnt the fetter made of illusion, having gone forth (as a renouncer), abiding in his own self, he should remain awaiting the falling away of the body, bearing no outward mark.

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