Agni Purana — Chapter 273

AgP 273.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे सुर्यवंशकीर्तनं नाम द्विसप्तत्यधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः :न् १ सकर्माभूदिति ख॥ , छ॥ , च :प् ११ छप्तेर् {२७३} :श् अथ त्रिसप्तत्यधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः सोमवंशवर्णनं अग्निर् उवाच सोमवंशं प्रवक्ष्यामि पठितं पापनाशनम् विष्णुनाभ्यब्जजो ब्रह्मा ब्रह्मपुत्रो ऽत्रिरत्रितः नीलाञ्जको रधुः क्रोष्टुः शतजिच्च सहस्रजित्

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe suryavaṃśakīrtanaṃ nāma dvisaptatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ :n 1 sakarmābhūditi kha.. , cha.. , ca :p 11 chapter {273} :ś atha trisaptatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ somavaṃśavarṇanaṃ agnir uvāca somavaṃśaṃ pravakṣyāmi paṭhitaṃ pāpanāśanam viṣṇunābhyabjajo brahmā brahmaputro 'triratritaḥ nīlāñjako radhuḥ kroṣṭuḥ śatajicca sahasrajit

Thus in the Agni Mahāpurāṇa the two hundred and seventy-second chapter, called "The Proclamation of the Solar Dynasty." [Variant note 1: some manuscripts (kha, cha, ca) read "sakarmābhūt." Page 11. Chapter 273.] Now the two hundred and seventy-third chapter: the description of the Lunar dynasty. Agni said: I shall declare the Lunar lineage, which when recited destroys sin. From the lotus of Viṣṇu's navel was born Brahmā; Brahmā's son was Atri; from Atri (came) Nīlāñjaka, Radhu, Kroṣṭu, and Śatajit and Sahasrajit.

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AgP 273.2

सोमश् चक्रे राजसूयं त्रैलोक्यं दक्षिणान्ददौ समाप्ते ऽवभृथे सोमं तद्रूपालोकनेच्छवः शतजिद्धैहयो रेणुहयो हय इति त्रयः

somaś cakre rājasūyaṃ trailokyaṃ dakṣiṇāndadau samāpte 'vabhṛthe somaṃ tadrūpālokanecchavaḥ śatajiddhaihayo reṇuhayo haya iti trayaḥ

Soma performed the Rājasūya sacrifice and gave the three worlds as the priestly fee; when the concluding ablution was completed, (they came to) Soma, desiring to behold his beauty. Śatajit's (sons) were three: Haihaya, Reṇuhaya, and Haya.

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AgP 273.3

कामवाणाभितप्ताङ्ग्यो नरदेव्यः सिषेविरे लक्ष्मीर् नरायणं त्यक्त्वा सिनीवाली च कर्दमम

kāmavāṇābhitaptāṅgyo naradevyaḥ siṣevire lakṣmīr narāyaṇaṃ tyaktvā sinīvālī ca kardamama

With their limbs scorched by the arrows of Kāma, the wives of men and of gods waited upon (him): Lakṣmī, abandoning Nārāyaṇa, and Sinīvālī (abandoning) Kardama.

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AgP 273.4

द्युतिं विभावसुन्त्यक्त्वा पुष्टिर्धातारमव्ययम् प्रभा प्रभाकरन्त्यक्त्वा हविष्मन्तं कुहूः स्वयम्

dyutiṃ vibhāvasuntyaktvā puṣṭirdhātāramavyayam prabhā prabhākarantyaktvā haviṣmantaṃ kuhūḥ svayam

Dyuti abandoning Vibhāvasu, Puṣṭi the imperishable Dhātā, Prabhā abandoning Prabhākara, and Kuhū of her own accord (abandoning) Haviṣmān.

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AgP 273.5

कीर्तिर्जयन्तम्भर्तारं वसुर्मारीचकश्ययम् धृतिस्त्यक्त्वा पतिं नन्दीं सोममेवाभजत्तदा

kīrtirjayantambhartāraṃ vasurmārīcakaśyayam dhṛtistyaktvā patiṃ nandīṃ somamevābhajattadā

Kīrti (abandoning) her husband Jayanta, Vasu (abandoning) Kaśyapa son of Marīci, Dhṛti abandoning her husband Nandī — then they resorted to Soma alone.

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AgP 273.6

स्वकीया इव सोमो ऽपि कामयामास तास्तदा एवं कृतापचारस्य तासां भर्तृगणस्तदा

svakīyā iva somo 'pi kāmayāmāsa tāstadā evaṃ kṛtāpacārasya tāsāṃ bhartṛgaṇastadā

And Soma too then desired them as though they were his own. Thus, of him who had committed this offence, the host of those women's husbands then—

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AgP 273.7

न शशाकापचाराय(१) शापैः शस्त्रादिभिः पुनः सप्तलोकैकनाथत्वमवाप्तस्तपसा ह्य् उत

na śaśākāpacārāya(1) śāpaiḥ śastrādibhiḥ punaḥ saptalokaikanāthatvamavāptastapasā hy uta

—was unable (to act) against the offence, by curses or by weapons and the like; for indeed he had attained sole lordship over the seven worlds through austerity.

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AgP 273.8

विवभ्राम मतिस्तस्य विनयादनया हता वृहस्पतेः स वै भार्यां तारां नाम यशस्विनीम्

vivabhrāma matistasya vinayādanayā hatā vṛhaspateḥ sa vai bhāryāṃ tārāṃ nāma yaśasvinīm

His mind wandered, his good conduct destroyed by her; (he took) the wife of Bṛhaspati, the illustrious woman named Tārā—

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AgP 273.9

जहार तरसा सोमो ह्य् अवमन्याङ्गिरःसुतम् ततस्तद्युद्धमभवत् प्रख्यातं तारकामयम्

jahāra tarasā somo hy avamanyāṅgiraḥsutam tatastadyuddhamabhavat prakhyātaṃ tārakāmayam

—Soma carried (her) off by force, slighting the son of Aṅgiras; thereupon arose that famous war called Tārakāmaya.

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AgP 273.10

:न् १ न शशाकापकारायेति ञ॥ :प् १२ देवानां दानवानाञ्च लोकक्षयकरं महत् ब्रह्मा निवार्योशनसन्तारामङ्गिरसे ददौ

:n 1 na śaśākāpakārāyeti ña.. :p 12 devānāṃ dānavānāñca lokakṣayakaraṃ mahat brahmā nivāryośanasantārāmaṅgirase dadau

[Variant note 1: manuscript ña reads "na śaśākāpakārāya." Page 12.] — great, causing the destruction of the worlds of the gods and of the dānavas. Brahmā, restraining Uśanas, gave Tārā to (the son of) Aṅgiras.

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AgP 273.11

तामन्तःप्रसवां दृष्ट्वा गर्भं त्यजाब्रवीद्गुरुः गर्भस्त्यक्तः प्रदीप्तो ऽथ प्राहाहं सोमसन्भवः

tāmantaḥprasavāṃ dṛṣṭvā garbhaṃ tyajābravīdguruḥ garbhastyaktaḥ pradīpto 'tha prāhāhaṃ somasanbhavaḥ

Seeing her pregnant, the preceptor said, "Abandon the embryo." The embryo, abandoned and blazing, then said, "I am born of Soma."

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AgP 273.12

एवं सोमाद्बुधः पुत्त्रः पुत्त्रस्तस्य पुरूरवाः स्वर्गन्त्यक्त्वोर्वशी सा तं वरयामास चाप्सराः

evaṃ somādbudhaḥ puttraḥ puttrastasya purūravāḥ svargantyaktvorvaśī sā taṃ varayāmāsa cāpsarāḥ

Thus from Soma (came) the son Budha; his son was Purūravas. That apsaras Urvaśī, abandoning heaven, chose him.

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AgP 273.13

तया सहाचरद्राजा दशवर्षाणि पञ्च च पञ्च षट् सप्त चाष्टौ च दश चाष्टौ महामुने

tayā sahācaradrājā daśavarṣāṇi pañca ca pañca ṣaṭ sapta cāṣṭau ca daśa cāṣṭau mahāmune

The king lived with her ten years and five, and five, six, seven and eight, and ten and eight, O great sage.

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AgP 273.14

एको ऽग्निरभवत् पूर्वं तेन त्रेता प्रवर्तिता पुरूरवा योगशीलो गान्धर्वलोकमीयिवान्

eko 'gnirabhavat pūrvaṃ tena tretā pravartitā purūravā yogaśīlo gāndharvalokamīyivān

Formerly there was a single fire; through him the threefold (fire) was set in motion. Purūravas, given to yoga, went to the world of the gandharvas.

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AgP 273.15

आयुर्दृ।ढायुरश्वायुर्धनायुर्धृतिमान् वसुः दिविजातः शतायुश् च सुषुवे चोर्वशी नृपान्

āyurdṛ.ḍhāyuraśvāyurdhanāyurdhṛtimān vasuḥ divijātaḥ śatāyuś ca suṣuve corvaśī nṛpān

Āyu, Dṛḍhāyu, Aśvāyu, Dhanāyu, Dhṛtimān, Vasu, Divijāta and Śatāyu — these kings Urvaśī bore.

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AgP 273.16

आयुषो नहुषः पुत्रो वृद्धशर्मा रजिस् तथा दर्भो विपाप्मा पञ्चाग्न्यं(१) रजेः पुत्रशतं ह्य् अभूत्

āyuṣo nahuṣaḥ putro vṛddhaśarmā rajis tathā darbho vipāpmā pañcāgnyaṃ(1) rajeḥ putraśataṃ hy abhūt

Āyus's son was Nahuṣa, and also Vṛddhaśarman, Raji, Darbha and Vipāpman; Raji had a hundred sons, the Pañcāgnyas.

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AgP 273.17

राजेया इति विख्याता विष्णुदत्तवरो रजिः देवासुरे रणे दैत्यानबधीत्सुरयाचितः

rājeyā iti vikhyātā viṣṇudattavaro rajiḥ devāsure raṇe daityānabadhītsurayācitaḥ

They were known as the Rājeyas. Raji, who had the boon granted by Viṣṇu, killed the Daityas in the war of gods and demons, having been entreated by the gods.

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AgP 273.18

गतायेन्द्राय पुत्रत्वं दत्वा राज्यं दिवङ्गतः रजेः पुत्रैर् हृतं राज्यं शक्रस्याथ सुदुर्मनाः

gatāyendrāya putratvaṃ datvā rājyaṃ divaṅgataḥ rajeḥ putrair hṛtaṃ rājyaṃ śakrasyātha sudurmanāḥ

Having given (Indra), who had come to him, the status of son, and (given him) the kingdom, he went to heaven; then Raji's sons seized Śakra's kingdom, and he became very despondent.

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AgP 273.19

ग्रहशान्त्यादिविधिना गुरुरिन्द्राय तद्ददौ मोहयित्वा रजिसुतानासंस्ते निजधर्मगाः

grahaśāntyādividhinā gururindrāya taddadau mohayitvā rajisutānāsaṃste nijadharmagāḥ

By the rite of appeasing the planets and the rest, the preceptor (Bṛhaspati) gave it (the kingdom) to Indra, having deluded Raji's sons so that they did not abide in their own duty.

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AgP 273.20

नहुषस्य सुताः सप्त यतिर्ययातिरुत्तमः उद्भवः पञ्चकश् चैव शर्यातिमेघपालकौ

nahuṣasya sutāḥ sapta yatiryayātiruttamaḥ udbhavaḥ pañcakaś caiva śaryātimeghapālakau

Nahuṣa's sons were seven: Yati, Yayāti the excellent, Udbhava, Pañcaka, and Śaryāti and Meghapālaka.

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AgP 273.21

:न् १ पञ्चाग्न्या इति ज॥ । पञ्चाग्न्यमिति ञ॥ :प् १३ यतिः कुमारभावे ऽपि विष्णुं ध्यात्वा हरिं गतः देवयानी शक्रकन्या ययातेः पत्न्य् अभूत् तदा

:n 1 pañcāgnyā iti ja.. / pañcāgnyamiti ña.. :p 13 yatiḥ kumārabhāve 'pi viṣṇuṃ dhyātvā hariṃ gataḥ devayānī śakrakanyā yayāteḥ patny abhūt tadā

Yati, even while still a boy, meditated on Viṣṇu and went to Hari. Devayānī, the daughter of Śukra, then became Yayāti's wife.

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AgP 273.22

वृषपर्वजा शर्मिष्ठा ययातेः पञ्च तत्सुताः यदुञ्च तुर्वसुञ्चैव देवयानी व्यजायत

vṛṣaparvajā śarmiṣṭhā yayāteḥ pañca tatsutāḥ yaduñca turvasuñcaiva devayānī vyajāyata

Śarmiṣṭhā, born of Vṛṣaparvan, (was also his wife); Yayāti had five sons by them. Devayānī gave birth to Yadu and Turvasu.

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AgP 273.23

द्रुह्यञ्चानूञ्च पूरुञ्च शर्मिष्ठा वार्षपर्वणी यदुः पूरुश्चाभवतान्तेषां वंशविवर्धनौ

druhyañcānūñca pūruñca śarmiṣṭhā vārṣaparvaṇī yaduḥ pūruścābhavatānteṣāṃ vaṃśavivardhanau

Śarmiṣṭhā, Vṛṣaparvan's daughter, (bore) Druhyu, Anu and Pūru. Among them Yadu and Pūru became the increasers of the line.

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