Agni Purana — Chapter 275
AgP 275.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे यदुवंशवर्णनं नाम चतुःसप्तत्यधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् {२७५} :श् अथ पञ्चसप्तत्यधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः द्वादशसङ्ग्रामाः अग्निर् उवाच कश्यपो वसुदेवो ऽभूद्देवकी चादितिर्वरा देवक्यां वसुदेवात्तु कृष्णो ऽभूत्तपसान्वितः
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe yaduvaṃśavarṇanaṃ nāma catuḥsaptatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter {275} :ś atha pañcasaptatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ dvādaśasaṅgrāmāḥ agnir uvāca kaśyapo vasudevo 'bhūddevakī cāditirvarā devakyāṃ vasudevāttu kṛṣṇo 'bhūttapasānvitaḥ
Agni said: Kaśyapa became Vasudeva, and Aditi the excellent (became) Devakī; and from Vasudeva in Devakī was born Kṛṣṇa, endowed with ascetic power.
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AgP 275.2
धर्मसंरक्षणार्थाय ह्य् अधर्महरणाय च सुरादेः पालनार्थञ्च दैत्यादेर्मथनाय च
dharmasaṃrakṣaṇārthāya hy adharmaharaṇāya ca surādeḥ pālanārthañca daityādermathanāya ca
For the sake of protecting dharma and for the removal of unrighteousness, and for the sake of guarding the gods and the rest, and for the crushing of the daityas and the rest (he was born).
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AgP 275.3
रुक्मणी सत्यभामा च सत्या नग्नजिती प्रिया सत्यभामा हरेः सेव्या गान्धारी लक्ष्मणा तथा
rukmaṇī satyabhāmā ca satyā nagnajitī priyā satyabhāmā hareḥ sevyā gāndhārī lakṣmaṇā tathā
Rukmiṇī and Satyabhāmā, and Satyā the daughter of Nagnajit, the beloved; Satyabhāmā, to be waited upon by Hari, and Gāndhārī, and Lakṣmaṇā;
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AgP 275.4
मित्रविन्दा(१) च कालिन्दी देवी जाम्बवती तथा सुशीला च तथा माद्री कौशल्या विजया जया
mitravindā(1) ca kālindī devī jāmbavatī tathā suśīlā ca tathā mādrī kauśalyā vijayā jayā
and Mitravindā and Kālindī, and the lady Jāmbavatī, and Suśīlā, and Mādrī, Kauśalyā, Vijayā, Jayā;
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AgP 275.5
:न् १ चित्रविन्देति ख॥ , छ॥ च :प् १९ एवमादीनि देवीनां सहस्राणि तु षोडश प्रद्युम्नाद्याश् च रुक्मिण्यां भीमाद्याः सत्यभामया
:n 1 citravindeti kha.. , cha.. ca :p 19 evamādīni devīnāṃ sahasrāṇi tu ṣoḍaśa pradyumnādyāś ca rukmiṇyāṃ bhīmādyāḥ satyabhāmayā
of goddesses (i.e. queens) beginning with these there were sixteen thousand; and Pradyumna and the others (were born) of Rukmiṇī, Bhīma and the others of Satyabhāmā,
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AgP 275.6
जाम्बवत्याञ्च शाम्बाद्याः कृष्णस्यासंस् तथापरे शतं शतसहस्राणां पुत्राणां तस्य धीमतः
jāmbavatyāñca śāmbādyāḥ kṛṣṇasyāsaṃs tathāpare śataṃ śatasahasrāṇāṃ putrāṇāṃ tasya dhīmataḥ
and Śāmba and the others of Jāmbavatī; and others too were Kṛṣṇa's. Of that wise one there were a hundred times a hundred thousand sons.
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AgP 275.7
अशीतिश् च सहस्राणि यादवाः कृष्णरक्षिताः प्रद्युम्नस्य तु वैदर्भ्यामनिरुद्धो रणप्रियः
aśītiś ca sahasrāṇi yādavāḥ kṛṣṇarakṣitāḥ pradyumnasya tu vaidarbhyāmaniruddho raṇapriyaḥ
And eighty thousand Yādavas were protected by Kṛṣṇa; and of Pradyumna, by the Vaidarbhī, (was born) Aniruddha, who loved battle.
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AgP 275.8
अनिरुद्धस्य वज्राद्या यादवाः सुमहाबलाः तिस्रः कोट्यो यादवानां षष्टिर्लक्षाणि दानवाः
aniruddhasya vajrādyā yādavāḥ sumahābalāḥ tisraḥ koṭyo yādavānāṃ ṣaṣṭirlakṣāṇi dānavāḥ
Aniruddha's (sons) were Vajra and the rest, Yādavas of very great strength. Three crores were the Yādavas; sixty lakhs the dānavas.
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AgP 275.9
मनुष्ये बाधका ये तु तन्नाशाय बभूव सः कर्तुं कर्मव्यवस्थानं मनुष्यो जायते हरिः
manuṣye bādhakā ye tu tannāśāya babhūva saḥ kartuṃ karmavyavasthānaṃ manuṣyo jāyate hariḥ
Those who were oppressors among men — for their destruction he came into being; to establish the ordering of action Hari is born as a man.
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AgP 275.10
देवासुराणां सङ्ग्रामा दायार्थं द्वादशाभवन् प्रथमो नारसिंहस्तु द्वितीयो वामनो रणः
devāsurāṇāṃ saṅgrāmā dāyārthaṃ dvādaśābhavan prathamo nārasiṃhastu dvitīyo vāmano raṇaḥ
The battles of gods and asuras over a share were twelve: the first was the Man-lion's, the second the fight of the Dwarf,
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AgP 275.11
सङ्ग्रामस्त्वथ वाराहश् चतुर्थो ऽमृतमन्थनः तारकामयसङ्ग्रामः षष्ठो ह्य् आजीवको रणः
saṅgrāmastvatha vārāhaś caturtho 'mṛtamanthanaḥ tārakāmayasaṅgrāmaḥ ṣaṣṭho hy ājīvako raṇaḥ
then the battle of the Boar, the fourth the churning for the nectar, the fifth the Tārakāmaya battle, and the sixth the Ājīvaka fight,
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AgP 275.12
त्रैपुरश्चान्धकबधो नवमो वृत्रघातकः जितो हालाहलश्चाथ घोरः कोलाहलो रणः
traipuraścāndhakabadho navamo vṛtraghātakaḥ jito hālāhalaścātha ghoraḥ kolāhalo raṇaḥ
the (seventh) of Tripura, and the slaying of Andhaka, the ninth the killing of Vṛtra; then the Hālāhala was won, and the dreadful Kolāhala battle.
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AgP 275.13
हिरण्यकशिपोश्चोरो विदार्य च नखैः पुरा नारसिंहो देवपालः प्रह्नादं कृतवान् नृपम्
hiraṇyakaśipoścoro vidārya ca nakhaiḥ purā nārasiṃho devapālaḥ prahnādaṃ kṛtavān nṛpam
And formerly, tearing open the breast of Hiraṇyakaśipu with his claws, the Man-lion, protector of the gods, made Prahlāda king.
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AgP 275.14
देवासुरे वामनश् च छलित्वा बलिमूर्जितम् महेन्द्राय ददौ राज्यं काश्यपो ऽदितिसम्भवः
devāsure vāmanaś ca chalitvā balimūrjitam mahendrāya dadau rājyaṃ kāśyapo 'ditisambhavaḥ
And in the god-asura (conflict) the Dwarf, having tricked the mighty Bali, gave the kingdom to great Indra — (he) sprung from Kaśyapa and Aditi.
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AgP 275.15
वराहस्तु हिरण्याक्षं हत्वा देवानपालयत् उज्जहार भुवं देवदेवैर् अभिष्टुतः
varāhastu hiraṇyākṣaṃ hatvā devānapālayat ujjahāra bhuvaṃ devadevair abhiṣṭutaḥ
But the Boar, having killed Hiraṇyākṣa, protected the gods and lifted up the earth, praised by the gods of gods.
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AgP 275.16
मन्थानं मन्दरं कृत्वा नेत्रं कृत्वा तु वासुकिम् :प् २० सुरासुरैश् च मथितं(१) देवेभ्यश्चामृतं ददौ
manthānaṃ mandaraṃ kṛtvā netraṃ kṛtvā tu vāsukim :p 20 surāsuraiś ca mathitaṃ(1) devebhyaścāmṛtaṃ dadau
Making Mandara the churning-stick and Vāsuki the churning-rope, (the ocean) was churned by gods and asuras, and he gave the nectar to the gods.
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AgP 275.17
तारकामयसङ्ग्रामे तदा देवाश् च पालिताः निवार्येन्द्रं गुरून् देवान् दानवान्सोमवंशकृतम्
tārakāmayasaṅgrāme tadā devāś ca pālitāḥ nivāryendraṃ gurūn devān dānavānsomavaṃśakṛtam
In the Tārakāmaya battle the gods were then protected, (Hari) restraining Indra, the teachers, the gods, and the dānavas made (by/of) the lunar line.
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AgP 275.18
विश्वामित्रवशिष्ठात्रिकवयश् च रणे सुरान् अपालयन्ते निर्वार्य रागद्वेषादिदानवान्
viśvāmitravaśiṣṭhātrikavayaś ca raṇe surān apālayante nirvārya rāgadveṣādidānavān
And Viśvāmitra, Vasiṣṭha, Atri and Kavi (Bhṛgu) in the battle protected the gods, having warded off the dānavas that are passion, hatred and the rest.
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AgP 275.19
पृथ्वीरथे ब्रह्मयन्तुरीशस्य शरणो हरिः ददाह त्रिपुरं देवपालको दैत्यमर्दनः
pṛthvīrathe brahmayanturīśasya śaraṇo hariḥ dadāha tripuraṃ devapālako daityamardanaḥ
On the chariot that was the earth, with Brahmā as driver, Hari being the arrow of Īśa, burned down Tripura — the protector of the gods, the crusher of the daityas.
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AgP 275.20
गौरीं जिहीर्षुणा रुद्रमन्धकेनार्दितं हरिः अनुरक्तश् च रेवत्यां चक्रेचान्धासुरार्दनम्
gaurīṃ jihīrṣuṇā rudramandhakenārditaṃ hariḥ anuraktaś ca revatyāṃ cakrecāndhāsurārdanam
When Rudra was tormented by Andhaka, who wished to carry off Gaurī, Hari — himself attached to Revatī — brought about the crushing of the Andha demon.
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AgP 275.21
अपां फेनमयो भूत्वा देवासुररणे हरन्(२) वृत्रं देवहरं विष्णुर्देवधर्मानपालयत्
apāṃ phenamayo bhūtvā devāsuraraṇe haran(2) vṛtraṃ devaharaṃ viṣṇurdevadharmānapālayat
Becoming made of the foam of the waters, in the god-asura battle, slaying Vṛtra the destroyer of the gods, Viṣṇu preserved the laws of the gods.
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AgP 275.22
शाल्वादीन् दानवान् जित्वा हरिः परशुरामकः अपालयत् सुरादींश् च दुष्टक्षत्रं निहत्य च
śālvādīn dānavān jitvā hariḥ paraśurāmakaḥ apālayat surādīṃś ca duṣṭakṣatraṃ nihatya ca
Having conquered the dānavas headed by Śālva, Hari as Paraśurāma protected the gods and the rest, having slain the wicked kṣatriyas.
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AgP 275.23
हालाहलं विषं दैत्यं निराकृत्य महेश्वरात् भयं निर्णाशयामास देवानां मधुसूदनः
hālāhalaṃ viṣaṃ daityaṃ nirākṛtya maheśvarāt bhayaṃ nirṇāśayāmāsa devānāṃ madhusūdanaḥ
Having driven off the Hālāhala poison (and) the daitya, Madhusūdana made the gods' fear of Maheśvara vanish.
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AgP 275.24
देवासुरे रणे यश् च दैत्यः कोलाहलो जितः पालिताश् च सुराः सर्वे विष्णुना धर्मपालनात्
devāsure raṇe yaś ca daityaḥ kolāhalo jitaḥ pālitāś ca surāḥ sarve viṣṇunā dharmapālanāt
And the daitya Kolāhala, who was conquered in the battle of gods and asuras — and all the gods were protected by Viṣṇu, through his upholding of dharma.
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AgP 275.25
राजानो राजपुत्राश् च मुनयो देवता हरिः यदुक्तं यच्च नैवोक्तमवतारा हरेरिमे
rājāno rājaputrāś ca munayo devatā hariḥ yaduktaṃ yacca naivoktamavatārā harerime
Kings and princes, sages, deities — (all are) Hari; what has been told and what has not been told at all, these are the descents (avatāras) of Hari.
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