Agni Purana — Chapter 289

AgP 289.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे अश्वायुर्वेदो नामाष्टाशीत्यधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् {२८९} :श् अथोननवत्यधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः अश्वशान्तिः शालिहोत्र उवाच अश्वशान्तिं प्रवक्ष्यामि वजिरोगविमर्दनीं नित्यां नैमित्तकीं कम्यां त्रिविधां शृणु सुश्रुत

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe aśvāyurvedo nāmāṣṭāśītyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter {289} :ś athonanavatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ aśvaśāntiḥ śālihotra uvāca aśvaśāntiṃ pravakṣyāmi vajirogavimardanīṃ nityāṃ naimittakīṃ kamyāṃ trividhāṃ śṛṇu suśruta

Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa the two hundred and eighty-eighth chapter, named the Āyurveda of Horses. Chapter 289. Now the two hundred and eighty-ninth chapter: the pacification rite for horses. Śālihotra said: I shall declare the pacification for horses, which crushes the diseases of horses. Hear, Suśruta, of its three kinds: the regular, the occasional, and the optional (done for a wish).

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AgP 289.2

शुभे दिने श्रीधरञ्च श्रियमुच्चैःश्रवाश् च तं हयराजं समभ्यर्च्य सावित्रैर् जुजुयाद्घृतं

śubhe dine śrīdharañca śriyamuccaiḥśravāś ca taṃ hayarājaṃ samabhyarcya sāvitrair jujuyādghṛtaṃ

On an auspicious day, having worshipped Śrīdhara and Śrī, and that Uccaiḥśravas, the king of horses, one should offer ghee (into the fire) with the Sāvitrī verses.

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AgP 289.3

द्विजेभ्यो दक्षिणान्दद्यादश्ववृद्धिस् तथा भवेत् अश्वयुक् शुक्लपक्षस्य पञ्चदश्याञ्च शान्तिकं

dvijebhyo dakṣiṇāndadyādaśvavṛddhis tathā bhavet aśvayuk śuklapakṣasya pañcadaśyāñca śāntikaṃ

One should give fees to the twice-born; thus there will be increase of horses. And on the fifteenth of the bright fortnight of the month of Āśvina the pacification rite

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AgP 289.4

वहिः कुर्याद्विशेषेण नासत्यौ वरुणं यजेत् समुल्लिख्य ततो देवीं शाखाभिः परिवारयेत्

vahiḥ kuryādviśeṣeṇa nāsatyau varuṇaṃ yajet samullikhya tato devīṃ śākhābhiḥ parivārayet

(He) should do (this) outside, in particular; (he) should worship the two Nāsatyas (the Aśvins) and Varuṇa. Then, having marked out (the ground) with lines, (he) should surround the goddess with branches.

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AgP 289.5

घतान्सर्वरसैः पूर्णान् दिक्षु दद्यात्सवस्त्रकान् यवाज्यं जुहुयात् प्रार्च्य यजेदश्वांश् च साश्विनान्

ghatānsarvarasaiḥ pūrṇān dikṣu dadyātsavastrakān yavājyaṃ juhuyāt prārcya yajedaśvāṃś ca sāśvinān

(He) should place, in the (four) directions, pots filled with all the juices and covered with cloths; (he) should offer barley and ghee (in the fire), and having first worshipped, (he) should worship the horses together with the Aśvins.

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AgP 289.6

:प् ७६ विप्रेभ्यो दक्षिणान्दद्यान्नैमित्तिकमतः शृणु मकरादौ हयानाञ्च पद्मैर् विष्णुं श्रियं यजेत्

:p 76 viprebhyo dakṣiṇāndadyānnaimittikamataḥ śṛṇu makarādau hayānāñca padmair viṣṇuṃ śriyaṃ yajet

(He) should give gifts to the brahmins. Now hear the occasional (rite): in Makara and so on, (he) should worship Viṣṇu and Śrī with lotuses for (the sake of) the horses.

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AgP 289.7

ब्रह्माणं शङ्करं सोममादित्यञ्च तथाश्विनौ रेवन्तमुच्चैःश्रवसन्दिक्पालांश् च दलेष्वपि

brahmāṇaṃ śaṅkaraṃ somamādityañca tathāśvinau revantamuccaiḥśravasandikpālāṃś ca daleṣvapi

(And also) Brahmā, Śaṅkara, Soma and Āditya, and likewise the two Aśvins, Revanta, Uccaiḥśravas, and the guardians of the directions, on the petals as well.

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AgP 289.8

प्रत्येकं पूर्णकुम्भैश् च वेद्यान्तत्सौम्यतः स्थले तिलाक्षताज्यसिद्धार्थान् देवतानां शतं शतं उपोषितेन कर्तव्यं कर्म चास्वरुजापहं

pratyekaṃ pūrṇakumbhaiś ca vedyāntatsaumyataḥ sthale tilākṣatājyasiddhārthān devatānāṃ śataṃ śataṃ upoṣitena kartavyaṃ karma cāsvarujāpahaṃ

And with full pots for each one; at the end of the altar, on the ground in the northern quarter, (he should offer) sesame, unhusked grain, ghee and white mustard, a hundred each for (each of) the deities. The rite is to be performed by one who has fasted, and it removes the illnesses of horses.

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