Agni Purana — Chapter 29

AgP 29.1

:ए इत्य् आदिमहापुराणे आग्नेये आचार्याभिषेको नाम अष्टाविंशो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् {२९} :श् अथ ऊनत्रिंशो ऽध्यायः सर्वतोभद्रमण्डलकथनं नारद उवाच साधकः साधयेन्मन्त्रं देवतायतनादिके शुद्धभूमौ गृहे प्रार्च्य मण्डले हरिमीश्वरं आग्नेयेब्जे च प्रकृतिं याम्येब्जे पुरुषं यजेत्

:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye ācāryābhiṣeko nāma aṣṭāviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter {29} :ś atha ūnatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ sarvatobhadramaṇḍalakathanaṃ nārada uvāca sādhakaḥ sādhayenmantraṃ devatāyatanādike śuddhabhūmau gṛhe prārcya maṇḍale harimīśvaraṃ āgneyebje ca prakṛtiṃ yāmyebje puruṣaṃ yajet

[colophon] Thus, in the first great Purāṇa, the Āgneya, the twenty-eighth chapter, called "The Consecration of the Ācārya." [chapter 29] Now the twenty-ninth chapter: the exposition of the sarvatobhadra maṇḍala. Nārada said: The sādhaka should master the mantra in a temple of the deity or the like; on pure ground, in a house, having first worshipped Hari the Lord in a maṇḍala, he should worship Prakṛti in the southeastern lotus and Puruṣa in the southern lotus.

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AgP 29.2

चतुरस्त्रीकृते क्षेत्रे मण्डलादीनि वै लिखेत् रसवाणाक्षिकोष्ठेषु सर्वतोभद्रमालिखेत् पुरुषाद्दक्षिणे च वह्निं नैरृते वारुणेनिलं आदित्यमैन्दवे पद्मे ऋग्यजुश् चैशपद्मके

caturastrīkṛte kṣetre maṇḍalādīni vai likhet rasavāṇākṣikoṣṭheṣu sarvatobhadramālikhet puruṣāddakṣiṇe ca vahniṃ nairṛte vāruṇenilaṃ ādityamaindave padme ṛgyajuś caiśapadmake

On a field made four-sided he should indeed draw the maṇḍalas and the rest; in six, five (or) two compartments he should draw the sarvatobhadra. And to the south of Puruṣa (he should worship) Fire, in the southwest Varuṇa('s element?), the Wind, the Sun in the northern lotus, and the Ṛg- and Yajur-(veda) in the northeastern lotus.

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AgP 29.3

षट्त्रिंशत्कोष्ठकैः पद्मं पीठं पङ्क्त्यावहिर्भवेत् द्वाभ्यान्तु वीथिका तस्माद् द्वाभ्यां द्वाराणि दिक्षु च इन्द्रादींश् च द्वितीयायां पद्मे षोडशके तथा सामाथर्वाणमाकाशं वायुं तेजस् तथा जलं

ṣaṭtriṃśatkoṣṭhakaiḥ padmaṃ pīṭhaṃ paṅktyāvahirbhavet dvābhyāntu vīthikā tasmād dvābhyāṃ dvārāṇi dikṣu ca indrādīṃś ca dvitīyāyāṃ padme ṣoḍaśake tathā sāmātharvāṇamākāśaṃ vāyuṃ tejas tathā jalaṃ

With thirty-six compartments there comes to be a lotus, and outside, by a row, the pedestal; with two (rows) the gallery, and beyond that, with two, the gates in the (four) directions. And in the second (circle), in the lotus of sixteen (petals), (he should worship) Indra and the rest; likewise the Sāma- and Atharva-(veda), space, wind, fire, and water.

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AgP 29.4

:प् ७९ वर्तुलं भ्रामयित्वा तु पद्मक्षेत्रं पुरोदितम् पद्मार्धे भामयित्वा तु भागं द्वादशमं वहिः पृठिवीञ्च मनश् चैव श्रोत्रं त्वक् चक्षुरर्चयेत् रसनाञ्च तथा घ्राणं भूर्भुवश् चैव षोडशं

:p 79 vartulaṃ bhrāmayitvā tu padmakṣetraṃ puroditam padmārdhe bhāmayitvā tu bhāgaṃ dvādaśamaṃ vahiḥ pṛṭhivīñca manaś caiva śrotraṃ tvak cakṣurarcayet rasanāñca tathā ghrāṇaṃ bhūrbhuvaś caiva ṣoḍaśaṃ

[p. 79] Having drawn a circle round, (there is) the lotus-field as stated before; and having drawn it round at half the lotus, the twelfth part outside. And he should worship earth and mind, hearing, touch, sight, and taste, and likewise smell, and bhūḥ and bhuvaḥ as the sixteenth.

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AgP 29.5

विभज्य भ्रामयेच्छेषं चतुःक्षेत्रन्तु वर्तुलं प्रथमं कर्णिकाक्षेत्रं केशराणां द्वितीयकम् महर्जनस्तपः सत्यं तथाग्निष्टोममेव च अत्यग्निष्टोमकं(१) चोक्थं षोडशीं वाजपेयकं

vibhajya bhrāmayeccheṣaṃ catuḥkṣetrantu vartulaṃ prathamaṃ karṇikākṣetraṃ keśarāṇāṃ dvitīyakam maharjanastapaḥ satyaṃ tathāgniṣṭomameva ca atyagniṣṭomakaṃ(1) cokthaṃ ṣoḍaśīṃ vājapeyakaṃ

Having divided (it) he should draw the remainder round; the fourfold field is circular. The first is the field of the pericarp, the second that of the filaments. (He should worship) Mahar, Janas, Tapas, Satya, and likewise the Agniṣṭoma, the Atyagniṣṭoma, the Ukthya, the Ṣoḍaśin, the Vājapeya.

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AgP 29.6

तृतीयं दलसन्धीनां दलाग्राणां चतुर्थकम् प्रसार्य कोणसूत्राणि कोणदिङ्मध्यमन्ततः अतिरात्रञ्च सम्पूज्य तथाप्तोर्याममर्चयेत् मनो बुद्धिमहङ्कारं शब्दं स्पर्शञ्च रूपकं

tṛtīyaṃ dalasandhīnāṃ dalāgrāṇāṃ caturthakam prasārya koṇasūtrāṇi koṇadiṅmadhyamantataḥ atirātrañca sampūjya tathāptoryāmamarcayet mano buddhimahaṅkāraṃ śabdaṃ sparśañca rūpakaṃ

The third is (the field) of the junctures of the petals, the fourth of the petal-tips. Having extended the corner-lines, (marking) the corners and the middle of the directions, finally, having duly worshipped the Atirātra and likewise honoured the Aptoryāma, (he should worship) mind, intellect, egoity, sound, touch, and form.

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AgP 29.7

निधाय केशराग्रे तु दलसन्धींस्तु लाञ्छयेत् पातयित्वाथ सूत्राणि तत्र पत्राष्टकं लिखेत् रसं गन्धञ्च पद्मेषु चतुर्विंशतिषु क्रमात् :न् १ प्रत्यग्निष्टोमकमिति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ज्योतिष्टोमकमिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् ८४ जीवं मनोधिपञ्चाहं प्रकृतिं शब्दमात्रकं

nidhāya keśarāgre tu dalasandhīṃstu lāñchayet pātayitvātha sūtrāṇi tatra patrāṣṭakaṃ likhet rasaṃ gandhañca padmeṣu caturviṃśatiṣu kramāt :n 1 pratyagniṣṭomakamiti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ jyotiṣṭomakamiti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 84 jīvaṃ manodhipañcāhaṃ prakṛtiṃ śabdamātrakaṃ

Having placed (the measure) at the tip of the filaments, he should mark off the junctures of the petals; then, having let fall the lines, he should there draw the set of eight petals. And taste and smell in the lotuses, twenty-four in order. [notes:] 1. "pratyagniṣṭomakam" is the reading of the manuscript marked kha; "jyotiṣṭomakam" is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa. [p. 84] (He should worship) the life-principle, the lord of mind, the five days(?), Prakṛti, the subtle element of sound.

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AgP 29.8

दलसन्ध्यन्तरालन्तु मानं मध्ये निधाय तु दलाग्रं भ्रामयेत्तेन तदग्रं तदनन्तरं वासुदेवादिमूर्तीञ्च तथा चैव दशत्मकं मनः श्रोत्रं त्वचं प्रार्च्य चक्षुश् च रसनं तथा

dalasandhyantarālantu mānaṃ madhye nidhāya tu dalāgraṃ bhrāmayettena tadagraṃ tadanantaraṃ vāsudevādimūrtīñca tathā caiva daśatmakaṃ manaḥ śrotraṃ tvacaṃ prārcya cakṣuś ca rasanaṃ tathā

Placing the measure of the interval between the petal-junctures in the middle, with it he should draw round the petal-tip; then, next, the tip of that. And (he should worship) the forms Vāsudeva and the rest, and likewise the tenfold (set): having worshipped mind, hearing, touch, and sight, and likewise taste,

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AgP 29.9

तदन्तरालं तत्पार्श्वे कृत्वा वाह्यक्रमेण च केशरे तु लिखेद्द्वौ द्वौ दलमध्ये ततः पुनः घ्राणं वाक्पाणिपादञ्च द्वात्रिंशद्वारिजेष्विमान् चतुर्थावरणे पूज्याः साङ्गाः सपरिवारकाः

tadantarālaṃ tatpārśve kṛtvā vāhyakrameṇa ca keśare tu likheddvau dvau dalamadhye tataḥ punaḥ ghrāṇaṃ vākpāṇipādañca dvātriṃśadvārijeṣvimān caturthāvaraṇe pūjyāḥ sāṅgāḥ saparivārakāḥ

—making the interval between them at their side, and by the outward sequence, he should draw two by two on the filaments; then again in the middle of the petals (he should worship) smell, speech, hand, and foot—these in the thirty-two lotuses. In the fourth enclosure they are to be worshipped together with their limbs and their retinues.

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AgP 29.10

पद्मलक्ष्मैतत् सामान्यं द्विषट्कदलमुच्यते कर्णिकार्धेन मानेन प्राक्संस्थं भ्रामयेत् क्रमात् पायूपस्थौ च सम्पूज्य मासानां द्वादशाधिपान् पुरुषोत्तमादिषड्विंशान् वाह्यावरणके यजेत्

padmalakṣmaitat sāmānyaṃ dviṣaṭkadalamucyate karṇikārdhena mānena prāksaṃsthaṃ bhrāmayet kramāt pāyūpasthau ca sampūjya māsānāṃ dvādaśādhipān puruṣottamādiṣaḍviṃśān vāhyāvaraṇake yajet

This is the general characteristic of the lotus; the twelve-petalled one is (now) described. With a measure of half the pericarp he should draw it round in order, beginning from the east. And having duly worshipped the anus and the genitals, (he should worship) the twelve lords of the months; in the outer enclosure he should worship the twenty-six beginning with Puruṣottama.

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AgP 29.11

तत्पार्श्वे भ्रमयोगेन कुण्डल्यः षड् भवन्ति हि एवं द्वादश मत्स्याः स्युर्द्विषट्कदलकञ्च तैः चक्राब्जे तेषु सम्पूज्या मासानां पतयः क्रमात् अष्टौ प्रकृतयः षड्वा पञ्चाथ चतुरो ऽपरे

tatpārśve bhramayogena kuṇḍalyaḥ ṣaḍ bhavanti hi evaṃ dvādaśa matsyāḥ syurdviṣaṭkadalakañca taiḥ cakrābje teṣu sampūjyā māsānāṃ patayaḥ kramāt aṣṭau prakṛtayaḥ ṣaḍvā pañcātha caturo 'pare

At its side, by the method of circling, there come to be six coils; thus there would be twelve fish-figures (matsya), and with them the twelve-petalled (lotus). In that wheel-lotus the lords of the months are to be worshipped in them in order. The Prakṛtis are eight, or six, or five, and others (say) four.

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AgP 29.12

पञ्चपत्राभिसिद्ध्यर्थं मत्स्यं कृत्वैवमब्जकम् व्योमरेखावहिः पीठन्तत्र कोष्टानि मार्जयेत् रजः पातं ततः कुर्याल्लिखिते मण्डले शृणु कर्णिका पीतवर्णा स्याद्रेखाः सर्वाः सिताः समाः

pañcapatrābhisiddhyarthaṃ matsyaṃ kṛtvaivamabjakam vyomarekhāvahiḥ pīṭhantatra koṣṭāni mārjayet rajaḥ pātaṃ tataḥ kuryāllikhite maṇḍale śṛṇu karṇikā pītavarṇā syādrekhāḥ sarvāḥ sitāḥ samāḥ

For the accomplishment of a five-petalled (figure) one makes the fish-figure and thus the lotus. Outside the line of the sky-(region?) is the pedestal; there he should wipe out the compartments. Then he should perform the laying of the coloured powders; hear (about it) with regard to the maṇḍala that has been drawn. The pericarp should be yellow in colour; all the lines white and even.

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AgP 29.13

त्रीणि कोणेषु पादार्थं द्विद्विकान्यपराणि तु चतुर्दिक्षु विलिप्तानि गात्रकाणि भवन्त्युत द्विहस्ते ऽङ्गुष्टमात्राः स्युर्हस्ते चार्धसमाः सिताः पद्मं शुक्लेन सन्धींस्तु कृष्णेन श्यामतोथवा

trīṇi koṇeṣu pādārthaṃ dvidvikānyaparāṇi tu caturdikṣu viliptāni gātrakāṇi bhavantyuta dvihaste 'ṅguṣṭamātrāḥ syurhaste cārdhasamāḥ sitāḥ padmaṃ śuklena sandhīṃstu kṛṣṇena śyāmatothavā

Three (compartments) at the corners for the feet, and the others two by two; smeared in the four directions, they become the body-parts. In (a maṇḍala of) two cubits they should be a thumb's breadth; in (one of) a cubit, half as much, and white. (One makes) the lotus with white, and the junctures with black, or else with dark blue.

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AgP 29.14

ततः पङ्क्तिद्वयं दिक्षु वीठ्यर्थन्तु विलोपयेत्(१) द्वाराण्याशासु कुर्वीत चत्वारि चतसृष्वपि केशरा रक्तपीताः स्युः कोणान् रक्तेन पूरयेत् भूषयेद्योगपीठन्तु यथेष्टं सार्ववर्णिकैः

tataḥ paṅktidvayaṃ dikṣu vīṭhyarthantu vilopayet(1) dvārāṇyāśāsu kurvīta catvāri catasṛṣvapi keśarā raktapītāḥ syuḥ koṇān raktena pūrayet bhūṣayedyogapīṭhantu yatheṣṭaṃ sārvavarṇikaiḥ

Then he should erase two rows in the (four) directions for the sake of the gallery. He should make gates in the quarters, four in the four (directions). The filaments should be red and yellow; he should fill the corners with red. He should adorn the yoga-pedestal as he pleases with powders of all colours.

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AgP 29.15

द्वाराणां पार्श्वतः शोभा अष्टौ कुर्याद्विचक्षणः :न् १ पङ्क्तिद्वयं द्वयं दिक्षु वीथ्यर्थं विनियोजयेदिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् ८० तत्पार्श्व उपशोभास्तु तावत्यः परिकीर्तिताः लतावितानपत्राद्यैर् वीथिकामुपशोभयेत् पीठद्वारे तु शुक्लेन शोभारक्तेन पीततः

dvārāṇāṃ pārśvataḥ śobhā aṣṭau kuryādvicakṣaṇaḥ :n 1 paṅktidvayaṃ dvayaṃ dikṣu vīthyarthaṃ viniyojayediti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 80 tatpārśva upaśobhāstu tāvatyaḥ parikīrtitāḥ latāvitānapatrādyair vīthikāmupaśobhayet pīṭhadvāre tu śuklena śobhāraktena pītataḥ

The discerning man should make eight ornamental projections (śobhā) at the sides of the gates. [note:] 1. "He should employ two rows, two (in each), in the directions, for the sake of the gallery"—thus reads the manuscript marked ṅa. [p. 80] At their sides the secondary projections (upaśobhā) are declared to be just as many. With creepers, canopies, leaves and the like he should adorn the gallery. At the gate of the pedestal (one uses) white, for the projection red, then yellow.

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AgP 29.16

समीप उपशोभानां कोणास्तु परिकीर्तिताः(१) चतुर्दिक्षु ततो द्वे द्वे चिन्तयेन्मध्यकोष्ठकैः उपशोभाञ्च नीलेन कोणशङ्ख्यांश् च वै सितान् भद्रके पूरणं प्रोक्तमेवमन्येषु पूरणं

samīpa upaśobhānāṃ koṇāstu parikīrtitāḥ(1) caturdikṣu tato dve dve cintayenmadhyakoṣṭhakaiḥ upaśobhāñca nīlena koṇaśaṅkhyāṃś ca vai sitān bhadrake pūraṇaṃ proktamevamanyeṣu pūraṇaṃ

Near the secondary embellishments the corners are declared. Then in the four directions let him plan two each with the middle compartments. And (he should fill) the secondary embellishments with blue, and the corner-figures white. In the bhadraka the filling is thus stated; the filling in the others is likewise.

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AgP 29.17

चत्वारि वाह्यतो मृज्यादेकैकं पार्श्वयोरपि शोभार्थं पार्श्वयोस्त्रीणि त्रीणि लुम्पद्दलस्य तु त्रिकोणं सितरक्तेन कृष्णेन च विभूषयेत् द्विकोणं रक्तपीताभ्यां नाभिं कृष्णेन चक्रके

catvāri vāhyato mṛjyādekaikaṃ pārśvayorapi śobhārthaṃ pārśvayostrīṇi trīṇi lumpaddalasya tu trikoṇaṃ sitaraktena kṛṣṇena ca vibhūṣayet dvikoṇaṃ raktapītābhyāṃ nābhiṃ kṛṣṇena cakrake

He should wipe out four on the outside, and one each on the two sides also; for the sake of the embellishment, three each on the two sides; but of the petal being cut off (?), he should adorn the triangle with white, red and black; the two-cornered (part) with red and yellow, and the hub with black in the wheel-figure.

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AgP 29.18

तद्वद्विपर्यये कुर्यादुपशोभां ततः परम् कोणस्यान्तर्वहिस्त्रीणि चिन्तयेद्द्विर्विभेदतः अरकान् पीतरक्ताभिः श्यामान् नेमिन्तु रक्ततः सितश्यामारुणाः कृष्णाः पीता रेखास्तु वाह्यतः

tadvadviparyaye kuryādupaśobhāṃ tataḥ param koṇasyāntarvahistrīṇi cintayeddvirvibhedataḥ arakān pītaraktābhiḥ śyāmān nemintu raktataḥ sitaśyāmāruṇāḥ kṛṣṇāḥ pītā rekhāstu vāhyataḥ

In the reverse (order) he should likewise make the secondary embellishment thereafter; inside and outside the corner he should plan three, by a twofold division. (He should make) the spokes with yellow and red, dark ones; but the rim with red; and the lines on the outside are white, dark, ruddy, black and yellow.

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AgP 29.19

एवं षोडशकोष्ठं स्यादेवमन्यत्तु मण्डलम् द्विषट्कभागे षट्त्रिंशत्पदं पद्मन्तु वीथिका शालिपिष्टादि शुक्लं स्याद्रक्तं कौसुम्भकादिकम् हरिद्रया च हारिद्रं कृष्णं स्याद्दग्धधान्यतः

evaṃ ṣoḍaśakoṣṭhaṃ syādevamanyattu maṇḍalam dviṣaṭkabhāge ṣaṭtriṃśatpadaṃ padmantu vīthikā śālipiṣṭādi śuklaṃ syādraktaṃ kausumbhakādikam haridrayā ca hāridraṃ kṛṣṇaṃ syāddagdhadhānyataḥ

Thus there will be a sixteen-compartment (maṇḍala); and another maṇḍala is likewise. When (the field is divided) into twice six parts, there are thirty-six squares; the lotus is the passage (?). White is to be made with rice-flour and the like, red with safflower and the like, yellow with turmeric, and black from burnt grain.

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AgP 29.20

एका पङ्क्तिः प्राभ्यां तु द्वारशोभादि पूर्ववत् द्वादशाङ्गुलिभिः पद्ममेकहस्ते तु मण्डले :प् ८५ शमीपत्रादिकैः श्यामं वीजानां लक्षजाप्यतः चतुर्लक्षैस्तु मन्त्राणां विद्यानां लक्षसाधनम्

ekā paṅktiḥ prābhyāṃ tu dvāraśobhādi pūrvavat dvādaśāṅgulibhiḥ padmamekahaste tu maṇḍale :p 85 śamīpatrādikaiḥ śyāmaṃ vījānāṃ lakṣajāpyataḥ caturlakṣaistu mantrāṇāṃ vidyānāṃ lakṣasādhanam

There is one row on both sides (?); the door-embellishments and the rest are as before. In a maṇḍala of one cubit the lotus is of twelve fingers. Dark (colour is made) with śamī leaves and the like. By a hundred thousand recitations of the seed-syllables — but with four hundred thousand of the mantras — the accomplishment of the vidyās is by a hundred thousand.

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AgP 29.21

द्विहस्ते हस्तमात्रं स्याद्वृद्ध्या द्वारेण वाचरेत् अपीठञ्चतुरस्रं स्याद्विकरञ्चक्रपङ्कजम् अयुतं बुद्धिविद्यानां स्तोत्राणाञ्च सहस्रकम् पूर्वमेवाथ लक्षेण मन्त्रशुद्धिस् तथात्मनः

dvihaste hastamātraṃ syādvṛddhyā dvāreṇa vācaret apīṭhañcaturasraṃ syādvikarañcakrapaṅkajam ayutaṃ buddhividyānāṃ stotrāṇāñca sahasrakam pūrvamevātha lakṣeṇa mantraśuddhis tathātmanaḥ

In a two-cubit (maṇḍala) it should be a cubit; with increase he should proceed by the door. Without a pedestal it should be four-cornered; the vikara is a wheel-lotus. Ten thousand for the buddhi-vidyās, and a thousand for the hymns. First, indeed, by a hundred thousand comes the purification of the mantra and likewise of oneself.

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AgP 29.22

पद्मार्धं नवभिः प्रोक्तं नाभिस्तु तिसृभिः स्मृता अष्टाभिर्द्वारकान् कुर्यान्नेमिन्तु चतुरङ्गुलैः तथापरेण लक्षेण मन्त्रः क्षेत्रीकृतो भवेत् पूर्वमेवासमो होमो वीजानां सम्प्रकीर्तितः

padmārdhaṃ navabhiḥ proktaṃ nābhistu tisṛbhiḥ smṛtā aṣṭābhirdvārakān kuryānnemintu caturaṅgulaiḥ tathāpareṇa lakṣeṇa mantraḥ kṣetrīkṛto bhavet pūrvamevāsamo homo vījānāṃ samprakīrtitaḥ

Half the lotus is said (to be measured) by nine, and the hub is reckoned by three; he should make the door-parts by eight, and the rim by four fingers. And by a further hundred thousand the mantra becomes made a field (fit ground). Before that the uneven oblation of the seed-syllables is declared.

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AgP 29.23

त्रिधा(२) विभज्य च क्षेत्रमन्तर्द्वाभ्यामथाङ्कयेत् पञ्चान्तस्वरसिद्ध्यर्थं(३) तेष्वस्फाल्य लिखेदरान् पूर्वसेवा दशांशेन मन्त्रादीनां प्रकीर्तिता परश् चर्ये तु मन्त्रे तु मासिकं व्रतमाचरेत्

tridhā(2) vibhajya ca kṣetramantardvābhyāmathāṅkayet pañcāntasvarasiddhyarthaṃ(3) teṣvasphālya likhedarān pūrvasevā daśāṃśena mantrādīnāṃ prakīrtitā paraś carye tu mantre tu māsikaṃ vratamācaret

And having divided the field in three, he should then mark it off by two within, for the sake of accomplishing the five final vowels; on those, without striking, he should draw the spokes. The preliminary service of the mantras and the rest is declared as a tenth part; but in the case of a mantra whose observance is higher he should perform a month's vow.

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AgP 29.24

इन्दीवरदलाकारानथवा मातुलाङ्गवत् पद्मपत्रायतान्वापि लिखेदिच्छानुरूपतः भुवि न्यसेद्वामपादं न गृह्णीयात् प्रतिग्रहम् एवं द्वित्रिगुणेनैव मध्यमोत्तमसिद्धयः

indīvaradalākārānathavā mātulāṅgavat padmapatrāyatānvāpi likhedicchānurūpataḥ bhuvi nyasedvāmapādaṃ na gṛhṇīyāt pratigraham evaṃ dvitriguṇenaiva madhyamottamasiddhayaḥ

He should draw (the spokes/petals) shaped like blue-lotus petals, or like a citron, or elongated like lotus leaves, according to his wish. He should set his left foot on the ground; he should not accept a gift. Thus, by two and three times (that much), come the middling and the highest attainments.

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AgP 29.25

भ्रामयित्वा वहिर् नेमावरसन्ध्यन्तरे स्थितः भ्रामयेदरमूलन्तु सन्धिमध्ये व्यवस्थितः मन्त्रध्यानं प्रवक्ष्यामि येन स्यान्मन्त्रजं फलम् स्थूलं शब्दमयं रूपं विग्रहं वाह्यमिष्यते

bhrāmayitvā vahir nemāvarasandhyantare sthitaḥ bhrāmayedaramūlantu sandhimadhye vyavasthitaḥ mantradhyānaṃ pravakṣyāmi yena syānmantrajaṃ phalam sthūlaṃ śabdamayaṃ rūpaṃ vigrahaṃ vāhyamiṣyate

Having turned (it) outside, standing at the rim between the spoke-joints, he should turn the base of the spoke while placed in the middle of the joint. I shall declare the meditation on the mantra, by which the fruit born of the mantra comes about: the gross form is made of sound; the (bodily) figure is held to be external.

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AgP 29.26

:न् १ परिमार्जिता इति घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ द्विधा इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ पञ्चान्तरस्त्वसिद्ध्यर्थमिति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः पञ्चोत्तरस्तु सिद्ध्यर्थमिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् ८१ अरमध्ये स्थितो मधमरणिं भ्रामयेत् समम् एवं सिद्ध्यन्तराः सम्यक् मातुलाङ्गनिभाः समाः सुक्ष्मां ज्योतिर्मयं रूपं हार्दं चिन्तामयं भवेत् चिन्तया रहितं यत्तु तत् परं प्रकीर्तितम्

:n 1 parimārjitā iti gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 dvidhā iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 pañcāntarastvasiddhyarthamiti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ pañcottarastu siddhyarthamiti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 81 aramadhye sthito madhamaraṇiṃ bhrāmayet samam evaṃ siddhyantarāḥ samyak mātulāṅganibhāḥ samāḥ sukṣmāṃ jyotirmayaṃ rūpaṃ hārdaṃ cintāmayaṃ bhavet cintayā rahitaṃ yattu tat paraṃ prakīrtitam

Standing in the middle of the spoke he should turn the middle churning-stick evenly; thus the intervals of attainment are properly equal, resembling a citron. The subtle form is made of light; the one in the heart would be made of thought; but that which is devoid of thought is declared to be the highest.

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AgP 29.27

विभज्य सप्तधा क्षेत्रं चतुर्दशकरं समम् द्विधा कृते शतं ह्य् अत्र षण्नवत्यधिकानि तु वराहसिंहशक्तीनां स्थूलरूपं प्रधानतः चिन्तया रहितं रूपं वासुदेवस्य कीर्तितम्

vibhajya saptadhā kṣetraṃ caturdaśakaraṃ samam dvidhā kṛte śataṃ hy atra ṣaṇnavatyadhikāni tu varāhasiṃhaśaktīnāṃ sthūlarūpaṃ pradhānataḥ cintayā rahitaṃ rūpaṃ vāsudevasya kīrtitam

Having divided the field sevenfold, fourteen cubits and even, when made twofold there are here a hundred increased by ninety-six. The gross form belongs chiefly to Varāha, Narasiṃha and the Śaktis; the form devoid of thought is declared to be Vāsudeva's.

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AgP 29.28

कोष्टकानि चतुर्भिस्तैर् मध्ये भद्रं समालिखेत् परितो विसृजेद्वीथ्यै तथा दिक्षु समालिखेत् इतरेषां स्मृतं रूपं हार्दं चिन्तामयं सदा स्थूलं वैराजमाख्यातं सूक्ष्मं वै लिङ्गितं भवेत्

koṣṭakāni caturbhistair madhye bhadraṃ samālikhet parito visṛjedvīthyai tathā dikṣu samālikhet itareṣāṃ smṛtaṃ rūpaṃ hārdaṃ cintāmayaṃ sadā sthūlaṃ vairājamākhyātaṃ sūkṣmaṃ vai liṅgitaṃ bhavet

With four of those compartments he should draw the bhadra in the middle; all around he should leave out (space) for the pathway, and likewise draw in the directions. The form of the others is held to be the one in the heart, always made of thought; the gross is called Vairāja, and the subtle would be marked with the liṅga.

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AgP 29.29

कमलानि पुनर्वीथ्यै परितः परिमृज्य तु द्वे द्वे मध्यमकोष्ठे तु ग्रीवार्थं दिक्षु लोपयेत् चिन्तया रहितं रूपमैश्वरं परिकीर्तितम् हृत्पुण्डरीकनिलयञ्चैतन्यं ज्योतिरव्ययम्

kamalāni punarvīthyai paritaḥ parimṛjya tu dve dve madhyamakoṣṭhe tu grīvārthaṃ dikṣu lopayet cintayā rahitaṃ rūpamaiśvaraṃ parikīrtitam hṛtpuṇḍarīkanilayañcaitanyaṃ jyotiravyayam

Again, having wiped away the lotuses all around for the pathway, he should omit two each in the middle compartment in the directions, for the sake of the neck. The form devoid of thought is declared to be that of Īśvara; and consciousness, imperishable light, whose abode is the lotus of the heart.

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AgP 29.30

चत्वारि वाह्यतः पश्चात्त्रीणि त्रीणि तु लोपयेत् ग्रीवापार्श्वे वहिस्त्वेका शोभा सा परिकीर्तिता वीजं वीजात्मकं ध्यायेत् कदम्बकुसुमाकृतिं कुम्भान्तरगतो दीपो निरुद्धप्रसवो यथा

catvāri vāhyataḥ paścāttrīṇi trīṇi tu lopayet grīvāpārśve vahistvekā śobhā sā parikīrtitā vījaṃ vījātmakaṃ dhyāyet kadambakusumākṛtiṃ kumbhāntaragato dīpo niruddhaprasavo yathā

He should leave out four on the outside, and behind three each; on the side of the neck, outside, there is one — that is declared to be the embellishment. He should meditate on the seed as consisting of the seed, having the shape of a kadamba flower, like a lamp set inside a jar with its emission blocked.

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AgP 29.31

विमृज्य वाह्यकोणेषु सप्तान्तस्त्रीणि मार्जयेत् मण्डलं नवभागं स्यान्नवव्यूहं हरिं यजेत् संहतः केवलस्तिष्ठेदेवं मन्त्रेश्वरो हृदि अनेकशुषिरे कुम्भे तावन्मात्रा गभस्तयः

vimṛjya vāhyakoṇeṣu saptāntastrīṇi mārjayet maṇḍalaṃ navabhāgaṃ syānnavavyūhaṃ hariṃ yajet saṃhataḥ kevalastiṣṭhedevaṃ mantreśvaro hṛdi anekaśuṣire kumbhe tāvanmātrā gabhastayaḥ

Having wiped away (lines) at the outer corners, he should wipe away three within the seven. The maṇḍala should be of nine parts; he should worship Hari as the ninefold group. Thus the lord of the mantra stands in the heart, contracted and alone; when the jar has many holes, so many are the rays.

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AgP 29.32

पञ्चविंशतिकव्यूहं मण्डलं विश्वरूपगं द्वात्रिंशद्धस्तकं क्षेत्रं भक्तं द्वात्रिंशता समं प्रसरन्ति वहिस्तद्वन्नाडीभिर्वीजरश्मयः :प् ८६ अथावभासतो दैवीमात्मीकृत्य तनुं स्थिताः

pañcaviṃśatikavyūhaṃ maṇḍalaṃ viśvarūpagaṃ dvātriṃśaddhastakaṃ kṣetraṃ bhaktaṃ dvātriṃśatā samaṃ prasaranti vahistadvannāḍībhirvījaraśmayaḥ :p 86 athāvabhāsato daivīmātmīkṛtya tanuṃ sthitāḥ

The maṇḍala of the twenty-five-fold group belongs to the Universal Form; the field of thirty-two cubits is divided by thirty-two, evenly. Just so the rays of the seed spread outward through the channels; then, from their shining, they stand having made the divine body their own.

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AgP 29.33

एवं कृते चतुर्विंशत्यधिकन्तु सहस्रकं कोष्ठकानां समुद्दिष्टं मध्ये शोडशकोष्ठकैः हृदयात् प्रस्थिता नाड्यो दर्शनेन्द्रियगोचराः अग्नीषोमात्मके तासां नाड्यौ नासाग्रसंस्थिते

evaṃ kṛte caturviṃśatyadhikantu sahasrakaṃ koṣṭhakānāṃ samuddiṣṭaṃ madhye śoḍaśakoṣṭhakaiḥ hṛdayāt prasthitā nāḍyo darśanendriyagocarāḥ agnīṣomātmake tāsāṃ nāḍyau nāsāgrasaṃsthite

When this is done, one thousand and twenty-four compartments are declared, with sixteen compartments in the middle. The channels that set out from the heart come within the range of the sense of sight; two of those channels, having the nature of fire and moon, are fixed at the tip of the nose.

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AgP 29.34

भद्रकं परिलिख्याथ पार्श्वे पङ्क्तिं विमृज्य तु ततः षोडशभिः कोष्टैर् दिक्षु भद्राष्टकं लिखेत्(१) सम्यग्गुह्येन योगेन जित्वा देहसमीरणम् जपध्यानरतो मन्त्री मन्त्रलक्षणमश्नुते(१)

bhadrakaṃ parilikhyātha pārśve paṅktiṃ vimṛjya tu tataḥ ṣoḍaśabhiḥ koṣṭair dikṣu bhadrāṣṭakaṃ likhet(1) samyagguhyena yogena jitvā dehasamīraṇam japadhyānarato mantrī mantralakṣaṇamaśnute(1)

Having drawn the bhadraka all around and then wiped away a row at the side, he should then draw a set of eight bhadras in the directions with sixteen compartments. Having conquered the body's breath by the wholly secret yoga, the mantra-adept devoted to recitation and meditation attains the mark of the mantra.

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AgP 29.35

ततोपि पङ्क्तिं सम्मृज्य तद्वत् षोडशभद्रकं लिखित्वा परितः पङ्क्तिं विमृज्याथ प्रकल्पयेत् संशुद्धभूततन्मात्रः सकामो योगमभ्यसन् अणिमादिमवाप्नोति विरक्तः प्रविलङ्घ्य च देवात्मके भूतमात्रान्मुच्यते चेन्द्रियग्रहात्

tatopi paṅktiṃ sammṛjya tadvat ṣoḍaśabhadrakaṃ likhitvā paritaḥ paṅktiṃ vimṛjyātha prakalpayet saṃśuddhabhūtatanmātraḥ sakāmo yogamabhyasan aṇimādimavāpnoti viraktaḥ pravilaṅghya ca devātmake bhūtamātrānmucyate cendriyagrahāt

Then, wiping away a row there too, and likewise drawing the sixteen bhadraka, and wiping away the row all around, he should then arrange (it). One whose elemental subtle-essences are purified, if he has desire, practising yoga, attains aṇiman and the rest; but if detached, and having passed beyond, in what is of the nature of the deity he is freed from the elemental essences and from the grip of the senses.

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AgP 29.36

द्वारद्वादशकं दिक्षु त्रीणि त्रीणि यथाक्रमं षड्भिः परिलुप्यान्तर्मध्ये चत्वारि पार्श्वयोः

dvāradvādaśakaṃ dikṣu trīṇi trīṇi yathākramaṃ ṣaḍbhiḥ parilupyāntarmadhye catvāri pārśvayoḥ

(He should make) twelve doors, three in each direction in due order; wiping away six, inside, in the middle, four on the two sides.

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AgP 29.37

चत्वार्यन्तर्वहिर्द्वे तु शोभार्थं परिमृज्य तु उपद्वारसिद्ध्यर्थं त्रीण्यन्तः पञ्च वाह्यतः

catvāryantarvahirdve tu śobhārthaṃ parimṛjya tu upadvārasiddhyarthaṃ trīṇyantaḥ pañca vāhyataḥ

Four inside and two outside, having wiped (them) away for the sake of ornament; and for the accomplishment of the subsidiary doors, three within and five without.

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AgP 29.38

:न् १ दिक्षु तत्राष्टकं लिखेदिति ख, ग, घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् ८२ परिमृज्य तथा शोभां पूर्ववत् परिकल्पयेत् वहिः कोणेषु सप्तान्तस्त्रीणि कोष्ठानि मार्जयेत्

:n 1 dikṣu tatrāṣṭakaṃ likhediti kha, ga, gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 82 parimṛjya tathā śobhāṃ pūrvavat parikalpayet vahiḥ koṇeṣu saptāntastrīṇi koṣṭhāni mārjayet

[Variant readings: 'in the directions one should draw the group of eight' is the reading of the manuscripts marked kha, ga, gha. p. 82] Having wiped (them) away, he should likewise lay out the ornament as before; outside, in the corners, he should wipe out seven, and within, three cells.

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AgP 29.39

पञ्चविंशतिकव्यूहे परं ब्रह्म यजेत् कजे(१) मध्ये पूर्वादितः पद्मे वासुदेवादयः क्रमात्

pañcaviṃśatikavyūhe paraṃ brahma yajet kaje(1) madhye pūrvāditaḥ padme vāsudevādayaḥ kramāt

In the arrangement of twenty-five (deities) one should worship the supreme Brahman on the lotus in the middle; on the lotuses beginning from the east, Vāsudeva and the rest in order.

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AgP 29.40

वराहं पूजयित्वा च पूर्वपद्मे ततः क्रमात् व्यूहान् सम्पूजयेत्तावत् यावत् षड्विंशमो भवेत्

varāhaṃ pūjayitvā ca pūrvapadme tataḥ kramāt vyūhān sampūjayettāvat yāvat ṣaḍviṃśamo bhavet

And having worshipped Varāha on the eastern lotus, he should then worship the (remaining) forms in order until the twenty-sixth is reached.

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AgP 29.41

यथोक्तं व्यूहमखिलमेकस्मिन् पङ्कजे क्रमात् यष्टव्यमिति यत्नेन(२) प्रचेता मन्यते ऽध्वरं(३)

yathoktaṃ vyūhamakhilamekasmin paṅkaje kramāt yaṣṭavyamiti yatnena(2) pracetā manyate 'dhvaraṃ(3)

That the whole group of forms, as stated, is to be worshipped in order upon a single lotus with effort — so Pracetas holds the sacrifice (to be).

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AgP 29.42

सत्पन्तु मूर्तिभेदेन विभक्तं मन्यते ऽच्युतं चत्वारिंशत् करं क्षेत्रं ह्य् उत्तरं(४) विभजेत् क्रमात्

satpantu mūrtibhedena vibhaktaṃ manyate 'cyutaṃ catvāriṃśat karaṃ kṣetraṃ hy uttaraṃ(4) vibhajet kramāt

But he (also) holds Acyuta to be present as divided by the distinction of forms. One should divide the field of forty cubits, further, in order.

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AgP 29.43

एकैकं सप्तधा भूयस्तथैवैकं द्विधा पुनः चतुःषष्ट्युत्तरं सप्तशतान्येकं सहस्रकं

ekaikaṃ saptadhā bhūyastathaivaikaṃ dvidhā punaḥ catuḥṣaṣṭyuttaraṃ saptaśatānyekaṃ sahasrakaṃ

Each one again sevenfold, and likewise each one again twofold: (thus) one thousand seven hundred and sixty-four.

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AgP 29.44

कोष्ठकानां भद्रकञ्च मध्ये षोडशकोष्ठकैः पार्श्वे वीथीं ततश्चाष्टभद्राण्यथ च वीथिका

koṣṭhakānāṃ bhadrakañca madhye ṣoḍaśakoṣṭhakaiḥ pārśve vīthīṃ tataścāṣṭabhadrāṇyatha ca vīthikā

And (there is) a bhadraka of cells in the middle, with sixteen cells; at the side a lane, then eight bhadras, and then a lane.

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AgP 29.45

षोडशाब्जान्यथो वीथी चतुर्विंशतिपङ्कजं वीथीपद्मानि द्वात्रिंशत् पङ्क्तिवीथिकजान्यथ

ṣoḍaśābjānyatho vīthī caturviṃśatipaṅkajaṃ vīthīpadmāni dvātriṃśat paṅktivīthikajānyatha

Then sixteen lotuses, then a lane, then twenty-four lotuses, then lane-lotuses thirty-two, then those of the row-lane.

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AgP 29.46

चत्वारिंशत्ततो वीथी शेषपङ्क्तित्रयेण च द्वारशोभोपशोभाः स्युर्दिक्षु मध्ये विलोप्य च

catvāriṃśattato vīthī śeṣapaṅktitrayeṇa ca dvāraśobhopaśobhāḥ syurdikṣu madhye vilopya ca

Then forty, then a lane, and with the remaining three rows there will be doors, ornaments and subsidiary ornaments in the (four) directions, erasing in the middle.

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AgP 29.47

द्विचतुःषड्द्वारसिद्ध्यै चतुर्दिक्षु विलोपयेत् पञ्च त्रीण्येककं वाह्ये शोभोपद्वारसिद्धये

dvicatuḥṣaḍdvārasiddhyai caturdikṣu vilopayet pañca trīṇyekakaṃ vāhye śobhopadvārasiddhaye

For the accomplishment of two, four, or six doors he should erase in the four directions; five, three, one on the outside, for the accomplishment of the ornaments and subsidiary doors.

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AgP 29.48

:न् १ शुभे इति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ यष्टव्यमिति यज्ञेन इति ग, घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकद्वयपाठः यष्टव्यमिति मन्त्रेण इति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ प्रचेता मन्यते ध्रुवमिति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ४ ह्युत्तममिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् ८३ द्वाराणां पार्श्वयोरन्तः षड् वा चत्वारि मध्यतः द्वे द्वे लुम्पेदेवमेव षड् भवन्त्युपशोभिकाः

:n 1 śubhe iti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 yaṣṭavyamiti yajñena iti ga, gha, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ yaṣṭavyamiti mantreṇa iti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 pracetā manyate dhruvamiti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 4 hyuttamamiti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 83 dvārāṇāṃ pārśvayorantaḥ ṣaḍ vā catvāri madhyataḥ dve dve lumpedevameva ṣaḍ bhavantyupaśobhikāḥ

[Variants: 1 'śubhe' in ms. ṅa; 2 'yaṣṭavyam iti yajñena' in mss. ga and gha, 'yaṣṭavyam iti mantreṇa' in ms. ṅa; 3 'pracetā manyate dhruvam' in ms. kha; 4 'hy uttamam' in ms. ṅa. p. 83] On the two sides of the doors, within, (he should erase) six or four; from the middle he should erase two each; thus there come to be six subsidiary ornaments.

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AgP 29.49

एकस्यां दिशि सङ्ख्याः स्युः चतस्रः प्रिसङ्ख्यया

ekasyāṃ diśi saṅkhyāḥ syuḥ catasraḥ prisaṅkhyayā

In one direction the numbers should be four by the reckoning.

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AgP 29.50

एकैकस्यां दिशि त्रीणि द्वाराण्यपि भवन्त्युत पञ्च पञ्च तु कोणेषु पङ्क्तौ पङ्क्तौ क्रमात् मृजेत् कोष्टकानि भवेदेवं मर्त्येष्ट्यं मण्डलं शुभं

ekaikasyāṃ diśi trīṇi dvārāṇyapi bhavantyuta pañca pañca tu koṇeṣu paṅktau paṅktau kramāt mṛjet koṣṭakāni bhavedevaṃ martyeṣṭyaṃ maṇḍalaṃ śubhaṃ

In each single direction there come to be three doors as well; and five each in the corners — row by row in order he should wipe out the cells; thus there will be the auspicious maṇḍala for the rite for mortals.

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