Agni Purana — Chapter 290

AgP 290.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे अश्वशान्तिर्नामोननवत्यधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {२९०} :श् अथ नवत्यधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः गजशान्तिः शालिहोत्र उवाच गजशान्तिं प्रवक्ष्यामि गजरोगविमर्दनीम् विष्णुं श्रियञ्च पञ्चम्यां नागम् ऐरावतं यजेत्

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe aśvaśāntirnāmonanavatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {290} :ś atha navatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ gajaśāntiḥ śālihotra uvāca gajaśāntiṃ pravakṣyāmi gajarogavimardanīm viṣṇuṃ śriyañca pañcamyāṃ nāgam airāvataṃ yajet

Thus (ends) in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa the two hundred and eighty-ninth chapter, called 'The Appeasement Rite for Horses.' — Chapter 290. Now the two hundred and ninetieth chapter: The Appeasement Rite for Elephants. Śālihotra said: I shall declare the appeasement rite for elephants, which crushes the diseases of elephants. On the fifth (lunar day) one should worship Viṣṇu and Śrī, and the nāga Airāvata.

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AgP 290.2

ब्रह्माणं शङ्करं विष्णुं शक्रं वैश्नवणंयमं चन्द्रार्कौ वरुणं वायुमग्निं पृथ्वीं तथा च खं

brahmāṇaṃ śaṅkaraṃ viṣṇuṃ śakraṃ vaiśnavaṇaṃyamaṃ candrārkau varuṇaṃ vāyumagniṃ pṛthvīṃ tathā ca khaṃ

Brahmā, Śaṅkara, Viṣṇu, Śakra, Vaiśravaṇa, Yama, the moon and the sun, Varuṇa, Vāyu, Agni, the Earth, and likewise the sky —

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AgP 290.3

शेषं शैलान् कुञ्जरांश् च ये ते ऽष्टौ देवयोनयः विरुपाक्षं महापद्मं भद्रं सुमनसन्तथा

śeṣaṃ śailān kuñjarāṃś ca ye te 'ṣṭau devayonayaḥ virupākṣaṃ mahāpadmaṃ bhadraṃ sumanasantathā

Śeṣa, the mountains, and the elephants — those eight of yours that are of divine origin: Virūpākṣa, Mahāpadma, Bhadra, and likewise Sumanas,

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AgP 290.4

कुमुदैरावणः पद्मः पुष्पदन्तो ऽथ वामनः सुप्रतीकोञ्जनो नागा अष्टौ होमो ऽथ दक्षिणां

kumudairāvaṇaḥ padmaḥ puṣpadanto 'tha vāmanaḥ supratīkoñjano nāgā aṣṭau homo 'tha dakṣiṇāṃ

Kumuda, Airāvaṇa, Padma, Puṣpadanta, then Vāmana, Supratīka, Añjana — (these are) the eight nāgas. Then (comes) the fire-offering, then the gift (to the priests).

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AgP 290.5

:प् ७७ गजाः शान्त्युदकासिक्ता वृद्धौ नैमित्तिकं सृणु गजानाम्मकरादौ च ऐशान्यां नगराद्वहिः

:p 77 gajāḥ śāntyudakāsiktā vṛddhau naimittikaṃ sṛṇu gajānāmmakarādau ca aiśānyāṃ nagarādvahiḥ

The elephants, sprinkled with the water of appeasement, (thrive) in growth. Hear the occasional (rite): for elephants, in Makara and so on, in the north-east, outside the town —

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AgP 290.6

स्थण्डिले कमले मध्ये विष्णुं लक्ष्मीञ्च केशरे ब्रह्माणं भास्करं पृथ्वीं यजेत् स्कन्दं ह्य् अनन्तकं

sthaṇḍile kamale madhye viṣṇuṃ lakṣmīñca keśare brahmāṇaṃ bhāskaraṃ pṛthvīṃ yajet skandaṃ hy anantakaṃ

on a bare (altar) ground, in the middle of a lotus (diagram), (he) should worship Viṣṇu, and Lakṣmī on the filaments, and Brahmā, the Sun, the Earth, Skanda, and Ananta,

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AgP 290.7

खं शिवं सोममिन्द्रादींस्तदस्त्राणि दले क्रमात् वज्रं शक्तिञ्च दण्डञ्च तोमरं पाशकं गदां

khaṃ śivaṃ somamindrādīṃstadastrāṇi dale kramāt vajraṃ śaktiñca daṇḍañca tomaraṃ pāśakaṃ gadāṃ

the sky, Śiva, Soma, and Indra and the rest, and their weapons on the petals in order: the thunderbolt, the spear, the staff, the lance, the noose, the mace,

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AgP 290.8

शूलं पद्मम्बहिर्वृन्ते चक्रे सूर्यन्तथाश्विनौ वसूनष्ठौ तथा साध्यान् याम्ये ऽथ नैरृते दले

śūlaṃ padmambahirvṛnte cakre sūryantathāśvinau vasūnaṣṭhau tathā sādhyān yāmye 'tha nairṛte dale

the trident, the lotus; outside, on the stalk (or: on the outer stalk portion) and on the disc, (he should worship) the Sun and likewise the Aśvins, the eight Vasus, and the Sādhyas on the southern (petal), and then on the south-western petal

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AgP 290.9

देवानाङ्गिरसश्चाश्विभृगवो मरुतो ऽनिले(१) विश्वेदेवांस् तथा दक्षे रुद्रा शैद्रे ऽथ मण्डले

devānāṅgirasaścāśvibhṛgavo maruto 'nile(1) viśvedevāṃs tathā dakṣe rudrā śaidre 'tha maṇḍale

the gods; and the Aṅgirases, the Aśvins, the Bhṛgus, and the Maruts in the wind (i.e. north-west) quarter; and likewise the Viśvedevas on the right, and the Rudras in the north-east — thus in the diagram.

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AgP 290.10

ततो वृत्तया रेखया तु देवान् वै वाह्यतो यजेत् सूत्रकारानृषीन् वाणीं पूर्वादौ सरितो गिरीन्

tato vṛttayā rekhayā tu devān vai vāhyato yajet sūtrakārānṛṣīn vāṇīṃ pūrvādau sarito girīn

Then, with a circular line, (he) should worship the gods on the outside: the authors of the sūtras, the seers, Speech (Vāṇī), beginning from the east, the rivers, and the mountains;

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AgP 290.11

महाभूतानि कोणेषु ऐशान्यादिषु संयजेत् पद्मं चक्रं गदां शङ्खं चतुरश्रन्तु मण्डलं

mahābhūtāni koṇeṣu aiśānyādiṣu saṃyajet padmaṃ cakraṃ gadāṃ śaṅkhaṃ caturaśrantu maṇḍalaṃ

(he) should worship the great elements in the corners, in the north-east and so on; the lotus, the discus, the mace, the conch — and the diagram is four-cornered,

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AgP 290.12

चतुर्धारं ततः कुम्भाः(२) अग्न्यादौ च पताकिकाः(३) चत्वारस्तोरणा द्वारि नागान् ऐरवतादिकान्

caturdhāraṃ tataḥ kumbhāḥ(2) agnyādau ca patākikāḥ(3) catvārastoraṇā dvāri nāgān airavatādikān

with four gates; then the pots, and little banners in the south-east and so on; four archways at the gates; (he should worship) the nāgas, Airāvata and the rest,

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AgP 290.13

पूर्वादौ चौषधीभिश् च देवानां भाजनं पृथक् पृथक्शताहुतीश्चाज्यैर् गजानर्च्य प्रदक्षिणं

pūrvādau cauṣadhībhiś ca devānāṃ bhājanaṃ pṛthak pṛthakśatāhutīścājyair gajānarcya pradakṣiṇaṃ

beginning from the east, and with herbs; a separate vessel for each of the gods, and a hundred oblations each with ghee; having worshipped the elephants, (he should circumambulate) to the right.

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AgP 290.14

नागं वह्निं देवतादीन् वाह्यैर् जग्मुः स्वकं गृहम् द्विजेभ्यो दिक्षिणां दद्यात् हयवैद्यादिकस् तथा

nāgaṃ vahniṃ devatādīn vāhyair jagmuḥ svakaṃ gṛham dvijebhyo dikṣiṇāṃ dadyāt hayavaidyādikas tathā

(Having dismissed) the nāga, the fire, and the deities and the rest with the dismissal (rites), they went to their own homes. (He) should give a gift to the brahmins, and likewise to the horse-doctor and the others.

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AgP 290.15

करिणीन्तु समारुह्य वदेत् कर्णन्तु कालवित् :न् १ मरुतो ऽनल इति ज २ चतुःकुम्भा इति ञ॥ ३ पताकिन इति ज॥ :प् ७८ नागराजे ऽमृते शान्तिं कृत्वामुस्मिन्(१) जपेन्मनुम्

kariṇīntu samāruhya vadet karṇantu kālavit :n 1 maruto 'nala iti ja 2 catuḥkumbhā iti ña.. 3 patākina iti ja.. :p 78 nāgarāje 'mṛte śāntiṃ kṛtvāmusmin(1) japenmanum

Having mounted a female elephant, one who knows the (proper) time should speak into (its) ear. [Notes: 1. 'maruto 'nala' in MS ja; 2. 'catuḥkumbhā' in MS ña; 3. 'patākina' in MS ja.] When the king of nāgas has died, having performed the appeasement rite, one should mutter the formula over that (elephant):

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AgP 290.16

श्रीगजस्त्वं कृतो राज्ञा भवानस्य गजाग्रणीः प्रभूर्माल्याग्रभक्तैस्त्वां पूजयिष्पति पार्थिवः

śrīgajastvaṃ kṛto rājñā bhavānasya gajāgraṇīḥ prabhūrmālyāgrabhaktaistvāṃ pūjayiṣpati pārthivaḥ

"You have been made the Fortune-Elephant (śrīgaja) by the king; you are his foremost elephant, its lord. The prince will worship you with garlands, choice foods (and) offerings of devotion."

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AgP 290.17

लोकस्तदाज्ञया पूजां करिष्यति तदा तव पालनीयस्त्वया राजा युद्धे ऽध्वनि तथा गृहे

lokastadājñayā pūjāṃ kariṣyati tadā tava pālanīyastvayā rājā yuddhe 'dhvani tathā gṛhe

"And then the people, at his command, will perform worship of you. The king is to be protected by you in battle, on the road, and likewise in the house."

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AgP 290.18

तिर्यग्भावं समुत्सृज्य दिव्यं भावमनुस्मर देवासुरे पुरा युद्धे श्रीगजस्त्रिदशैः कृतः

tiryagbhāvaṃ samutsṛjya divyaṃ bhāvamanusmara devāsure purā yuddhe śrīgajastridaśaiḥ kṛtaḥ

"Casting off your animal nature, call to mind a divine nature. Long ago, in the war of the gods and demons, a Fortune-Elephant was made by the thirty (gods)."

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AgP 290.19

ऐरावणसुतः श्रीमानरिष्टो नाम वारणः श्रीगजानान्तु तत् तेजः सर्वमेवोपतिष्ठते

airāvaṇasutaḥ śrīmānariṣṭo nāma vāraṇaḥ śrīgajānāntu tat tejaḥ sarvamevopatiṣṭhate

The glorious elephant named Ariṣṭa, son of Airāvaṇa — that whole power of his stands present in Fortune-Elephants.

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AgP 290.20

तत्तेजस्तव नागेन्द्र दिव्यभावसमन्वितं उपतिष्ठतु भद्रन्ते रक्ष राजानमाहवे

tattejastava nāgendra divyabhāvasamanvitaṃ upatiṣṭhatu bhadrante rakṣa rājānamāhave

"May that power, endowed with divine nature, stand present in you, O lord of elephants. Fortune be yours; protect the king in battle."

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AgP 290.21

इत्येवमभिषिक्तैनमारोहेत शुभे नृपः तस्यानुगमनं कुर्युः सशस्त्रनवसद्गजाः

ityevamabhiṣiktainamāroheta śubhe nṛpaḥ tasyānugamanaṃ kuryuḥ saśastranavasadgajāḥ

Having (the elephant) consecrated in just this way, the king should mount it at an auspicious (time); nine good elephants with weapons should form its escort.

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AgP 290.22

शालास्वसौ स्थण्डिले ऽब्जे दिकपालादीन् यजेद्वहिः केशरेषु बलं नागं भुवञ्चैच सरस्वतीं

śālāsvasau sthaṇḍile 'bje dikapālādīn yajedvahiḥ keśareṣu balaṃ nāgaṃ bhuvañcaica sarasvatīṃ

In the stalls, on a bare altar-ground marked with a lotus, he should worship the guardians of the directions and the rest outside; on the petals (keśaras), Bala, the Nāga, Earth, and Sarasvatī.

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AgP 290.23

मध्येषु डिण्डिमं प्रार्च्य गन्धमाल्यानुलेपनैः हुत्वा देयस्तु कलसो रसपूर्णो द्विजाय च

madhyeṣu ḍiṇḍimaṃ prārcya gandhamālyānulepanaiḥ hutvā deyastu kalaso rasapūrṇo dvijāya ca

Having first worshipped the ḍiṇḍima-drum in the middle (sections) with perfumes, garlands and unguents, and having made the fire-offering, a pot filled with liquid is to be given to a brahmin.

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AgP 290.24

गजाध्यक्षं हस्तिपञ्च गणितज्ञञ्च पूजयेत् गजाध्यक्षाय तन्दद्यात् डिण्डिमं सोपि वादयेत् शुभगम्भीरशब्दैः स्याज्जघनस्थो ऽभिवादयेत्

gajādhyakṣaṃ hastipañca gaṇitajñañca pūjayet gajādhyakṣāya tandadyāt ḍiṇḍimaṃ sopi vādayet śubhagambhīraśabdaiḥ syājjaghanastho 'bhivādayet

He should honour the elephant-superintendent, the elephant-keeper and the reckoner; he should give the ḍiṇḍima to the elephant-superintendent, and he too should beat it; with auspicious deep sounds it should sound, and the one seated on the haunch should salute (the king).

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