Agni Purana — Chapter 297

AgP 297.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुरणे विषहृन्मन्त्रौषधं नाम षन्नवत्यधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् {२९७} :श् अथ सप्तनवत्यधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः गोनसादिचिकित्सा अग्निरुचाच गोनसादिचिकित्साञ्च वशिष्ठ शृणु वच्मि ते ह्रीं ह्रीं अमलपक्षि स्वाहा ताम्बूलखादनान्मन्त्री हरेन्मण्डलिनो विषं

:e ity āgneye mahāpuraṇe viṣahṛnmantrauṣadhaṃ nāma ṣannavatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter {297} :ś atha saptanavatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ gonasādicikitsā agnirucāca gonasādicikitsāñca vaśiṣṭha śṛṇu vacmi te hrīṃ hrīṃ amalapakṣi svāhā tāmbūlakhādanānmantrī harenmaṇḍalino viṣaṃ

Thus in the Agni Mahāpurāṇa the two hundred ninety-sixth chapter, called 'Spells and Drugs that Remove Poison'. — Chapter 297: Treatment for the gonasa (snake) and the rest. Agni said: And hear, Vasiṣṭha, the treatment for the gonasa and the rest; I declare it to you. 'Hrīṃ hrīṃ amalapakṣi svāhā' — by the chewing of betel (with this spell) the reciter removes the poison of the maṇḍalin (snake).

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AgP 297.2

लशुनं रामठफलं कुष्ठाग्निव्योषकं विषे स्नुहीक्षीरं गव्यघृतं पक्षं पीत्वाहिजे विषे

laśunaṃ rāmaṭhaphalaṃ kuṣṭhāgnivyoṣakaṃ viṣe snuhīkṣīraṃ gavyaghṛtaṃ pakṣaṃ pītvāhije viṣe

Garlic, the fruit of rāmaṭha (asafoetida plant), kuṣṭha, agni (citraka) and the three pungents (are used) in poisoning; the milky sap of snuhī and cow's ghee, drunk for a fortnight, (are used) in snake-poisoning.

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AgP 297.3

अथ राजिलदष्टे च पेया कृष्णा समैन्धवा आज्यक्षौद्रशकृत्तोयं पुरीतत्या विषापहं

atha rājiladaṣṭe ca peyā kṛṣṇā samaindhavā ājyakṣaudraśakṛttoyaṃ purītatyā viṣāpahaṃ

Now, when one is bitten by a rājila (snake), long pepper together with rock salt should be drunk; ghee, honey, and dung-water with purītatī(?) remove the poison.

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AgP 297.4

सकृष्णाखण्डदुग्धाज्यं पातव्यन्तेन माक्षिकं व्योषं पिच्छं विडालास्थि नकुलाङ्गरुहैः समैः

sakṛṣṇākhaṇḍadugdhājyaṃ pātavyantena mākṣikaṃ vyoṣaṃ picchaṃ viḍālāsthi nakulāṅgaruhaiḥ samaiḥ

Milk and ghee with long pepper and sugar are to be drunk, and with that, honey. The three pungents, picchā, cat's bone, together with equal (parts of) the hair of the mongoose's body—

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AgP 297.5

चूर्णितैर् मेषदुग्धाक्तैर् धूपः सर्वविषापहः :प् १०१ रोमनिर्गुण्डिकाकोकवर्णैर् वा लशुनं समं

cūrṇitair meṣadugdhāktair dhūpaḥ sarvaviṣāpahaḥ :p 101 romanirguṇḍikākokavarṇair vā laśunaṃ samaṃ

—powdered and moistened with ewe's milk, (used as) a fumigant, removes all poison. Or, with hair, nirguṇḍikā and kokavarṇa(?), garlic in equal part,

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AgP 297.6

मुनिपत्रैः कृतस्वेदं दष्टं काञ्चिकपाचितैः मूषिकाः षोडश प्रोक्ता रसङ्कार्पासजम्पिवेत्

munipatraiḥ kṛtasvedaṃ daṣṭaṃ kāñcikapācitaiḥ mūṣikāḥ ṣoḍaśa proktā rasaṅkārpāsajampivet

the bitten (part is) made to sweat with muni-leaves boiled in sour gruel. Sixteen (kinds of) mice are declared; one should drink the juice of cotton(-plant).

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AgP 297.7

सतैलं मूषिकार्तिघ्नं फलिनीकुसुमन्तथा सनागरगुडम्भक्ष्यं तद्विषारोचकापहं

satailaṃ mūṣikārtighnaṃ phalinīkusumantathā sanāgaraguḍambhakṣyaṃ tadviṣārocakāpahaṃ

With oil it destroys the affliction caused by mice; likewise the flower of phalinī, together with ginger and molasses, is to be eaten: it removes that poison and loss of appetite.

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AgP 297.8

चिकित्सा विंषतिर्भूता लूताविषहरो गणः पद्मकं पाटली कुष्ठं नतमूशीरचन्दनं

cikitsā viṃṣatirbhūtā lūtāviṣaharo gaṇaḥ padmakaṃ pāṭalī kuṣṭhaṃ natamūśīracandanaṃ

Twenty treatments have been (told). (Now) the group (of drugs) that removes spider-poison: padmaka, pāṭalī, kuṣṭha, nata (tagara), uśīra, sandal,

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AgP 297.9

निर्गुण्डी शारिवा शेलु लूतार्तं सेचयेज्जलैः गुञ्जानिर्गुण्डिकङ्कोलपर्णं शुण्ठी निशाद्वयं

nirguṇḍī śārivā śelu lūtārtaṃ secayejjalaiḥ guñjānirguṇḍikaṅkolaparṇaṃ śuṇṭhī niśādvayaṃ

nirguṇḍī, śārivā, śelu — with these waters one should bathe the one afflicted by a spider. Guñjā, nirguṇḍikā, the leaf of kaṅkola, dried ginger, the two turmerics,

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AgP 297.10

करञ्जास्थि च तत्पङ्कैः(१) वृश्चिकार्तिहरं शृणु मञ्जिष्ठा चन्दनं व्योषपुष्पं शिरीषकौमुदं

karañjāsthi ca tatpaṅkaiḥ(1) vṛścikārtiharaṃ śṛṇu mañjiṣṭhā candanaṃ vyoṣapuṣpaṃ śirīṣakaumudaṃ

and the seed of karañja — with pastes of these; (now) hear what removes the affliction of a scorpion: mañjiṣṭhā, sandal, the flower of vyoṣa(?), śirīṣa, kaumuda,

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AgP 297.11

संयोज्याश् चतुरो योगा लेपादौ वृश्चिकापहाः ॐ नमो भगवते रुद्राय चिवि २(२) छिन्द २ किरि २ भिन्द २ खड्गे न छेदय २ शूलेन भेदय २ चक्रेण दारय २ ॐ ह्रूं फट् मन्त्रेण मन्त्रितो देयो गर्धभादीन्निकृन्तति

saṃyojyāś caturo yogā lepādau vṛścikāpahāḥ oṃ namo bhagavate rudrāya civi 2(2) chinda 2 kiri 2 bhinda 2 khaḍge na chedaya 2 śūlena bhedaya 2 cakreṇa dāraya 2 oṃ hrūṃ phaṭ mantreṇa mantrito deyo gardhabhādīnnikṛntati

— four combinations are to be made, which as ointment and so on remove (the effects of) the scorpion. 'Oṃ, homage to the Lord Rudra, civi civi, cut cut, scatter scatter, split split, cut (him) down with the sword, pierce with the spear, tear apart with the discus, oṃ hrūṃ phaṭ.' What is given consecrated with this spell destroys (the poison) of the donkey and the rest.

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AgP 297.12

त्रिफलोशीरमुस्ताम्बुमांसीपद्मकचन्दनं अजाक्षीरेण पानादेर्गर्धभादेर्विषं हरेत्

triphalośīramustāmbumāṃsīpadmakacandanaṃ ajākṣīreṇa pānādergardhabhāderviṣaṃ haret

The three myrobalans, uśīra, mustā, water(?), māṃsī, padmaka and sandal, with goat's milk as a drink and so forth, would remove the poison of the donkey and the rest.

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AgP 297.13

हरेत् शिरीषपञ्चाङ्गं व्योषं शतपदीविषं सकन्धरं शिरीषास्थि हरेदुन्दूरजं विषं

haret śirīṣapañcāṅgaṃ vyoṣaṃ śatapadīviṣaṃ sakandharaṃ śirīṣāsthi haredundūrajaṃ viṣaṃ

The five parts of śirīṣa and the three pungents would remove the poison of the centipede; the seed of śirīṣa with kandhara(?) would remove the poison arising from a rat.

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AgP 297.14

व्योषं ससर्पिः पिण्डीतमूलमस्य विषं हरेत् :न् १ तत्पक्षैर् इति ज॥ , ञ॥ , ट॥ च २ चिरि २ इति ज॥ :प् १०२ क्षारव्योषवचाडिङ्गुविडङ्गं सैन्धवन्नतं

vyoṣaṃ sasarpiḥ piṇḍītamūlamasya viṣaṃ haret :n 1 tatpakṣair iti ja.. , ña.. , ṭa.. ca 2 ciri 2 iti ja.. :p 102 kṣāravyoṣavacāḍiṅguviḍaṅgaṃ saindhavannataṃ

The three pungents with ghee, and the root of piṇḍīta, would remove its poison. [note: 'tatpakṣaiḥ' in mss ja, ña, ṭa; 'ciri ciri' in ms ja] Alkali, the three pungents, vacā, āḍiṅgu(?), viḍaṅga, rock salt, nata,

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AgP 297.15

अम्बष्ठातिबलाकुष्ठं सर्वकीटविषं हरेत् यष्टिव्योषगुडक्षीरयोगः(१) शूनो विषापहः

ambaṣṭhātibalākuṣṭhaṃ sarvakīṭaviṣaṃ haret yaṣṭivyoṣaguḍakṣīrayogaḥ(1) śūno viṣāpahaḥ

ambaṣṭhā, atibalā and kuṣṭha would remove the poison of all insects. A preparation of liquorice, the three pungents, molasses and milk removes the poison (attended by) swelling.

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AgP 297.16

ॐ सुभद्रायै नमः ॐ सुप्रभायै नमः यान्यौषधानि गृह्यन्ते विधानेन विना जनैः

oṃ subhadrāyai namaḥ oṃ suprabhāyai namaḥ yānyauṣadhāni gṛhyante vidhānena vinā janaiḥ

'Oṃ, homage to Subhadrā; oṃ, homage to Suprabhā.' Whatever drugs are taken by people without the (proper) procedure —

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AgP 297.17

तेषां वीजन्त्व्या ग्राह्यमिति ब्रह्माब्रवीच्च ताम् ताम्प्रणम्यौषधीम्पश्चात् यवान् प्रक्षिप्य मुष्टिना

teṣāṃ vījantvyā grāhyamiti brahmābravīcca tām tāmpraṇamyauṣadhīmpaścāt yavān prakṣipya muṣṭinā

'their seed-syllable is to be taken by you' — so said Brahmā to her. Having bowed to that herb, then, casting barley (upon it) with the fist,

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AgP 297.18

दश जप्त्वा मन्त्रमिदं नमस्कुर्यात्तदौषधं त्वामुद्धराम्यूर्ध्वनेत्रामनेनैव च भक्षयेत्

daśa japtvā mantramidaṃ namaskuryāttadauṣadhaṃ tvāmuddharāmyūrdhvanetrāmanenaiva ca bhakṣayet

having muttered this spell ten times, one should salute that drug: 'I pluck you up, you whose eyes are upward' — and with this very (spell) one should eat it.

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AgP 297.19

नमः पुरुषसिंहाय नमो गोपालकाय च आत्मनैवाभिजानाति रणे कृष्णपराजयं

namaḥ puruṣasiṃhāya namo gopālakāya ca ātmanaivābhijānāti raṇe kṛṣṇaparājayaṃ

'Homage to the Man-lion, and homage to the Cowherd. He knows by himself that in battle Kṛṣṇa is never defeated.'

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AgP 297.20

एतेन सत्यवाक्येन अगदो मे ऽस्तु सिध्यतु नमो वैदूर्यमाते तन्न २ रक्ष मां सर्वविषेभ्यो गौरि गान्धारि चाण्डालि मातङ्गिनि स्वाहा हरिमाये औषधादौ प्रयोक्तव्यो मन्त्रो ऽयं स्थावरे विषे

etena satyavākyena agado me 'stu sidhyatu namo vaidūryamāte tanna 2 rakṣa māṃ sarvaviṣebhyo gauri gāndhāri cāṇḍāli mātaṅgini svāhā harimāye auṣadhādau prayoktavyo mantro 'yaṃ sthāvare viṣe

“By this true utterance let (this) antidote be mine, let it succeed. Homage! O Vaidūrya-mother, protect me, protect me from all poisons — Gaurī, Gāndhārī, Cāṇḍālī, Mātaṅginī, svāhā, Harimāyā!” This spell is to be applied to the drug and the rest in the case of immobile (plant-derived) poison.

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AgP 297.21

भुक्तमात्रे स्थिते ज्वाले पद्मं शीताम्बुसेवितं पाययेत्सघृतं क्षौद्रं विषञ्चेत्तदनन्तरं

bhuktamātre sthite jvāle padmaṃ śītāmbusevitaṃ pāyayetsaghṛtaṃ kṣaudraṃ viṣañcettadanantaraṃ

When, as soon as (the food) is eaten, burning remains, (the physician) should have (the patient) drink a lotus (preparation) steeped in cold water, together with ghee and honey; thereafter the poison (is removed).

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