Agni Purana — Chapter 299
AgP 299.1
ब्रह्मा विष्णुः शिवः स्कन्दो गौरो गौरीलक्ष्मीर्गणादयः ॥अप्_२९८।०५१घ् :ए इत्य् आग्नये महापुराणे बालग्रहहरं बालतन्त्रं नाम अष्टनवत्यधिकद्विषततमो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् {२९९} :श् अथ नवनवत्यधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः ग्रहहृन्मन्त्रादिकम् अग्निर् उवाच ग्रहापहारमन्त्रादीन् वक्ष्ये ग्रहविमर्दनान् हर्षेच्छाभयशोकादिविरुद्धाशुचिभोजनात्
brahmā viṣṇuḥ śivaḥ skando gauro gaurīlakṣmīrgaṇādayaḥ //ap_298.051gh :e ity āgnaye mahāpurāṇe bālagrahaharaṃ bālatantraṃ nāma aṣṭanavatyadhikadviṣatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter {299} :ś atha navanavatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ grahahṛnmantrādikam agnir uvāca grahāpahāramantrādīn vakṣye grahavimardanān harṣecchābhayaśokādiviruddhāśucibhojanāt
Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva, Skanda, Gaura, Gaurī, Lakṣmī, the Gaṇas and the rest. [Thus in the glorious Agni Mahāpurāṇa the 298th chapter, called the Bālatantra which removes child-seizers.] [Chapter 299: mantras and so on that remove seizers.] Agni said: I shall declare the mantras and the rest that take away the seizers and crush the seizers. From joy, desire, fear, grief and the like, (and) from incompatible and impure food, ...
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AgP 299.2
गुरुदेवादिकोपाच्च पञ्चोन्मादा भवन्त्य् अथ त्रिदोषजाः सन्निपाता आगन्तुरिति ते स्मृताः
gurudevādikopācca pañconmādā bhavanty atha tridoṣajāḥ sannipātā āganturiti te smṛtāḥ
... and from the anger of the teacher, the deity and so on, five kinds of madness arise; those born of the three humours, those from their combination, and the adventitious — so they are recorded.
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AgP 299.3
देवादयो ग्रहा जाता रुद्रक्रोधादनेकधा सरित्सरस्तडागादौ शैलोपवनसेतुषु
devādayo grahā jātā rudrakrodhādanekadhā saritsarastaḍāgādau śailopavanasetuṣu
The seizers, the gods and the rest, arose in many forms from Rudra's wrath, in rivers, lakes, ponds and so on, on mountains, in groves and on dams.
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AgP 299.4
नदीसङ्गे शून्यगृहे विलद्वार्येकवृक्षके ग्रहा गृह्णन्ति पुंसश् च श्रियः(१) सुप्ताञ्च गर्भिणीम्
nadīsaṅge śūnyagṛhe viladvāryekavṛkṣake grahā gṛhṇanti puṃsaś ca śriyaḥ(1) suptāñca garbhiṇīm
At the confluence of rivers, in an empty house, at the mouth of a hole, at a solitary tree, the seizers seize men, and women (or: prosperity), and a sleeping woman, and a pregnant woman.
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AgP 299.5
आसन्नपुष्पान्नग्नाञ्च ऋतुस्नानं करोति या अवमानं नृणां वैरं विघ्नं भाग्यविपर्ययः
āsannapuṣpānnagnāñca ṛtusnānaṃ karoti yā avamānaṃ nṛṇāṃ vairaṃ vighnaṃ bhāgyaviparyayaḥ
And (they seize) a woman whose menses have just come, one who is naked, and one who performs the bath after her period — (whence come) contempt from men, enmity, obstruction, and reversal of fortune.
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AgP 299.6
देवतागुरुधर्मादिसदाचारादिलङ्घनम् :न् १ स्त्रिय इति ञ॥ , ट॥ च :प् १०९ पतनं शैलवृक्षादेर्विधुन्वन्मूर्धजं मुहुः
devatāgurudharmādisadācārādilaṅghanam :n 1 striya iti ña.. , ṭa.. ca :p 109 patanaṃ śailavṛkṣādervidhunvanmūrdhajaṃ muhuḥ
Transgression against deities, teachers, the law, good conduct and the rest [note: 'striyaḥ' in ña and ṭa; p. 109]; falling from a mountain, a tree, and so on; repeatedly shaking the hair of the head;
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AgP 299.7
रुदन्नृत्यति रक्ताक्षो हूंरूपो ऽनुग्रही नरः उद्विग्नः शूलदाहार्तः क्षुत्तृष्णार्तः शिरोर्तिमान्
rudannṛtyati raktākṣo hūṃrūpo 'nugrahī naraḥ udvignaḥ śūladāhārtaḥ kṣuttṛṣṇārtaḥ śirortimān
Weeping, he dances, red-eyed, of fierce (hūṃ-uttering) form — such a man is seized; agitated, tormented by stabbing pain and burning, afflicted by hunger and thirst, suffering headache.
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AgP 299.8
देहि दहीति याचेत बलिकामग्रही नरः स्त्रीमालाभोगस्नानेच्छूरतिकामग्रही नरः
dehi dahīti yāceta balikāmagrahī naraḥ strīmālābhogasnānecchūratikāmagrahī naraḥ
"Give! Give!" — so does the man beg (who is) seized by a graha that craves offerings; the man seized by a graha of excessive lust (craves) women, garlands, enjoyment and bathing.
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AgP 299.9
महासुदर्शनो व्योमव्यापी विटपनासिकः(१) पातालनारसिंहाद्या चण्डीमन्त्रा ग्रहार्दनाः
mahāsudarśano vyomavyāpī viṭapanāsikaḥ(1) pātālanārasiṃhādyā caṇḍīmantrā grahārdanāḥ
Mahāsudarśana, Vyomavyāpin, Viṭapanāsika, Pātālanārasiṃha and the rest, and the Caṇḍī mantras: (these) crush the grahas.
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AgP 299.10
पृश्नीहिङ्गुवचाचक्रशिरीषदयितम्परम् पाशाङ्कुशधरं देवमक्षमालाकपालिनम्
pṛśnīhiṅguvacācakraśirīṣadayitamparam pāśāṅkuśadharaṃ devamakṣamālākapālinam
Pṛśnī(parṇī), hiṅgu, vacā, cakra, śirīṣa ... (?) ... beyond; (one should meditate on) the god bearing noose and goad, holding a rosary and a skull.
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AgP 299.11
खट्टाङ्गाब्जादिशिक्तिञ्च दधानं चतुराननम् अन्तर्वाह्यादिखट्टाङ्गपद्मस्थं रविमण्डले
khaṭṭāṅgābjādiśiktiñca dadhānaṃ caturānanam antarvāhyādikhaṭṭāṅgapadmasthaṃ ravimaṇḍale
and bearing the khaṭvāṅga, the lotus and the rest, and the spear, four-faced, standing on the lotus with the khaṭvāṅga, inner and outer and so forth, within the solar disc.
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AgP 299.12
आदित्यादियुतं प्रार्च्य उदितेर्के ऽर्घ्यकं ददेत् श्वासविषाग्निविप्रकुण्डीहृल्लेखासकलो भृगुः
ādityādiyutaṃ prārcya uditerke 'rghyakaṃ dadet śvāsaviṣāgniviprakuṇḍīhṛllekhāsakalo bhṛguḥ
Having first worshipped (him) together with Āditya and the others, one should offer arghya when the sun has risen. Breath (ha), poison, fire (ra), the brahmin-syllable, kuṇḍī, the hṛllekhā, together with Bhṛgu (sa) and the bindu—
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AgP 299.13
अर्काय भूर्भुवःस्वश् च ज्वालिनीं कुलमुद्गरम् पद्मासनो ऽरुणो रक्तवस्त्रसद्युतिविश्वकः
arkāya bhūrbhuvaḥsvaś ca jvālinīṃ kulamudgaram padmāsano 'ruṇo raktavastrasadyutiviśvakaḥ
"to Arka" and bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ, and Jvālinī, Kulamudgara. (He is) lotus-seated, ruddy, with red garments, of like radiance, all-pervading;
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AgP 299.14
उदारः पद्मधृग्दोर्भ्यां सौम्यः सर्वाङ्गभूषितः रक्ता हृदादयः सौम्या वरदाः पद्मधारिणः
udāraḥ padmadhṛgdorbhyāṃ saumyaḥ sarvāṅgabhūṣitaḥ raktā hṛdādayaḥ saumyā varadāḥ padmadhāriṇaḥ
noble, holding lotuses in his two arms, benign, adorned on every limb; red are the heart (mantra) and the rest, benign, boon-granting, lotus-bearing.
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AgP 299.15
विद्युत्पुञ्जनिभं वस्त्रं श्वेतः सौम्यो ऽरुणः कुजः बुधस्तद्वद्गुरुः पीतः शुक्लः शुक्रः शनैश् चरः
vidyutpuñjanibhaṃ vastraṃ śvetaḥ saumyo 'ruṇaḥ kujaḥ budhastadvadguruḥ pītaḥ śuklaḥ śukraḥ śanaiś caraḥ
(His) garment resembles a mass of lightning. The Moon is white and benign, Mars ruddy; Mercury likewise, Jupiter yellow, Venus white, and Saturn (dark).
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AgP 299.16
कृष्णाङ्गारनिभो राहुर्धूम्रः केतुरुदाहृतः वामोरुवामहस्तान्ते दक्षहस्ताभयप्रदा
kṛṣṇāṅgāranibho rāhurdhūmraḥ keturudāhṛtaḥ vāmoruvāmahastānte dakṣahastābhayapradā
Rāhu resembles black charcoal; Ketu is declared to be smoke-coloured. (The hand rests) at the end of the left thigh and the left hand, while the right hand grants fearlessness.
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AgP 299.17
स्वनामाद्यन्तु वीजास्ते हस्तौ संशोध्य चास्त्रतः :न् १ विपिटनासिक इति ञ॥ :प् ११० अङ्गुष्ठादौ तले नेत्रे हृदाद्यं व्यापकं न्यसेत्
svanāmādyantu vījāste hastau saṃśodhya cāstrataḥ :n 1 vipiṭanāsika iti ña.. :p 110 aṅguṣṭhādau tale netre hṛdādyaṃ vyāpakaṃ nyaset
Their seed-syllables have their own names at the beginning and end. Having purified the two hands with the astra (mantra), one should place (the mantras) on the thumb and the rest, on the palm, on the eyes, (and) place the heart-mantra and the others as all-pervading.
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AgP 299.18
मूलवीजैस्त्रिभिः प्राणध्यायकं न्यस्य साङ्गकम् प्रक्षाल्य पात्रमस्त्रेण मूलेनापूर्य वारिणा
mūlavījaistribhiḥ prāṇadhyāyakaṃ nyasya sāṅgakam prakṣālya pātramastreṇa mūlenāpūrya vāriṇā
Having installed the vivifier of breath with the three root seed-syllables, together with its ancillaries, and having washed the vessel with the astra (mantra), having filled it with water using the root (mantra),
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AgP 299.19
गन्धपुष्पाक्षतं न्यस्य दूर्वामर्घ्यञ्च मन्त्रयेत् आत्मानं तेन सम्प्रोक्ष्य पूजाद्रव्यञ्च वै ध्रुवम्
gandhapuṣpākṣataṃ nyasya dūrvāmarghyañca mantrayet ātmānaṃ tena samprokṣya pūjādravyañca vai dhruvam
having placed in it perfume, flowers and unhusked grain, and dūrvā grass, one should consecrate the arghya with mantras; with that he should sprinkle himself and also the materials of worship, firmly indeed.
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AgP 299.20
प्रभूतं विमलं सारमाराध्यं परमं सुखम् पीठाद्यान् कल्पयेदेतान् हृदा मध्ये विदिक्षु च
prabhūtaṃ vimalaṃ sāramārādhyaṃ paramaṃ sukham pīṭhādyān kalpayedetān hṛdā madhye vidikṣu ca
Abundant, stainless, the essence, worthy of worship, supreme bliss: these—the seat and the rest—he should call into being with the heart-mantra, in the centre and in the intermediate directions.
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AgP 299.21
पीठोपरि हृदा मध्ये दिक्षु चैव विदिक्षु च पीठोपरि हृदाब्जञ्च केशवेष्वष्टशक्तयः
pīṭhopari hṛdā madhye dikṣu caiva vidikṣu ca pīṭhopari hṛdābjañca keśaveṣvaṣṭaśaktayaḥ
Above the seat, with the heart-mantra, in the centre, and in the cardinal and the intermediate directions; and (he places) the lotus above the seat with the heart-mantra: the eight powers upon the Keśavas.
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AgP 299.22
वां दीप्तां वीं तथा सुक्ष्मां वुञ्जयां वूञ्चभाद्रिकां वें विभूतीं वैं विमलां वोमसिघातविद्युताम्
vāṃ dīptāṃ vīṃ tathā sukṣmāṃ vuñjayāṃ vūñcabhādrikāṃ veṃ vibhūtīṃ vaiṃ vimalāṃ vomasighātavidyutām
vāṃ Dīptā, vīṃ likewise Sūkṣmā, vuṃ Jayā, vūṃ Bhadrikā, veṃ Vibhūti, vaiṃ Vimalā, voṃ ... Vidyut,
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AgP 299.23
वौं सर्वतोमुखीं वं पीठं वः प्रार्च्य रविं यजेत् आवाह्य दद्यात् पाद्यादि हृत्षडङ्गेन सुव्रत
vauṃ sarvatomukhīṃ vaṃ pīṭhaṃ vaḥ prārcya raviṃ yajet āvāhya dadyāt pādyādi hṛtṣaḍaṅgena suvrata
vauṃ Sarvatomukhī, vaṃ the seat, vaḥ—having thus worshipped, he should worship the Sun. Having invoked (him), he should offer water for the feet and the rest, with the heart-mantra and the six ancillaries, O you of good vows.
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AgP 299.24
खकारौ दण्डिनौ चण्डौ मज्जा दशनसंयुता मांसदीर्घा जरद्वायुहृदैतत् सर्वदं रवेः
khakārau daṇḍinau caṇḍau majjā daśanasaṃyutā māṃsadīrghā jaradvāyuhṛdaitat sarvadaṃ raveḥ
The two kha-syllables, the two staff-bearers, the two fierce ones, marrow joined with the tooth(-syllable), the long flesh(-syllable), the aged one, the wind(-syllable), the heart(-syllable)—this (mantra) of the Sun grants everything.
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AgP 299.25
वह्नीशरक्षो मरुताम् किक्षु पूज्या हृदादयः स्वमन्त्रैः कर्णिकान्तस्था दिक्ष्वस्त्रं पुरतः सदृक्
vahnīśarakṣo marutām kikṣu pūjyā hṛdādayaḥ svamantraiḥ karṇikāntasthā dikṣvastraṃ purataḥ sadṛk
In the (quarters) of fire, of Īśa, of the demon (Nirṛti) and of the wind, the heart-mantra and the rest are to be worshipped in the corners, each with its own mantra, standing up to the pericarp; the astra (is placed) in the directions, in front, and likewise.
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AgP 299.26
पूर्वादिदिक्षु सम्पूज्याश् चन्द्रज्ञगुरुभार्गवाः नस्याञ्जनादि कुर्वीत साजमूत्रैर् ग्रहापहैः
pūrvādidikṣu sampūjyāś candrajñagurubhārgavāḥ nasyāñjanādi kurvīta sājamūtrair grahāpahaiḥ
In the eastern and the other directions the Moon, Mercury, Jupiter and Venus are to be worshipped. One should administer nasal drops, eye-salves and so forth, together with goat's urine, which drive away the grahas.
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AgP 299.27
पाठापथ्यावचाशिग्रुसिन्धूव्योषैः पृथक् फलैः अजाक्षीराढके पक्वसर्पिः सर्वग्रहान् हरेत्
pāṭhāpathyāvacāśigrusindhūvyoṣaiḥ pṛthak phalaiḥ ajākṣīrāḍhake pakvasarpiḥ sarvagrahān haret
With pāṭhā, pathyā, vacā, śigru, sindhu-salt and the three pungents, with the fruits separately, ghee cooked in an āḍhaka of goat's milk removes all the grahas.
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AgP 299.28
वृश्चिकालीफलीकुष्ठं लवणानि च शार्ङ्गकम् अपस्मारविनाशाय तज्जलं त्वभिभोजयेत्
vṛścikālīphalīkuṣṭhaṃ lavaṇāni ca śārṅgakam apasmāravināśāya tajjalaṃ tvabhibhojayet
Vṛścikālī, phalī, kuṣṭha, the salts, and śārṅgaka — for the destruction of epilepsy one should have (the patient) consume that decoction-water (with the food).
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AgP 299.29
:प् १११ विदारीकुशकाशेक्षुक्वाथजं पाययेत् पयः द्रोणे सयष्टिकुष्माण्डरसे सर्पिश् च संस्कृतौ
:p 111 vidārīkuśakāśekṣukvāthajaṃ pāyayet payaḥ droṇe sayaṣṭikuṣmāṇḍarase sarpiś ca saṃskṛtau
He should have (the patient) drink milk produced from a decoction of vidārī, kuśa, kāśa and sugarcane; and ghee, both prepared in a droṇa-measure of the juice of yaṣṭi(madhu) and pumpkin.
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AgP 299.30
पञ्चगव्यं घृतं तद्वद्योगं ज्वरहरं शृणु ॐ भस्मास्त्राय विद्महे एकदंष्ट्राय धीमहि तन्नो ज्वरः प्रचोदयात् कृष्णोषणनिशारास्नाद्राक्षातैलं गुडं लिहेत्
pañcagavyaṃ ghṛtaṃ tadvadyogaṃ jvaraharaṃ śṛṇu oṃ bhasmāstrāya vidmahe ekadaṃṣṭrāya dhīmahi tanno jvaraḥ pracodayāt kṛṣṇoṣaṇaniśārāsnādrākṣātailaṃ guḍaṃ lihet
Ghee (mixed with) the five cow-products likewise. Hear the fever-removing formula: Oṃ, we know the weapon of ashes, we meditate on the one-tusked; may that (god) impel away our fever. He should lick oil of kṛṣṇa (pepper), uṣaṇa, niśā, rāsnā and grapes, together with molasses.
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AgP 299.31
श्वासवानथ वा भार्गीं सयष्टिमधुसर्पिषा पाठा तिक्ता कणा भार्गी अथवा मधुना लिहेत्
śvāsavānatha vā bhārgīṃ sayaṣṭimadhusarpiṣā pāṭhā tiktā kaṇā bhārgī athavā madhunā lihet
One who suffers from asthma should (take) bhārgī with yaṣṭimadhu, honey, and ghee; or he should lick pāṭhā, tiktā, kaṇā and bhārgī with honey.
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AgP 299.32
धात्री विश्वसिता कृष्णा मुस्ता खर्जूरमागधी पिवरश्चेति हिक्काघ्नं तत् त्रयं मधुना लिहेत्
dhātrī viśvasitā kṛṣṇā mustā kharjūramāgadhī pivaraśceti hikkāghnaṃ tat trayaṃ madhunā lihet
Dhātrī, viśvasitā (ginger), kṛṣṇā, mustā, date and māgadhī, and pivara — this kills hiccups; those three he should lick with honey.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 299.33
कामली जीरमाण्डूकीनिशाधात्रीरसं पिवेत् व्योषपद्मकत्रिफलाकिडङ्गदेवदारवः रास्नाचूर्णं समं खण्डैर् जग्ध्वा कासहरं ध्रुवम्
kāmalī jīramāṇḍūkīniśādhātrīrasaṃ pivet vyoṣapadmakatriphalākiḍaṅgadevadāravaḥ rāsnācūrṇaṃ samaṃ khaṇḍair jagdhvā kāsaharaṃ dhruvam
One suffering from jaundice should drink the juice of cumin, māṇḍūkī, niśā and dhātrī. The three pungents, padmaka, triphalā, viḍaṅga, devadāru, and powder of rāsnā, eaten in equal parts with sugar-candy, certainly removes cough.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain