Agni Purana — Chapter 300
AgP 300.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे ग्रहहृन्मन्त्रादिकं नाम नवनवत्यधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {३००} :श् अथ त्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः सूर्यार्चनम् अग्निर् उवाच शय्या तु दण्डिसाजेशपावकश् चतुराननः सर्वार्थसाधकमिदं वीजं पिण्डार्थमुच्यते
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe grahahṛnmantrādikaṃ nāma navanavatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {300} :ś atha triśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ sūryārcanam agnir uvāca śayyā tu daṇḍisājeśapāvakaś caturānanaḥ sarvārthasādhakamidaṃ vījaṃ piṇḍārthamucyate
Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa the two hundred ninety-ninth chapter, called "Mantras and so forth that destroy the (evil) planets/seizers." Chapter 300. Now the three-hundredth chapter: the worship of the Sun. Agni said: Śayyā, the staff-bearer, sāja, the lord, fire, and the four-faced one — this seed-syllable, accomplishing every aim, is declared for the purpose of the (mantra-)body.
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AgP 300.2
स्वयं दीर्घस्वराद्यञ्च वीजेष्वङ्गानि सर्वशः खातं साधु विषञ्चैव सविन्दुं सकलं तथा
svayaṃ dīrghasvarādyañca vījeṣvaṅgāni sarvaśaḥ khātaṃ sādhu viṣañcaiva savinduṃ sakalaṃ tathā
And the long vowels themselves and so forth are, in the seed-syllables, the limbs in every way; likewise (the letter) 'khāta', 'sādhu', and 'viṣa', together with the dot (anusvāra) and with the whole (consonant).
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AgP 300.3
:प् ११२ गणस्य पञ्च वीजानि पृथग्दृष्टफलं महत् गणं जयाय नमः एकदंष्ट्राय अचलकर्णिने गजवक्त्राय महोहरहस्ताय पञ्चाङ्गं सर्वसामान्यं सिद्धिः स्याल्लक्षजाप्यतेः
:p 112 gaṇasya pañca vījāni pṛthagdṛṣṭaphalaṃ mahat gaṇaṃ jayāya namaḥ ekadaṃṣṭrāya acalakarṇine gajavaktrāya mahoharahastāya pañcāṅgaṃ sarvasāmānyaṃ siddhiḥ syāllakṣajāpyateḥ
There are five seed-syllables of Gaṇa; each separately has been seen to have great fruit. (Namely:) "gaṇaṃ," "to Jaya, homage," "to the one-tusked," "to the one with unmoving ears," "to the elephant-faced," "to the one whose hand is a great snatcher" — the five limbs (of the mantra) are common to all (purposes); success comes from a hundred-thousand recitations.
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AgP 300.4
गणाधिपतये गणेश्वराय गणनायकाय गणक्रीडाय दिग्दले पूजयेन्मूर्तीः पुरावच्चाङ्गपञ्चकम् वक्रतुण्डाय एकदंष्ट्राय महोदराय गजवक्त्राय विकटाय विघ्नराजाय धूम्रवर्णाय दिग्विदिक्षु यजेदेताल्लोकांशांश् चैव मुद्रया
gaṇādhipataye gaṇeśvarāya gaṇanāyakāya gaṇakrīḍāya digdale pūjayenmūrtīḥ purāvaccāṅgapañcakam vakratuṇḍāya ekadaṃṣṭrāya mahodarāya gajavaktrāya vikaṭāya vighnarājāya dhūmravarṇāya digvidikṣu yajedetāllokāṃśāṃś caiva mudrayā
With "to the lord of the hosts," "to the lord of Gaṇas," "to the leader of the hosts," "to him whose play is with the hosts" — one should worship the (four) forms on the petals in the (four) directions, and the group of five limbs as before. With "to the crooked-trunked," "to the one-tusked," "to the big-bellied," "to the elephant-faced," "to the fearsome one," "to the king of obstacles," "to the smoke-coloured" — in the directions and intermediate directions he should worship these, and also the world-portions, with the hand-gesture.
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AgP 300.5
मध्यमातर्जनीमध्यगताङ्गुष्ठौ समुष्टिकौ चतुर्भुजो मोदकाढ्यो दण्डपाशाङ्कुशान्वितः
madhyamātarjanīmadhyagatāṅguṣṭhau samuṣṭikau caturbhujo modakāḍhyo daṇḍapāśāṅkuśānvitaḥ
(In the gesture) the two thumbs go between the middle and index fingers, with the fists closed. (The god is) four-armed, rich in sweetmeats, holding a staff, noose and goad.
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AgP 300.6
दन्तभक्षधरं रक्तं साब्जं पाशाड्कुशैर् वृतम् पूजयेत्तं चतुर्थ्याञ्च विशेषेनाथ नित्यशः
dantabhakṣadharaṃ raktaṃ sābjaṃ pāśāḍkuśair vṛtam pūjayettaṃ caturthyāñca viśeṣenātha nityaśaḥ
One should worship him as holding a tusk and food, red, with a lotus, encircled by noose and goad — daily, and especially on the fourth (lunar day).
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AgP 300.7
श्वेतार्कमूलेन कृतं सर्वाप्तिः स्यात्तिलैर् घृतैः तण्डुलैर् दधिमध्वाज्यैः सौभाग्यं वश्यता भवेत्
śvetārkamūlena kṛtaṃ sarvāptiḥ syāttilair ghṛtaiḥ taṇḍulair dadhimadhvājyaiḥ saubhāgyaṃ vaśyatā bhavet
(An image) made with the root of white arka brings the attainment of everything; with sesame and ghee, with rice, with curds, honey and clarified butter, there comes good fortune and the power to subdue (others).
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AgP 300.8
घोषासृक्प्राणधात्वर्दी दण्डी गार्तण्डभैरवः धर्मार्थकाममोक्षाणां कर्ता विम्बपुटावृतः
ghoṣāsṛkprāṇadhātvardī daṇḍī gārtaṇḍabhairavaḥ dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ kartā vimbapuṭāvṛtaḥ
(He is) ghoṣa, blood, breath, the element, ardī(?), the staff-bearer, Gārtaṇḍa-Bhairava; the maker of dharma, wealth, pleasure and liberation, encircled by a shell-like orb.
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AgP 300.9
ह्रस्वाः स्युर्मूर्तर्यः पञ्च दीर्घा अङ्गानि तस्य च सिन्दूरारुणमीशाने वामार्धदयितं रविं
hrasvāḥ syurmūrtaryaḥ pañca dīrghā aṅgāni tasya ca sindūrāruṇamīśāne vāmārdhadayitaṃ raviṃ
The five forms should be with short vowels, and its limbs with long ones. (One should worship) the sun, vermilion-red, dear to (his) left half, in the north-east.
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AgP 300.10
आग्नेयादिषु कोणेषु कुजमन्दाहिकेतवः स्नात्वा विधिवदादित्यमाराध्यार्घ्यपुरःसरं
āgneyādiṣu koṇeṣu kujamandāhiketavaḥ snātvā vidhivadādityamārādhyārghyapuraḥsaraṃ
In the corners beginning with the south-east (are) Mars, Saturn, Rāhu and Ketu. Having bathed, having duly propitiated the Sun, beginning with the water-offering —
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AgP 300.11
कृतान्तमैशे निर्माल्यं तेजश् चण्डाय दीपितं रोचना कुङ्कुमं वारि रक्तगन्धाक्षताङ्कुराः
kṛtāntamaiśe nirmālyaṃ tejaś caṇḍāya dīpitaṃ rocanā kuṅkumaṃ vāri raktagandhākṣatāṅkurāḥ
(one places) Kṛtānta (Death) in the north-east, the used offerings (there), and the kindled radiance for Caṇḍa. Yellow pigment, saffron, water, red sandal-paste, unbroken grains and sprouts,
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AgP 300.12
:प् ११३ वेणुवीजयवाःशालिश्यामाकतिलराजिकाः जवापुष्पान्वितां दत्वा पात्रैः शिरसि धार्य तत्(१)
:p 113 veṇuvījayavāḥśāliśyāmākatilarājikāḥ javāpuṣpānvitāṃ datvā pātraiḥ śirasi dhārya tat(1)
bamboo seeds, barley, water, śāli rice, śyāmāka millet, sesame, and mustard seeds — having placed (these), (the offering) together with hibiscus flowers, and holding that on the head in the vessels,
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AgP 300.13
जानुभ्यामवनीङ्गत्वा सूर्यायार्घ्यं निवेदयेत् स्वविद्यामन्त्रितैः कुम्भैर् नवभिः प्रार्च्य वै ग्रहान्
jānubhyāmavanīṅgatvā sūryāyārghyaṃ nivedayet svavidyāmantritaiḥ kumbhair navabhiḥ prārcya vai grahān
having gone down to the ground on both knees, he should present the water-offering to the Sun. Having first worshipped the planets with nine pots consecrated by their own (respective) vidyā-mantras,
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AgP 300.14
ग्रहादिशान्तये स्नानं जप्त्वार्कं सर्वमाप्नुयात् संग्रामविजयं साग्निं वीजदोषं सविन्दुकं
grahādiśāntaye snānaṃ japtvārkaṃ sarvamāpnuyāt saṃgrāmavijayaṃ sāgniṃ vījadoṣaṃ savindukaṃ
(he performs) the bath for the appeasement of the planets and the rest; by reciting (the mantra of) the Sun he obtains everything, and victory in battle — the seed-syllable with fire and with the dot, (though) with the defect of the seed...
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AgP 300.15
न्यस्य मूर्धादिपादान्तं मूलं पूज्य तु मुद्रया स्वाङ्गानि च यथान्यासमात्मानं भावयेद्रविं
nyasya mūrdhādipādāntaṃ mūlaṃ pūjya tu mudrayā svāṅgāni ca yathānyāsamātmānaṃ bhāvayedraviṃ
Having placed (the mantras) from the head down to the feet, and having worshipped the root-mantra with the (appropriate) mudrā, and one's own limbs according to the (prescribed) placement, one should conceive of oneself as the Sun.
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AgP 300.16
ध्यानञ्च मारणस्तम्भे पीतगाप्यायने सितम् रिपुघातविधौ(२) कृष्णं मोहयेच्छक्रचापवत्
dhyānañca māraṇastambhe pītagāpyāyane sitam ripughātavidhau(2) kṛṣṇaṃ mohayecchakracāpavat
And the meditation: in (rites of) killing and immobilizing, (visualize the deity as) yellow(?); in (rites of) nourishing, white; in the procedure for slaying an enemy, black; (and) one should bewilder (an enemy visualizing the deity) as like a rainbow.
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AgP 300.17
यो ऽभिषेकजपध्यानपूजाहोमपरः सदा तेजस्वी हृजयः श्रीमान् समुद्रादौ जयं लभेत्
yo 'bhiṣekajapadhyānapūjāhomaparaḥ sadā tejasvī hṛjayaḥ śrīmān samudrādau jayaṃ labhet
He who is always devoted to consecration, recitation, meditation, worship and oblation becomes full of splendour, ... of heart(?), prosperous, and gains victory in the ocean (i.e. at sea) and elsewhere.
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AgP 300.18
ताम्बूलादाविदं न्यस्य जप्त्वा दद्यादुशीरकं न्यस्तुवीजेन हस्तेन स्पर्शनं तद्वशे स्मृतं
tāmbūlādāvidaṃ nyasya japtvā dadyāduśīrakaṃ nyastuvījena hastena sparśanaṃ tadvaśe smṛtaṃ
Having placed this (mantra) upon betel and the like and having recited it, one should give (it, together with) uśīra; and touching with a hand into which the seed-syllable has been placed is held (to bring a person) under one's power.
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