Agni Purana — Chapter 301

AgP 301.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे सूर्यार्चनं नाम त्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {३०१} :श् अथैकाधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः नानामन्त्राः अग्निर् उवाच वाक्कर्मपार्श्वयुक्शुक्रतोककृते मतो प्लवः हुतान्ता देशवर्णेयं विद्या मुख्या सरस्वती

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe sūryārcanaṃ nāma triśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {301} :ś athaikādhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ nānāmantrāḥ agnir uvāca vākkarmapārśvayukśukratokakṛte mato plavaḥ hutāntā deśavarṇeyaṃ vidyā mukhyā sarasvatī

Thus, in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa, the three-hundredth chapter, called "The Worship of the Sun." Now the three-hundred-and-first chapter: Various Mantras. Agni said: (the syllable formed of) vāk (ai) joined with the flank of karma, together with śukra and toka, is held to be the plava(?); ending in "huta" — this vidyā of the letters of the region(?) is the chief (goddess) Sarasvatī.

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AgP 301.2

:न् १ धार्य चेति ख॥ २ विद्युत्पातविधाविति घ॥ , ज॥ , ञ॥ , ट॥ च :प् ११४ अक्षाराशी वर्णलक्षं जपेत् समतिमान् भवेत् अत्रिः सवह्निर्वामाक्षिविन्दुरिन्द्राय हृत्परः

:n 1 dhārya ceti kha.. 2 vidyutpātavidhāviti gha.. , ja.. , ña.. , ṭa.. ca :p 114 akṣārāśī varṇalakṣaṃ japet samatimān bhavet atriḥ savahnirvāmākṣivindurindrāya hṛtparaḥ

[Notes: 1. 'dhārya ca' in ms. kha. 2. 'vidyutpātavidhau' in mss. gha, ja, ña, ṭa. Page 114.] One should recite a lakh of the syllables of the letter-series(?); (thereby) one becomes of balanced intellect. Atri (i.e. a certain letter) together with fire, the left-eye vowel and the bindu, then "indrāya," followed by hṛt (namaḥ).

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AgP 301.3

वज्रपद्मधरं शक्रं पीतमावाह्य पूजयेत् नियुतं होमयेदाज्यतिलांस्तेनाभिषेचयेत्

vajrapadmadharaṃ śakraṃ pītamāvāhya pūjayet niyutaṃ homayedājyatilāṃstenābhiṣecayet

Having invoked Indra, yellow, holding the thunderbolt and the lotus, one should worship him; one should offer a niyuta (of oblations) of ghee and sesame, and with that (mantra) should perform the consecration.

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AgP 301.4

नृपादिर्भ्रष्टरज्यादीन्राज्यपुत्रादिमाप्नुयात् हृल्लेखा शक्तिदेवाख्या दोषाग्निर्दण्डिदण्डवान्

nṛpādirbhraṣṭarajyādīnrājyaputrādimāpnuyāt hṛllekhā śaktidevākhyā doṣāgnirdaṇḍidaṇḍavān

A king or the like, (even one) whose kingdom and the rest is lost, would obtain kingdom, sons and so on. The hṛllekhā (hrīṃ) is named Śakti-devā: (formed of) doṣa(?), fire, the daṇḍī with the daṇḍa(?).

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AgP 301.5

शिवमिष्ट्वा जपेच्छक्तिमष्टम्यादिचतुर्दशीं चक्रपाशाङ्कुशधरां साभयां वरदायिकां

śivamiṣṭvā japecchaktimaṣṭamyādicaturdaśīṃ cakrapāśāṅkuśadharāṃ sābhayāṃ varadāyikāṃ

Having worshipped Śiva, one should recite the Śakti (mantra) from the eighth (lunar day) to the fourteenth — (visualizing her) holding discus, noose and goad, with the gesture of fearlessness and granting boons.

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AgP 301.6

होमादिना च सौभाग्यं कवित्वं पुरवान् भवेत् ॐ ह्रीं ॐ नमः कामाय सर्वजनहिताय सर्वजनमोहनाय प्रज्वलिताय सर्वजनहृदयं ममात्मगतं कुरु २ ॐ एतज्जपादिना मन्त्रओ वशयेत् सकलं जगत्

homādinā ca saubhāgyaṃ kavitvaṃ puravān bhavet oṃ hrīṃ oṃ namaḥ kāmāya sarvajanahitāya sarvajanamohanāya prajvalitāya sarvajanahṛdayaṃ mamātmagataṃ kuru 2 oṃ etajjapādinā mantrao vaśayet sakalaṃ jagat

And by oblation and the rest one obtains good fortune and poetic power, and becomes possessed of a city(?). "Oṃ hrīṃ oṃ, homage to Kāma, the benefactor of all people, the beguiler of all people, the blazing one: make the heart of all people come into my self, make it (so), oṃ." By reciting this mantra and so forth one may subjugate the whole world.

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AgP 301.7

ॐ ह्रीं चामुण्डे अमुकन्दह २ पच २ मम वशमानय २ ठ २ वशीकरणकृन्मन्त्रश्चामुण्डायाः प्रकीर्तितः फलत्रयकषायेण वराङ्गं क्षालयेद्वशे

oṃ hrīṃ cāmuṇḍe amukandaha 2 paca 2 mama vaśamānaya 2 ṭha 2 vaśīkaraṇakṛnmantraścāmuṇḍāyāḥ prakīrtitaḥ phalatrayakaṣāyeṇa varāṅgaṃ kṣālayedvaśe

"Oṃ hrīṃ Cāmuṇḍā, burn, burn so-and-so, cook, cook (him), bring (him) under my power, bring (him), ṭha ṭha" — thus is proclaimed Cāmuṇḍā's mantra that effects subjugation. One should wash the genitals with a decoction of the three fruits (triphalā): (thereby the other) is in one's power.

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AgP 301.8

अश्वगन्धायवैः स्त्री तु निशाकर्पूरकादिना पिप्पलीतण्डुलान्यष्टौ मरिचानि च विंशतिः

aśvagandhāyavaiḥ strī tu niśākarpūrakādinā pippalītaṇḍulānyaṣṭau maricāni ca viṃśatiḥ

With aśvagandhā and barley, a woman (is subjugated); with turmeric, camphor and the like. Eight grains of long pepper and twenty peppercorns—

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AgP 301.9

वृहतीरसलेपश् च वशे स्यान्मरणान्तिकं कटीरमूलत्रिकटुक्षौद्रलेपस् तथा भवेत्

vṛhatīrasalepaś ca vaśe syānmaraṇāntikaṃ kaṭīramūlatrikaṭukṣaudralepas tathā bhavet

And a paste of bṛhatī juice brings (one) under control, (even) to the point of death; likewise a paste of kaṭīra root, the three pungents, and honey.

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AgP 301.10

हिमं कपित्थकरभं मागधी मधुकं मधु तेषां लेपः प्रयुक्तस्तु दम्पत्योः स्वस्तिमावहेत्

himaṃ kapitthakarabhaṃ māgadhī madhukaṃ madhu teṣāṃ lepaḥ prayuktastu dampatyoḥ svastimāvahet

Cool (i.e. camphor?), kapittha, karabha, māgadhī (long pepper), licorice, honey — a paste of these, when applied, brings well-being to husband and wife.

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AgP 301.11

सशर्करयोनिलेपात् कदम्बरसको मधु सहदेवी महालक्ष्मीः पुत्रजीवी कृताञ्जलिः

saśarkarayonilepāt kadambarasako madhu sahadevī mahālakṣmīḥ putrajīvī kṛtāñjaliḥ

From an anointing of the vulva (with these) together with sugar; kadamba juice, honey, sahadevī, mahālakṣmī, putrajīvī, kṛtāñjali—

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AgP 301.12

:प् ११५ एतच्चूर्णं शिरःक्षिप्तं लिकस्य वशमुत्तमम् त्रिफलाचन्दनक्वाथप्रस्था द्विकुडवम् पृथक्

:p 115 etaccūrṇaṃ śiraḥkṣiptaṃ likasya vaśamuttamam triphalācandanakvāthaprasthā dvikuḍavam pṛthak

[Page 115.] This powder, cast upon the head, is excellent for the subjugation of ... ; a decoction of triphalā and sandal, a prastha, two kuḍavas of each separately.

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AgP 301.13

भृङ्गहेमरसन्दोषातावती चुञ्चुकं मधु घृतैः पक्वा निशा छाया शुष्का लिप्या तु रञ्जनी

bhṛṅgahemarasandoṣātāvatī cuñcukaṃ madhu ghṛtaiḥ pakvā niśā chāyā śuṣkā lipyā tu rañjanī

Bhṛṅga, hema, rasa(?), doṣā, tāvatī, cuñcuka, honey — cooked with ghee, (with) turmeric, dried in the shade; when applied it is a dye.

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AgP 301.14

विदारीं सोच्चटामाषचूर्णीभ्ह्तां सशर्करां गथितां यः विपेत् क्षीरैर् नित्यं स्त्रीशतकं व्रजेत्

vidārīṃ soccaṭāmāṣacūrṇībhhtāṃ saśarkarāṃ gathitāṃ yaḥ vipet kṣīrair nityaṃ strīśatakaṃ vrajet

Vidārī, together with uccaṭā and māṣa, reduced to powder, mixed with sugar and made into a mass — he who drinks it with milk daily may go to a hundred women.

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AgP 301.15

गुल्ममाषतिलव्रीहिचूर्णक्षीरसितान्वितं अश्वत्थवंशदर्भाणां मूलं वै वैष्णवीश्नियोः

gulmamāṣatilavrīhicūrṇakṣīrasitānvitaṃ aśvatthavaṃśadarbhāṇāṃ mūlaṃ vai vaiṣṇavīśniyoḥ

(A preparation) of powdered gulma(?), māṣa, sesame and rice, together with milk and sugar; and the root of the aśvattha, the bamboo and the darbha grass, of the Vaiṣṇavī and Śinī(?)—

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AgP 301.16

मूलं दूर्वाश्वगन्धोत्थं पिवेत् क्षीरैः सुतार्थिनी कौन्तीलक्ष्म्याः शिफा धात्री वज्रं लोघ्नं वटाङ्कुरम्

mūlaṃ dūrvāśvagandhotthaṃ pivet kṣīraiḥ sutārthinī kauntīlakṣmyāḥ śiphā dhātrī vajraṃ loghnaṃ vaṭāṅkuram

A woman desiring a son should drink with milk the root got from dūrvā and aśvagandhā; the fibrous root of kauntī and lakṣmī, dhātrī, vajra, lodhra, and a banyan shoot—

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AgP 301.17

आज्यक्षीरमृतौ पेयं पुत्रार्थं त्रिदिवं स्त्रिया पुत्रार्थिनी पिवेत् क्षीरं श्रीमूलं सवटाङ्कुरम्

ājyakṣīramṛtau peyaṃ putrārthaṃ tridivaṃ striyā putrārthinī pivet kṣīraṃ śrīmūlaṃ savaṭāṅkuram

For the sake of a son, a woman should drink ghee and milk during her (fertile) season for three days; one who desires a son should drink milk with the root of the śrī (bilva/lotus?) plant together with a banyan shoot.

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AgP 301.18

श्रीवडाङ्कुरदेवीनां रसं नस्ये विपेच्च सा श्रीपद्ममूलमुत्क्षीरमश्वत्थोत्तरमूलयुक्

śrīvaḍāṅkuradevīnāṃ rasaṃ nasye vipecca sā śrīpadmamūlamutkṣīramaśvatthottaramūlayuk

She should snuff the juice of the śrī (plant), the banyan shoot, and the devī (plant) as a nasal application, and (should take) lotus root of the śrī with milk, combined with the northward root of the aśvattha.

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AgP 301.19

तरलं पयसा युक्तं कार्पासफलपल्ल्वं अपामार्गस्य पुष्पाग्रं नवं समहिषीपयः

taralaṃ payasā yuktaṃ kārpāsaphalapallvaṃ apāmārgasya puṣpāgraṃ navaṃ samahiṣīpayaḥ

A liquid preparation joined with milk: the fruit-sprout of the cotton plant, (and) the fresh flower-tip of apāmārga with buffalo milk.

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AgP 301.20

पुत्रार्थञ्चार्धषट्शाकैर् योगाश् चत्वार ईरिताः शर्करोत्पलपुष्पाक्षलोध्रचन्दनसारिवाः

putrārthañcārdhaṣaṭśākair yogāś catvāra īritāḥ śarkarotpalapuṣpākṣalodhracandanasārivāḥ

And for the sake of a son (these are used) with the six half-vegetables (?); four combinations have been declared: sugar, blue-lotus flower, akṣa (bibhītaka), lodhra, sandal, and sārivā.

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AgP 301.21

स्रवमाणे स्त्रिया गर्भे दातव्यास्तण्डुलाम्भसा लाजा यष्टिसिताद्राक्षाक्षौद्रसर्पींषि वा लिहेत्

sravamāṇe striyā garbhe dātavyāstaṇḍulāmbhasā lājā yaṣṭisitādrākṣākṣaudrasarpīṃṣi vā lihet

When a woman's foetus is flowing away (i.e. threatened with miscarriage), parched grain should be given with rice-water; or she should lick liquorice, sugar, grapes, honey and ghee.

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AgP 301.22

अटरुषकलाङ्गुल्यः काकमाच्याः शिफा पृथक् नाभेरधः समालिप्य प्रसूते प्रमदा सुखम्

aṭaruṣakalāṅgulyaḥ kākamācyāḥ śiphā pṛthak nābheradhaḥ samālipya prasūte pramadā sukham

The root-fibres of aṭaruṣa, kalāṅgulī (?) and kākamācī, each separately, smeared below the navel — (then) the woman gives birth easily.

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AgP 301.23

रक्तं शुक्लं जावापुष्पं रक्तशुक्लस्त्रुतौ पिवेत् :प् ११६ केशरं वृहतीमूलं गोपीयष्टितृणोत्पलम्

raktaṃ śuklaṃ jāvāpuṣpaṃ raktaśuklastrutau pivet :p 116 keśaraṃ vṛhatīmūlaṃ gopīyaṣṭitṛṇotpalam

In a discharge of blood or of white (fluid) she should drink the red or the white jāvā (hibiscus) flower respectively; (also) saffron, the root of vṛhatī, gopī, liquorice, grass, and blue lotus.

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AgP 301.24

साजक्षीरं सतैलं तद्भक्षणं रोमजन्मकृत् शीर्यमाणेषु केशेषु स्थापनञ्च भवेदिदम्

sājakṣīraṃ satailaṃ tadbhakṣaṇaṃ romajanmakṛt śīryamāṇeṣu keśeṣu sthāpanañca bhavedidam

With goat's milk and with oil — eating that produces the growth of hair; and this would be a means of fixing the hair when it is falling out.

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AgP 301.25

धात्रीभृङ्गरसप्रस्थतैलञ्च क्षिरमाढकम् ॐ नमो भगवते त्र्यम्बकाय उपशमय २ चुलु २ मिलि २ भिद २ गोमानिनि चक्रिणि ह्रूं फट् ॥ अस्मिन् ग्रामे गोकुलस्य रक्षां कुरु २ शान्तिं कुरु २ घण्डाकर्णो महासेनो वीरः प्रोक्तो महाबलः

dhātrībhṛṅgarasaprasthatailañca kṣiramāḍhakam oṃ namo bhagavate tryambakāya upaśamaya 2 culu 2 mili 2 bhida 2 gomānini cakriṇi hrūṃ phaṭ || asmin grāme gokulasya rakṣāṃ kuru 2 śāntiṃ kuru 2 ghaṇḍākarṇo mahāseno vīraḥ prokto mahābalaḥ

And an oil (made with) a prastha of the juice of dhātrī and bhṛṅga(rāja) and an āḍhaka of milk. Oṃ, homage to the Blessed Tryambaka! Pacify, pacify! culu culu, mili mili, split, split! O Gomāninī, O Cakriṇī, hrūṃ phaṭ! In this village protect, protect the cow-herd! Make peace, make peace! Ghaṇṭākarṇa, the great commander, is declared a hero of great strength,

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AgP 301.26

मारीनिर्नाशनकरः स मां पातु जगत्पतिः श्लोकौ चैव न्यसेदेतौ मन्त्रौ गोरक्षकौ पृथक्

mārīnirnāśanakaraḥ sa māṃ pātu jagatpatiḥ ślokau caiva nyasedetau mantrau gorakṣakau pṛthak

the destroyer of pestilence — may he, the lord of the world, protect me. And one should set down these two verses separately as the two mantras that protect cattle.

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