Agni Purana — Chapter 305

AgP 305.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे पञ्चपञ्चाशद्विष्णुनामानि नाम चतुरधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {३०५} :श् अथ पञ्चाधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः नारसिंहादिमन्त्राः अग्निर् उवाच स्तम्भो विद्वेषणोच्चाट उत्सादो भ्रममारणे व्याधिश्चेति स्मृतं क्षुत्रं तन्मोक्षो वक्ष्यते शृणु

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe pañcapañcāśadviṣṇunāmāni nāma caturadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {305} :ś atha pañcādhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ nārasiṃhādimantrāḥ agnir uvāca stambho vidveṣaṇoccāṭa utsādo bhramamāraṇe vyādhiśceti smṛtaṃ kṣutraṃ tanmokṣo vakṣyate śṛṇu

Thus, in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa, the three hundred and fourth chapter, called 'The Fifty-five Names of Viṣṇu.' Now the three hundred and fifth chapter: the mantras of Narasiṃha and the rest. Agni said: Immobilizing, sowing of enmity, driving out, destruction, deranging and killing, and disease — this is known as the malicious (magic); its undoing will be told: listen.

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AgP 305.2

ॐ नमो भगवते उन्मत्तरुद्राय भ्रम २ भ्रामय २ अमुकं वित्रासय उद्भ्रामय २ रौद्रेण रूपेण हूं फठ् ठ २ श्मशाने निशि जप्तेन त्रिलक्षं मधुना हुनेत् चिताग्नौ धूर्तसमिदुभिर्भ्राम्यते सततं रिपुः

oṃ namo bhagavate unmattarudrāya bhrama 2 bhrāmaya 2 amukaṃ vitrāsaya udbhrāmaya 2 raudreṇa rūpeṇa hūṃ phaṭh ṭha 2 śmaśāne niśi japtena trilakṣaṃ madhunā hunet citāgnau dhūrtasamidubhirbhrāmyate satataṃ ripuḥ

"Oṃ, homage to the Lord, to the maddened Rudra: whirl, whirl! make (him) whirl, make (him) whirl! terrify so-and-so! drive (him) whirling up, drive (him) whirling up! with (thy) fearsome form, hūṃ phaṭ ṭha ṭha!" — with this muttered by night in a cremation ground three hundred thousand times, one should offer oblations of honey in the fire of a pyre with thorn-apple firewood: the enemy is made to wander about ceaselessly.

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AgP 305.3

हेमगैरिकया कृष्णा प्रतिमा हैमसूचिभिः जप्त्वा विध्येच्च तत्कण्ठे हृदि वा मियते रिपुः

hemagairikayā kṛṣṇā pratimā haimasūcibhiḥ japtvā vidhyecca tatkaṇṭhe hṛdi vā miyate ripuḥ

A black image (drawn) with gold-ochre: having muttered (the mantra), one should pierce it in the throat or in the heart with golden needles — the enemy dies.

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AgP 305.4

खरबालचिताभस्म ब्रह्मदण्डी च मर्कटी गृहे वा मूर्ध्नि तच्चूर्णं जप्तमुत्सादकृत क्षिपेत्

kharabālacitābhasma brahmadaṇḍī ca markaṭī gṛhe vā mūrdhni taccūrṇaṃ japtamutsādakṛta kṣipet

Ashes from the pyre of a donkey-foal, and brahmadaṇḍī and markaṭī: that powder, having been charged by muttering, he should throw it in (the victim's) house or on his head — it effects extirpation.

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AgP 305.5

भृग्वाकाशौ सदीप्ताग्निर्भृगुर्वह्निश् च वर्म फट् एवं सहस्रारे हूं फट् आचक्राय स्वाहा हृदयं विचक्राय शिवः शिखाचक्रायाथ कवचं विचक्रायाथ नेत्रकम्

bhṛgvākāśau sadīptāgnirbhṛgurvahniś ca varma phaṭ evaṃ sahasrāre hūṃ phaṭ ācakrāya svāhā hṛdayaṃ vicakrāya śivaḥ śikhācakrāyātha kavacaṃ vicakrāyātha netrakam

The syllables bha and ha with the blazing fire (ra), then bha and the fire (ra) and the armour (mantra) phaṭ; thus: "sahasrāre hūṃ phaṭ"; "ācakrāya svāhā" is the heart(-mantra); "vicakrāya" (with) śivaḥ (i.e. namaḥ); then "śikhācakrāya" (is) the tuft, the armour (is) "vicakrāya," and then the eye(-mantra).

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AgP 305.6

:प् १२५ सञ्चक्रायास्त्रमुदिष्टं ज्यालाचक्राय पूर्ववत् शार्ङ्गं सुदर्शनं क्षुद्रग्रहहृत् सर्वसाधनम्

:p 125 sañcakrāyāstramudiṣṭaṃ jyālācakrāya pūrvavat śārṅgaṃ sudarśanaṃ kṣudragrahahṛt sarvasādhanam

For "sañcakrāya" the weapon(-mantra) is prescribed; for "jvālācakrāya" as before. The Sudarśana of the bow-bearer removes petty seizures (and) accomplishes everything.

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AgP 305.7

मूर्धाक्षिमुखहृद्गुह्यपादे ह्य् अस्याक्षरान्न्यसेत् चक्राब्जासनमग्न्याभं दंष्ट्रणञ्च चतुर्भुजम्

mūrdhākṣimukhahṛdguhyapāde hy asyākṣarānnyaset cakrābjāsanamagnyābhaṃ daṃṣṭraṇañca caturbhujam

One should place its syllables on the head, the eyes, the face, the heart, the private parts and the feet; (and meditate on him as) having the disc and lotus for his seat, fire-hued, fanged and four-armed,

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AgP 305.8

शङ्खचक्रगदापद्मशलाकाङ्कुशपाणिनम् चापिनं पिङ्गकेशाक्षमरव्याप्तत्रिपिष्टपं

śaṅkhacakragadāpadmaśalākāṅkuśapāṇinam cāpinaṃ piṅgakeśākṣamaravyāptatripiṣṭapaṃ

holding in his hands conch, disc, mace, lotus, rod and goad, bearing a bow, with tawny hair and eyes, pervading the three heavens with his rays.

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AgP 305.9

नाभिस्तेनाग्निना विद्धा नश्यन्ते व्याधयो ग्रहाः पीतञ्चक्रं गदा रक्ताः स्वराः श्याममवान्तरं

nābhistenāgninā viddhā naśyante vyādhayo grahāḥ pītañcakraṃ gadā raktāḥ svarāḥ śyāmamavāntaraṃ

The navel, pierced by that fire — diseases and (malign) planets perish. The disc is yellow, the mace red, the vowels (are written), the interior dark.

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AgP 305.10

नेमिः श्वेता वहिः कृष्णवर्णरेखा च पार्थिवी मध्येतरेमरे वर्णानेवं चक्रद्वयं(१) लिखेत्

nemiḥ śvetā vahiḥ kṛṣṇavarṇarekhā ca pārthivī madhyetaremare varṇānevaṃ cakradvayaṃ(1) likhet

The rim is white, on the outside a black-coloured line, which is the earthy (one); in the middle, spoke by spoke, the letters — thus one should draw the pair of discs.

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AgP 305.11

आदावानीय कुम्भोदं गोचरे सन्निधाय च दत्त्वा सुदर्शनं तत्र याम्ये चक्रे हुनेत् क्रमात्

ādāvānīya kumbhodaṃ gocare sannidhāya ca dattvā sudarśanaṃ tatra yāmye cakre hunet kramāt

Having first brought a pot of water and set it down within sight, and having presented (the mantra-deity) Sudarśana there, he should offer oblations in order in the southern disc.

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AgP 305.12

आज्यापामार्गसमिधो ह्य् अक्षतं तिलसर्षपौ पायसं गव्यमाज्यञ्च सहस्राष्टकसंख्यया

ājyāpāmārgasamidho hy akṣataṃ tilasarṣapau pāyasaṃ gavyamājyañca sahasrāṣṭakasaṃkhyayā

Ghee, apāmārga firewood, unbroken rice-grains, sesame and mustard, milk-rice, cow-products and ghee, to the number of eight thousand.

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AgP 305.13

हुतशेषं क्षिप्तेत् कुम्भे प्रतिद्रव्यं विधानवित् प्रस्थानेन कृतं पिण्डं कुम्भे तस्मिन्निवेशयेत्

hutaśeṣaṃ kṣiptet kumbhe pratidravyaṃ vidhānavit prasthānena kṛtaṃ piṇḍaṃ kumbhe tasminniveśayet

One who knows the rite should cast the remainder of each oblation-substance into the pot, and should put into that pot a lump (of food) made from a prastha measure.

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AgP 305.14

विष्णादि सर्वं तत्रैव न्यसेत् तत्रैव दक्षिणे नमो विष्णुजनेभ्यः सर्वशान्तिकरेभ्यः प्रतिगृह्णन्तु शान्तये नमः दद्यादनेन मन्त्रेण हुतशेषाम्भसा बलिं

viṣṇādi sarvaṃ tatraiva nyaset tatraiva dakṣiṇe namo viṣṇujanebhyaḥ sarvaśāntikarebhyaḥ pratigṛhṇantu śāntaye namaḥ dadyādanena mantreṇa hutaśeṣāmbhasā baliṃ

He should set down everything, beginning with Viṣṇu, right there, there in the south: "Homage to the folk of Viṣṇu, to those who make all peace; may they accept it; homage, for peace." With this mantra he should give the offering with the water left over from the oblation.

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AgP 305.15

फलके कल्पिते पात्रे पलाशं क्षीरशाखिनः गव्यपूर्णे निवेश्यैव दिक्ष्वेवं होमयेद्द्विजैः

phalake kalpite pātre palāśaṃ kṣīraśākhinaḥ gavyapūrṇe niveśyaiva dikṣvevaṃ homayeddvijaiḥ

On a board, in a prepared vessel, (he should place) palāśa (leaves) of the milk-yielding trees; having placed (it), filled with cow-products, he should thus have the brahmins perform the offering toward (all) the directions.

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AgP 305.16

सदक्षिणमिदं होमद्वयं भूतादिनाशनम् :न् १ वर्णद्वयमिति ख॥ :प् १२६ गव्याक्तपत्रलिखितैर् निष्पर्णैः क्षुद्रमुद्धृतम्

sadakṣiṇamidaṃ homadvayaṃ bhūtādināśanam :n 1 varṇadvayamiti kha.. :p 126 gavyāktapatralikhitair niṣparṇaiḥ kṣudramuddhṛtam

This pair of oblations, together with the priestly fee, destroys spirits and the rest. [note: 'the pair of colours' in ms. kha] By leafless (twigs) inscribed on leaves smeared with cow-products, the malicious (spell) is removed.

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AgP 305.17

दूर्वाभिरायुषे पद्मैः श्रिये पुत्रा उडुग्बरैः गोसिद्ध्यै सर्पिषा गोष्ठे मेधायै सर्वशाखिना

dūrvābhirāyuṣe padmaiḥ śriye putrā uḍugbaraiḥ gosiddhyai sarpiṣā goṣṭhe medhāyai sarvaśākhinā

With dūrvā grass for long life, with lotuses for prosperity, with fig(-wood) for sons, with clarified butter in the cow-pen for success in cattle, with (wood of) all trees for intelligence.

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AgP 305.18

ॐ क्षौं नमो भगवते नारसिंहाय ज्वालामालिने दीप्तदंष्ट्रायाग्निनेत्राय सर्वरक्षोघ्नाय सर्वभूतविनाशाय सर्वज्वरविनाशाय दह २ पच २ रक्ष २ हूं फट् मन्त्रोयं नारसिंहस्य मकलाघ्निवारणः जप्यादिना हरेत् क्षुद्रग्रहमारीविषामयान् चूर्णमण्डूकवयसा जलाग्निस्तम्भकृद्भवेत्

oṃ kṣauṃ namo bhagavate nārasiṃhāya jvālāmāline dīptadaṃṣṭrāyāgninetrāya sarvarakṣoghnāya sarvabhūtavināśāya sarvajvaravināśāya daha 2 paca 2 rakṣa 2 hūṃ phaṭ mantroyaṃ nārasiṃhasya makalāghnivāraṇaḥ japyādinā haret kṣudragrahamārīviṣāmayān cūrṇamaṇḍūkavayasā jalāgnistambhakṛdbhavet

Oṃ kṣauṃ, homage to the Lord Narasiṃha, garlanded with flame, of blazing fangs, with fire for eyes, slayer of all demons, destroyer of all spirits, destroyer of all fevers: burn, burn! cook, cook! protect, protect! hūṃ phaṭ. This is the mantra of Narasiṃha, warding off (?) fire and calamity; by recitation and the rest it removes lesser seizing-demons, plague, poisons and diseases. With powdered frog and crow it becomes a means of arresting water and fire.

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