Agni Purana — Chapter 328

AgP 328.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे छन्दःसारो नाम सप्तविंशत्यधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् {३२८} :श् अथाष्टाविंशत्यधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः छन्दःसारः अग्निर् उवाच छन्दोधिकारे गायत्री देवी चैकाक्षरी भवेत् पञ्चदशाक्षरी सा स्यात् प्राजापत्याष्टविर्णिका

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe chandaḥsāro nāma saptaviṃśatyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter {328} :ś athāṣṭāviṃśatyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ chandaḥsāraḥ agnir uvāca chandodhikāre gāyatrī devī caikākṣarī bhavet pañcadaśākṣarī sā syāt prājāpatyāṣṭavirṇikā

[Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa the three hundred twenty-seventh chapter, called "The Essence of Metre". Chapter 328. Now the three hundred twenty-eighth chapter: The Essence of Metre.] Agni said: In the treatment of metre, the goddess Gāyatrī may be of a single syllable; she may be of fifteen syllables; the Prājāpatyā is of eight syllables.

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AgP 328.2

यजुषां षडर्णा गायत्री साम्नां स्याद्द्वादशाक्षरा ऋचामष्टादशार्णा स्यात्साम्नां वर्धेत च द्वयं

yajuṣāṃ ṣaḍarṇā gāyatrī sāmnāṃ syāddvādaśākṣarā ṛcāmaṣṭādaśārṇā syātsāmnāṃ vardheta ca dvayaṃ

The Gāyatrī of the Yajus verses has six syllables; that of the Sāmans would be of twelve syllables; that of the Ṛcs would be of eighteen syllables; and for the Sāmans two more are to be added.

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AgP 328.3

ऋचां तुर्यञ्च वर्धेत प्राजापत्याचतुष्टयं वर्धेदेकैककं शेषे आतुर्यादेक्रमुत्सृजेत्

ṛcāṃ turyañca vardheta prājāpatyācatuṣṭayaṃ vardhedekaikakaṃ śeṣe āturyādekramutsṛjet

And for the Ṛcs a fourth is to be added; from the Prājāpatyā, a set of four; in the remainder it increases by one each; from the fourth onward one should drop one.

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AgP 328.4

उष्णिगनुष्टुब् वृहती पङ्क्तिस्त्रिष्टुब्जगत्यपि तानि ज्ञेयानि क्रमशो गायत्र्यो ब्रह्म एव ताः

uṣṇiganuṣṭub vṛhatī paṅktistriṣṭubjagatyapi tāni jñeyāni kramaśo gāyatryo brahma eva tāḥ

Uṣṇih, Anuṣṭubh, Bṛhatī, Paṅkti, Triṣṭubh and also Jagatī — these are to be known in order; they are Gāyatrīs, they are indeed brahman.

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AgP 328.5

तिस्रस्तिस्रः समान्यः स्युरेकैका आर्य एव च ऋग्यजुषां संज्ञाः स्युश् चतुःषष्टिपदे लिखेत्

tisrastisraḥ samānyaḥ syurekaikā ārya eva ca ṛgyajuṣāṃ saṃjñāḥ syuś catuḥṣaṣṭipade likhet

There would be three of each of the common (metres), and one each of the ārya alone; these would be the designations of the Rg and Yajus (verses); one should write (them) in sixty-four pādas.

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