Agni Purana — Chapter 329
AgP 329.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे छन्दःसारो नामाष्टाविंशत्यधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः :प् १८५ छप्तेर् {३२९} :श् अथोनत्रिंशदधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः छन्दःसारः अग्निर् उवाच पाद आपदपूरणे गायत्र्यो वसवः स्मृताः जगत्या आदित्याः पादो विराजो दिश ईरिताः
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe chandaḥsāro nāmāṣṭāviṃśatyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ :p 185 chapter {329} :ś athonatriṃśadadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ chandaḥsāraḥ agnir uvāca pāda āpadapūraṇe gāyatryo vasavaḥ smṛtāḥ jagatyā ādityāḥ pādo virājo diśa īritāḥ
Thus (ends) in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa the three hundred twenty-eighth chapter, called 'The Essence of Metre'. — Now the three hundred twenty-ninth chapter: The Essence of Metre. Agni said: For the filling out of a pāda when a pāda is deficient — the Gāyatrīs are held to be the Vasus; the (pādas) of the Jagatī are the Ādityas; the pāda of the Virāj — (these) are declared to be the directions.
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AgP 329.2
विष्णुतो रुद्राः पादः स्याच्छन्द एकादिपादकं आद्यं चतुष्पाच्चतुर्भिस्त्रिपात् सप्ताक्षरैः क्वचित्
viṣṇuto rudrāḥ pādaḥ syācchanda ekādipādakaṃ ādyaṃ catuṣpāccaturbhistripāt saptākṣaraiḥ kvacit
From Viṣṇu, the Rudras; (thus) a pāda would be — the metre has from one pāda upward. The first is four-pādaed with four (syllables?); with seven syllables it is three-pādaed in some cases.
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AgP 329.3
सा गायत्री पदे नीवृत् तत्प्रतिष्ठादि षट् त्रिपात् बर्धमाना षडष्टाष्टा त्रिपात् षड्वसुभूधरैः
sā gāyatrī pade nīvṛt tatpratiṣṭhādi ṣaṭ tripāt bardhamānā ṣaḍaṣṭāṣṭā tripāt ṣaḍvasubhūdharaiḥ
That Gāyatrī is nivṛt in (its) pāda; beginning with pratiṣṭhā, six (varieties) of it are three-pādaed; the vardhamānā has six, eight, eight; it is three-pādaed with six, eight (i.e. the Vasus), and the earth-bearers (i.e. eight?).
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AgP 329.4
गायत्री त्रिपदा नीवृत् नागी नवनवर्तुभिः वाराही रसद्विरसा छन्दश्चाथ तृतीयकम्
gāyatrī tripadā nīvṛt nāgī navanavartubhiḥ vārāhī rasadvirasā chandaścātha tṛtīyakam
The three-pādaed Gāyatrī is nivṛt; the nāgī (has) nine, nine, and the seasons (six); the vārāhī (has) six and twice six; and then the third metre.
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AgP 329.5
द्विपाद् द्द्वादशवस्वन्तैः त्रिपात्तु त्रैष्टुभैः स्मृतम् उष्णिक् छन्दो ऽष्टवसुकैः पादैर् वेदे प्रकीर्तितः
dvipād ddvādaśavasvantaiḥ tripāttu traiṣṭubhaiḥ smṛtam uṣṇik chando 'ṣṭavasukaiḥ pādair vede prakīrtitaḥ
With twelve ending in eight it is two-pādaed, but with the traiṣṭubha (measures) it is held to be three-pādaed; the uṣṇik metre with pādas of eight and eight is proclaimed in the Veda.
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AgP 329.6
ककुबुष्णिगष्टसूर्यवस्वर्णां त्रिभिरेव सः पुनरुष्णिक् सूर्यवसुवस्वर्णैश् च त्रिपाद्भवेत्
kakubuṣṇigaṣṭasūryavasvarṇāṃ tribhireva saḥ punaruṣṇik sūryavasuvasvarṇaiś ca tripādbhavet
The kakubh-uṣṇik has syllables (in the number) eight, twelve (sūrya), eight (vasu) — with just three (pādas) it is that. Again the uṣṇik would be three-pādaed with twelve, eight, eight syllables.
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AgP 329.7
परोष्णिक् परतस्तस्माच्चतुष्पादात् त्रिभिर्भवेत् साष्टाक्षरैर् अनुष्टुप् स्यात् चतुष्पाच्च त्रिपात् क्वचित्
paroṣṇik paratastasmāccatuṣpādāt tribhirbhavet sāṣṭākṣarair anuṣṭup syāt catuṣpācca tripāt kvacit
Beyond that, the paroṣṇik would arise from the four-pādaed (metre) by (reducing it to) three (pādas). With (pādas) of eight syllables it would be the anuṣṭubh, and it is four-pādaed, though sometimes three-pādaed.
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AgP 329.8
अष्टार्कसूर्यवर्णैः स्यात् मध्ये ऽन्ते च क्वचिद्भवेत् वृहतीजगत्यस्त्रयो गायत्र्याः पूर्वको यदि
aṣṭārkasūryavarṇaiḥ syāt madhye 'nte ca kvacidbhavet vṛhatījagatyastrayo gāyatryāḥ pūrvako yadi
It would be with syllables (in the number) eight, twelve, twelve, and sometimes this occurs in the middle and at the end. The Bṛhatī and Jagatī are the three (?) of the Gāyatrī, if the former (comes first).
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AgP 329.9
तृतीयः पथ्या भवति द्वितीयान्यं कुसारिणी स्कन्धौ ग्रीवा क्रौष्टुके स्याद् यक्षे स्यद्वो वृहत्यपि
tṛtīyaḥ pathyā bhavati dvitīyānyaṃ kusāriṇī skandhau grīvā krauṣṭuke syād yakṣe syadvo vṛhatyapi
The third is the pathyā; the second, other one is the kusāriṇī; the two shoulders and the neck would be in the krauṣṭukī; in the yakṣa (variety) there would be flow — the bṛhatī also.
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AgP 329.10
:प् १८६ उपरिष्टाद्वृहत्यन्ते पुरस्ताद्वृहती पुनः क्वचिन्नवकाश् चत्वारो दिग्विदिक्ष्वष्टवर्णिकाः
:p 186 upariṣṭādvṛhatyante purastādvṛhatī punaḥ kvacinnavakāś catvāro digvidikṣvaṣṭavarṇikāḥ
When the bṛhatī is at the end, it is 'from above'; again, (when) in front, it is bṛhatī (of the other kind); sometimes there are four (pādas) of nine, with those of eight syllables in the directions and intermediate directions.
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AgP 329.11
महावृहती जागतैः स्यात् त्रिभिः सतो वृहत्यपि भण्डिलः पङ्क्रिच्छन्दः स्यात्सूर्यार्काष्टाष्टवर्णकैः
mahāvṛhatī jāgataiḥ syāt tribhiḥ sato vṛhatyapi bhaṇḍilaḥ paṅkricchandaḥ syātsūryārkāṣṭāṣṭavarṇakaiḥ
The mahābṛhatī would be with three jāgata (pādas); the satobṛhatī also. The bhaṇḍila would be the paṅkti metre, with (pādas of) twelve, twelve, eight, eight syllables.
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AgP 329.12
पूर्वौ वेदयुजौ सतः पङ्क्तिश् च विपरीतकौ प्रस्तारपङ्क्तिः पुरतः पवादास्तारपङ्क्तिका
pūrvau vedayujau sataḥ paṅktiś ca viparītakau prastārapaṅktiḥ purataḥ pavādāstārapaṅktikā
The first two joined with the Veda (i.e. four) are the sataḥ (variety), and the paṅkti; the two reversed ones — the prastārapaṅkti is in front, and after 'pa' (?) it is the āstārapaṅkti.
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AgP 329.13
अक्षरपङ्क्तिः पञ्चकाश् चत्वारश्चाल्पशो द्वयं पदपङ्क्तिः पञ्च भवेच्चतुष्कं षट्ककत्रयम्
akṣarapaṅktiḥ pañcakāś catvāraścālpaśo dvayaṃ padapaṅktiḥ pañca bhaveccatuṣkaṃ ṣaṭkakatrayam
The akṣarapaṅkti (has) five-syllable (units); and four, in small measure, (make) a pair; the padapaṅkti would be five; there would be a set of four and three sets of six.
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AgP 329.14
षट्कपञ्चभिर्गायत्रैः षड्भिश् च जगती भवेत् एकेन त्रिष्टुव्ज्योतिष्मती तथैव जगतीरिता
ṣaṭkapañcabhirgāyatraiḥ ṣaḍbhiś ca jagatī bhavet ekena triṣṭuvjyotiṣmatī tathaiva jagatīritā
With five gāyatra (pādas) of six, and with six, it becomes the Jagatī; with one, the Triṣṭubh; the jyotiṣmatī, and likewise the Jagatī, is declared (so).
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AgP 329.15
पुरस्ताज्योतिः प्रथमे मध्ये ज्योतिश् च मध्यतः उपरिष्टाज्योतिरन्त्यादेकस्मिन् पञ्चके तथा
purastājyotiḥ prathame madhye jyotiś ca madhyataḥ upariṣṭājyotirantyādekasmin pañcake tathā
'Light in front' when it is in the first; 'light in the middle' when in the middle; 'light above' from the last — thus in a single set of five.
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AgP 329.16
भवेच्छन्दः शङ्कुमती षट्के छन्दःककुद्मती त्रिपादशिशुमध्या स्यात् सा पिपीलिकमध्यमा(१)
bhavecchandaḥ śaṅkumatī ṣaṭke chandaḥkakudmatī tripādaśiśumadhyā syāt sā pipīlikamadhyamā(1)
The metre would be the śaṅkumatī; in a set of six, the metre kakudmatī; the three-pādaed one would be śiśumadhyā, (or) it is the pipīlikamadhyamā.
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AgP 329.17
विपरीता यवमध्या त्रिवृदेकेन वर्जिता भूमिजैकेनाधिकेन द्विहीना च चिराद्भवेत्
viparītā yavamadhyā trivṛdekena varjitā bhūmijaikenādhikena dvihīnā ca cirādbhavet
The reversed one is the yavamadhyā; the trivṛt lacking one; the bhūmijā with one in excess; and lacking two it becomes 'delayed' (cirā).
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AgP 329.18
अवराट्स्याद्द्वाभ्यामधिकं सन्दिग्धो दैवतादितः आदिपादान्निश् चयः स्याच्छन्दसं देवता क्रमात्
avarāṭsyāddvābhyāmadhikaṃ sandigdho daivatāditaḥ ādipādānniś cayaḥ syācchandasaṃ devatā kramāt
With two in excess it would be the avarāṭ; (a case) is doubtful from the deity onward; the determination is to be made from the first pāda — the deities of the metres in order.
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AgP 329.19
अग्निः सूर्यः शशी जीवो वरुणश् चन्द्र एव च विश्वेदेवाश् च षड्जाद्याः स्वराः षड्जो वृषःक्रमात्
agniḥ sūryaḥ śaśī jīvo varuṇaś candra eva ca viśvedevāś ca ṣaḍjādyāḥ svarāḥ ṣaḍjo vṛṣaḥkramāt
Agni, the Sun, the Moon, Jīva (Jupiter), Varuṇa, and the Moon indeed, and the All-gods; the notes beginning with ṣaḍja: ṣaḍja, ṛṣabha, in order.
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AgP 329.20
गान्धारो मध्यमश् चैव पञ्चमो धैवतस् तथा निषादवर्णाः श्वेतश् च सारङ्गश् च पिसङ्गकः
gāndhāro madhyamaś caiva pañcamo dhaivatas tathā niṣādavarṇāḥ śvetaś ca sāraṅgaś ca pisaṅgakaḥ
And gāndhāra, madhyama, pañcama, and dhaivata likewise; the colours (of the notes) beginning with niṣāda: white, dappled (sāraṅga), and tawny.
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AgP 329.21
:न् १ सपिपीलिकमध्यगेति ख॥ :प् १८७ कृष्णो नीलो लोहितश् च गौरी गायत्रिमुख्यके गौरीचनाभाः कृतयो ज्योतिश्छन्दो हि श्यामलं
:n 1 sapipīlikamadhyageti kha.. :p 187 kṛṣṇo nīlo lohitaś ca gaurī gāyatrimukhyake gaurīcanābhāḥ kṛtayo jyotiśchando hi śyāmalaṃ
[note 1: 'sapipīlikamadhyagā' in ms. kha] [page 187] black, dark blue, and red; in the (metres) headed by gāurī and gāyatrī, the kṛti-metres have the hue of gaurīcana; the jyotiḥ metre is indeed dark.
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AgP 329.22
अग्निर्वैश्यः काश्यपश् च गौतमाङ्गिरसौ क्रमात् भार्गवः कौशिकश् चैव वाशिष्टो गोत्रमीरितं
agnirvaiśyaḥ kāśyapaś ca gautamāṅgirasau kramāt bhārgavaḥ kauśikaś caiva vāśiṣṭo gotramīritaṃ
Agni is a vaiśya, and (the gotras are) Kāśyapa, Gautama and Āṅgirasa in order, Bhārgava, Kauśika, and Vāsiṣṭha — thus the gotra has been stated.
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