Agni Purana — Chapter 33

AgP 33.1

:ए इत्य् आदिमहापुराणे आग्नेये अष्टचत्वारिंशत्संस्कारकथनं नाम द्वात्रिंशो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् {३३} :श् अथ त्रयस्त्रिंशो ऽध्यायः पवित्रारोहणविधानं अग्निर् उवाच पवित्रारोहणं वक्ष्ये वर्षपूजाकलं हरेः आषाढादौ कार्तिकान्ते प्रतिपद्वनदा तिथिः(१)

:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye aṣṭacatvāriṃśatsaṃskārakathanaṃ nāma dvātriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter {33} :ś atha trayastriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ pavitrārohaṇavidhānaṃ agnir uvāca pavitrārohaṇaṃ vakṣye varṣapūjākalaṃ hareḥ āṣāḍhādau kārtikānte pratipadvanadā tithiḥ(1)

[Thus the thirty-second chapter, called 'The Telling of the Forty-Eight Consecrations', in the primal great Purāṇa, the Āgneya. Chapter 33. Now the thirty-third chapter: the rule for the raising of the sacred thread.] Agni said: I shall declare the raising of the pavitra, which is the portion of the year's worship of Hari. From the beginning of Āṣāḍha to the end of Kārttika, the first lunar day is the day that gives (it).

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AgP 33.2

श्रिया गौर्या गणेशस्य सरस्वत्या गुहस्य च मार्तण्डमातृदुर्गाणां नागर्षिहरिमन्मथैः

śriyā gauryā gaṇeśasya sarasvatyā guhasya ca mārtaṇḍamātṛdurgāṇāṃ nāgarṣiharimanmathaiḥ

(The days) of Śrī, of Gaurī, of Gaṇeśa, of Sarasvatī and of Guha, of Mārtaṇḍa, the Mothers and Durgā, along with those of the Nāgas, the seers, Hari and Manmatha —

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AgP 33.3

शिवस्य ब्रह्मणस्तद्वद्द्वितीयादितिथेः क्रमात् यस्य देवस्य यो भक्तः पवित्रा तस्य सा तिथिः

śivasya brahmaṇastadvaddvitīyādititheḥ kramāt yasya devasya yo bhaktaḥ pavitrā tasya sā tithiḥ

and likewise of Śiva and of Brahmā, in order from the second lunar day onward. Whichever god a man is devoted to, that god's lunar day is his pavitra-day.

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AgP 33.4

आरोहणे तुल्यविधिः पृथक् मन्त्रादिकं यदि :न् १ वर्धते तिथिरिति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् ९३ सौवर्णे राजतं ताम्रं नेत्रकार्पासिकादिकं

ārohaṇe tulyavidhiḥ pṛthak mantrādikaṃ yadi :n 1 vardhate tithiriti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 93 sauvarṇe rājataṃ tāmraṃ netrakārpāsikādikaṃ

At the raising the procedure is the same, (but) the mantras and the rest are separate, if (so prescribed). [Footnote 1: 'vardhate tithiḥ' is the reading of the manuscript marked kha. Page 93:] Upon a golden (thread), silver, copper, silk, cotton and the like —

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AgP 33.5

ब्राह्मण्या कर्तितं सूत्रं तदलाभे तु संस्कृतं त्रिगुणं त्रिगुणीकृत्य तेन कुर्यात् पवित्रकं

brāhmaṇyā kartitaṃ sūtraṃ tadalābhe tu saṃskṛtaṃ triguṇaṃ triguṇīkṛtya tena kuryāt pavitrakaṃ

(The) thread should be one spun by a Brahmin woman; if that is not obtainable, then a consecrated one; having made it threefold, tripled, with that one should make the pavitraka.

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AgP 33.6

अष्तोत्तरशतादूर्ध्वं तदर्धं चोत्तमादिकं क्रियालोपाविघातार्थं यत्त्वयाभिहितं प्रभो

aṣtottaraśatādūrdhvaṃ tadardhaṃ cottamādikaṃ kriyālopāvighātārthaṃ yattvayābhihitaṃ prabho

Above one hundred and eight, and half of that, are the highest and the rest (the lower grades). What has been declared by you, O Lord, for the purpose of preventing the lapse of the rite—

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AgP 33.7

मया तत् क्रियते देव यथा यत्र पावित्रकं अविघ्नं तु भवेदत्र कुरु नाथ जयाव्यय

mayā tat kriyate deva yathā yatra pāvitrakaṃ avighnaṃ tu bhavedatra kuru nātha jayāvyaya

—that I perform, O God: (namely) that wherever the pavitraka (is made), let it here be without obstruction. Do (this), O Lord, O undecaying victorious one.

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AgP 33.8

प्रार्थ्य तन्मण्डलायादौ गायत्र्या बन्धयेन्नरः ॐ नारायणाय विद्महे वासुदेवाय धीमहि

prārthya tanmaṇḍalāyādau gāyatryā bandhayennaraḥ oṃ nārāyaṇāya vidmahe vāsudevāya dhīmahi

Having made this request, a man should first bind (it) for that maṇḍala with the Gāyatrī: "Oṃ, may we know Nārāyaṇa, may we meditate upon Vāsudeva,

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AgP 33.9

तन्नो विष्णुः प्रचोदयात् देवदेवानुरूपतः जानूरुनाभिनामान्तं प्रतिमासु पवित्रकं

tanno viṣṇuḥ pracodayāt devadevānurūpataḥ jānūrunābhināmāntaṃ pratimāsu pavitrakaṃ

may that Viṣṇu impel us." In accordance with the God of gods, on images the pavitraka reaches down to the knees, the thighs, the navel, or (only) partway.

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AgP 33.10

पादान्ता वनमाला स्यादष्टोत्त्रसहस्रतः(१) माला तु कल्पसाध्यं वा द्विगुणं षोडशाङ्गुलात्

pādāntā vanamālā syādaṣṭottrasahasrataḥ(1) mālā tu kalpasādhyaṃ vā dviguṇaṃ ṣoḍaśāṅgulāt

The forest-garland should reach to the feet, of one thousand and eight (threads); or the garland may be made according to the ritual manual, or double, from sixteen fingers (in length).

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AgP 33.11

कर्णिका केशरं पत्रं मन्त्राद्यं(२) मण्डलान्तकं मण्डलाङ्गुलमात्रैकचक्राब्जाद्यौ(३) पवित्रकं

karṇikā keśaraṃ patraṃ mantrādyaṃ(2) maṇḍalāntakaṃ maṇḍalāṅgulamātraikacakrābjādyau(3) pavitrakaṃ

The pericarp, the filaments, the petal, beginning with the mantra and ending with the maṇḍala; the pavitrakas are in the first place a single disc, a lotus, etc., of the measure of a finger of the maṇḍala.

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AgP 33.12

स्थण्डिले ऽङ्गुलमानेन आत्मनः सप्तविंशतिः आचार्याणां च सूत्राणि पितृमात्रादिपुस्तके

sthaṇḍile 'ṅgulamānena ātmanaḥ saptaviṃśatiḥ ācāryāṇāṃ ca sūtrāṇi pitṛmātrādipustake

On the sacrificial ground, by the measure of a finger, one's own (threads) are twenty-seven; and the threads of the teachers, in the case of father, mother and the rest, and of the book (are likewise measured).

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AgP 33.13

नाभ्यन्तं द्वादशग्रन्थिं तथा गन्धपवित्रके द्व्यङ्गुलात् कल्पनादौ द्विर्माला चाष्टोत्तरं शतं

nābhyantaṃ dvādaśagranthiṃ tathā gandhapavitrake dvyaṅgulāt kalpanādau dvirmālā cāṣṭottaraṃ śataṃ

Reaching to the navel, with twelve knots; likewise in the case of the scented pavitraka, from two fingers upward; in the case of the (other) prescriptions and so on the garland is doubled, and (numbers) one hundred and eight.

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AgP 33.14

अथवार्कचतुर्विंशषड्त्रिंशन्मालिका द्विजः अनामामध्यमाङ्गुष्ठैर् मन्दाद्यैः मालिकार्थिभिः (४)

athavārkacaturviṃśaṣaḍtriṃśanmālikā dvijaḥ anāmāmadhyamāṅguṣṭhair mandādyaiḥ mālikārthibhiḥ (4)

Or else the twice-born may make the garland of twelve, twenty-four, or thirty-six (knots), with the ring finger, the middle finger and the thumb, beginning with Saturn (Manda) and the rest, by those who desire garlands.

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AgP 33.15

:न् १ पादान्तरेण माला स्यादष्टोत्तरसहस्रशः इति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ गदाद्यमिति घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ चक्राङ्गदौ पवित्रके इति घ, चिह्नितपुतकपाठः ४ मन्दादौ इति ख, ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकद्वयपाठः मन्द्राद्यैर् इति घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् ९४ कनिष्टादौ द्वादश वा ग्रन्थयः स्युः पवित्रके रवेः कुम्भहुताशादेः सम्भवे विष्णुवन्मतम्

:n 1 pādāntareṇa mālā syādaṣṭottarasahasraśaḥ iti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 gadādyamiti gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 cakrāṅgadau pavitrake iti gha, cihnitaputakapāṭhaḥ 4 mandādau iti kha, ga, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ mandrādyair iti gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 94 kaniṣṭādau dvādaśa vā granthayaḥ syuḥ pavitrake raveḥ kumbhahutāśādeḥ sambhave viṣṇuvanmatam

[Notes: variant readings of manuscripts kha, ga, gha.] Or the knots on the pavitraka may be twelve, beginning with the little finger, (namely) of the Sun. When a water-jar, a fire, and the rest are available, the rule is as for Viṣṇu.

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AgP 33.16

पीठस्य पीठमानं स्यान्मेखलान्ते च कुण्डकं यथाशक्ति सूत्रग्रन्थिपरिचारेथ वैष्णवे

pīṭhasya pīṭhamānaṃ syānmekhalānte ca kuṇḍakaṃ yathāśakti sūtragranthiparicāretha vaiṣṇave

The measure of the seat should be that of a (standard) seat, and the fire-pit at the end of the girdle; then, in the Vaiṣṇava (rite), the attendance upon the thread-knots (should be done) according to one's ability.

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AgP 33.17

सूत्राणि वा सप्तदश सूत्रेण त्रिविभक्तके(१) रोचनागुरुकर्पूरहरिद्राकुङ्कुमादिभिः

sūtrāṇi vā saptadaśa sūtreṇa trivibhaktake(1) rocanāgurukarpūraharidrākuṅkumādibhiḥ

Or the threads (may be) seventeen, in the threefold division by the thread, with yellow orpiment, aloe-wood, camphor, turmeric, saffron and the rest—

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AgP 33.18

रञ्जयेच्चन्दनाद्यैर् वा स्नानसन्ध्यादिकृन्नरः एकादश्यां यागगृहे भगवन्तं हरिं जयेत्

rañjayeccandanādyair vā snānasandhyādikṛnnaraḥ ekādaśyāṃ yāgagṛhe bhagavantaṃ hariṃ jayet

—or one should dye (them) with sandal and the rest. A man who has performed bathing, the twilight rites and so on should, on the eleventh day, worship the Lord Hari in the sacrificial house.

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AgP 33.19

समस्तपरिवाराय बलिं पीठे समर्चयेत् क्ष्यौं क्षेत्रपालाय द्वारान्ते द्वारोपरि तथा श्रियं

samastaparivārāya baliṃ pīṭhe samarcayet kṣyauṃ kṣetrapālāya dvārānte dvāropari tathā śriyaṃ

He should offer the oblation on the seat to the whole retinue; "kṣyauṃ" to Kṣetrapāla at the end of the doorway, and likewise Śrī above the door;

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AgP 33.20

धात्रे दक्षे विधात्रे च गङ्गाञ्च यमुनां तथा शङ्खपद्मनिधी पूज्य मध्ये वास्त्वपसारणं सारङ्गायेति भूतानां भूतशुद्धिं स्थितश् चरेत्

dhātre dakṣe vidhātre ca gaṅgāñca yamunāṃ tathā śaṅkhapadmanidhī pūjya madhye vāstvapasāraṇaṃ sāraṅgāyeti bhūtānāṃ bhūtaśuddhiṃ sthitaś caret

to Dhātṛ on the right, and to Vidhātṛ, and likewise the Gaṅgā and the Yamunā, and having worshipped the conch-treasure and the lotus-treasure, in the middle (comes) the removal of the Vāstu (spirit); with "to Sāraṅga" (he performs) the purification of the elements of the beings, standing (he should proceed).

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AgP 33.21

ॐ ह्रूं हः फट् ह्रूं(२) गन्धतन्मात्रं संहरामि नमः ॥ ॐ ह्रूं हः फट् ह्रूं(३) रसतन्मात्रं संहरामि नमः ॐ ह्रूं हः फट् ह्रूं(४) रूपतन्मात्रं संहरामि नमः ॥ ॐ ह्रूं हः फट् ह्रूं(५) स्पर्शतन्मात्रं संहरामि नमः :न् १ त्रिसूत्राणि च भद्रके इति घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ ॐ हूं हः फट् हूमिति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ॐ ह्रां हः फट् ह्रूमिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ ॐ ह्रीं हः फट् ह्रूनिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ ॐ ह्रां हः ह्रूं इति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ॐ ह्रां हः फट् ह्रीमिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ४ ॐ ह्रां हः फट् इति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् ९५ ॐ ह्रूं हः फट् ह्रूं(१) शब्दतन्मात्रं संहरामि नमः ॥ पञ्चोद्घातैर् गन्धतन्मात्ररूपं भूमिमण्डलं चतुरस्रञ्च पीतञ्च कठिनं वज्रलाञ्छितम्

oṃ hrūṃ haḥ phaṭ hrūṃ(2) gandhatanmātraṃ saṃharāmi namaḥ || oṃ hrūṃ haḥ phaṭ hrūṃ(3) rasatanmātraṃ saṃharāmi namaḥ oṃ hrūṃ haḥ phaṭ hrūṃ(4) rūpatanmātraṃ saṃharāmi namaḥ || oṃ hrūṃ haḥ phaṭ hrūṃ(5) sparśatanmātraṃ saṃharāmi namaḥ :n 1 trisūtrāṇi ca bhadrake iti gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 oṃ hūṃ haḥ phaṭ hūmiti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ oṃ hrāṃ haḥ phaṭ hrūmiti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 oṃ hrīṃ haḥ phaṭ hrūniti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 oṃ hrāṃ haḥ hrūṃ iti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ oṃ hrāṃ haḥ phaṭ hrīmiti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 4 oṃ hrāṃ haḥ phaṭ iti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 95 oṃ hrūṃ haḥ phaṭ hrūṃ(1) śabdatanmātraṃ saṃharāmi namaḥ || pañcodghātair gandhatanmātrarūpaṃ bhūmimaṇḍalaṃ caturasrañca pītañca kaṭhinaṃ vajralāñchitam

"Oṃ hrūṃ haḥ phaṭ hrūṃ: I withdraw the subtle element of smell, homage." "Oṃ hrūṃ haḥ phaṭ hrūṃ: I withdraw the subtle element of taste, homage." "Oṃ hrūṃ haḥ phaṭ hrūṃ: I withdraw the subtle element of form, homage." "Oṃ hrūṃ haḥ phaṭ hrūṃ: I withdraw the subtle element of touch, homage." [Notes: manuscript variants.] "Oṃ hrūṃ haḥ phaṭ hrūṃ: I withdraw the subtle element of sound, homage." With five upward breaths (he withdraws) the earth-circle, which has the form of the subtle element of smell, four-cornered, yellow, hard, marked with the thunderbolt,

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AgP 33.22

इन्द्राधिदैवतं पादयुग्ममध्यगतं स्मरेत् शुद्धञ्च रसतन्मात्रं प्रविलिप्याथ संहरेत् रसमात्ररूपमात्रे क्रमेणानेन पूजकः

indrādhidaivataṃ pādayugmamadhyagataṃ smaret śuddhañca rasatanmātraṃ pravilipyātha saṃharet rasamātrarūpamātre krameṇānena pūjakaḥ

having Indra as its presiding deity: he should recall it as situated in the middle of the two feet. And having smeared over the pure subtle element of taste, he should then withdraw it. In the subtle element of taste and the subtle element of form the worshipper (proceeds) by this sequence:

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AgP 33.23

ॐ ह्रीं हः फट् ह्रूं(२) रसतन्मात्रं संहरामि नमः ॐ ह्रूं हः फट्(३) रूपतन्मात्रं संहरामि नमः ॐ ह्रीं हः फट् ह्रूं स्पर्शतन्मात्रं संहरामि नमः ॐ ह्रीं हः फट् ह्रूं(४) शब्दतन्मात्रं संहरामि नमः जानुनाभिमध्यगतं(५) श्वेतं वै पद्मलाञ्छितं शुक्लवर्णं चार्धचन्द्रं ध्यायेद्वरुणदैवतं

oṃ hrīṃ haḥ phaṭ hrūṃ(2) rasatanmātraṃ saṃharāmi namaḥ oṃ hrūṃ haḥ phaṭ(3) rūpatanmātraṃ saṃharāmi namaḥ oṃ hrīṃ haḥ phaṭ hrūṃ sparśatanmātraṃ saṃharāmi namaḥ oṃ hrīṃ haḥ phaṭ hrūṃ(4) śabdatanmātraṃ saṃharāmi namaḥ jānunābhimadhyagataṃ(5) śvetaṃ vai padmalāñchitaṃ śuklavarṇaṃ cārdhacandraṃ dhyāyedvaruṇadaivataṃ

"Oṃ hrīṃ haḥ phaṭ hrūṃ: I withdraw the subtle element of taste, homage." "Oṃ hrūṃ haḥ phaṭ: I withdraw the subtle element of form, homage." "Oṃ hrīṃ haḥ phaṭ hrūṃ: I withdraw the subtle element of touch, homage." "Oṃ hrīṃ haḥ phaṭ hrūṃ: I withdraw the subtle element of sound, homage." He should meditate upon (the water-circle) situated between the knees and the navel, white, marked with a lotus, of white colour and half-moon shaped, with Varuṇa as its deity.

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AgP 33.24

चतुर्भिश् च तदुद्घातैः शुद्धं तद्रसमात्रकं संहरेद्रूपतन्मात्रै रूपमात्रे च संहरेत्

caturbhiś ca tadudghātaiḥ śuddhaṃ tadrasamātrakaṃ saṃharedrūpatanmātrai rūpamātre ca saṃharet

And by four upward breaths (he should withdraw) that pure subtle element of taste; he should withdraw it with the subtle elements of form, and he should withdraw it into the subtle element of form.

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AgP 33.25

ॐ ह्रूं हः फट् ह्रूं रूपतन्मात्रं संहरामि नमः ॐ ह्रूं हः फट् ह्रूं स्पर्शतन्मात्रं संहरामि नमः ॐ ह्रूं हः फट् ह्रूं शब्दतन्मात्रं संहरामि नमः इति त्रिभिस्तदुद्घातैस्त्रिकोणं वह्निमण्डलम् नाभिकण्ठमध्यगतं रक्तं स्वस्तिकलाञ्छितं

oṃ hrūṃ haḥ phaṭ hrūṃ rūpatanmātraṃ saṃharāmi namaḥ oṃ hrūṃ haḥ phaṭ hrūṃ sparśatanmātraṃ saṃharāmi namaḥ oṃ hrūṃ haḥ phaṭ hrūṃ śabdatanmātraṃ saṃharāmi namaḥ iti tribhistadudghātaistrikoṇaṃ vahnimaṇḍalam nābhikaṇṭhamadhyagataṃ raktaṃ svastikalāñchitaṃ

oṃ hrūṃ haḥ phaṭ hrūṃ — I withdraw the subtle element of form, homage. oṃ hrūṃ haḥ phaṭ hrūṃ — I withdraw the subtle element of touch, homage. oṃ hrūṃ haḥ phaṭ hrūṃ — I withdraw the subtle element of sound, homage. Thus, by three raisings (of the breath): the triangular circle of fire, lying between the navel and the throat, red, marked with a svastika —

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AgP 33.26

ध्यात्वानलाधिदैवन्तच्छुद्धं स्पर्शे लयं नयत् :न् १ ॐ ह्रां हः फट् हमिति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठ्ः २ ॐ ह्रीं फट् हमिति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ॐ ह्रूं हः फट् हूमिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ ॐ ह्रीं हः फट् ह्रूं इति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ४ ॐ ह्रं हः फट् हूमिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ५ पद्मासनमध्यगतमिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् ९६ ॐ ह्रौं हः फट् ह्रूं(१) स्पर्शतन्मात्रं संहरामि नमः ॐ ह्रौं हः फट् ह्रूं(२) शब्दतन्मात्रं संहरामि नमः ॥ कण्ठनासामध्यगतं वृत्तं वै वायुमण्डलम्

dhyātvānalādhidaivantacchuddhaṃ sparśe layaṃ nayat :n 1 oṃ hrāṃ haḥ phaṭ hamiti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhḥ 2 oṃ hrīṃ phaṭ hamiti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ oṃ hrūṃ haḥ phaṭ hūmiti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 oṃ hrīṃ haḥ phaṭ hrūṃ iti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 4 oṃ hraṃ haḥ phaṭ hūmiti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 5 padmāsanamadhyagatamiti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 96 oṃ hrauṃ haḥ phaṭ hrūṃ(1) sparśatanmātraṃ saṃharāmi namaḥ oṃ hrauṃ haḥ phaṭ hrūṃ(2) śabdatanmātraṃ saṃharāmi namaḥ || kaṇṭhanāsāmadhyagataṃ vṛttaṃ vai vāyumaṇḍalam

— having meditated (on it) as having Fire for its presiding deity, he should make that purified (element) dissolve into touch. [Notes: 1. 'oṃ hrāṃ haḥ phaṭ haṃ' is the reading of the manuscript marked ga. 2. 'oṃ hrīṃ phaṭ haṃ' is the reading of the manuscript marked ga; 'oṃ hrūṃ haḥ phaṭ hūṃ' is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa. 3. 'oṃ hrīṃ haḥ phaṭ hrūṃ' is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa. 4. 'oṃ hraṃ haḥ phaṭ hūṃ' is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa. 5. 'padmāsanamadhyagatam' is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa.] oṃ hrauṃ haḥ phaṭ hrūṃ — I withdraw the subtle element of touch, homage. oṃ hrauṃ haḥ phaṭ hrūṃ — I withdraw the subtle element of sound, homage. || Lying between the throat and the nose is the circular circle of wind,

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AgP 33.27

द्विरुद्घातैर् धूम्रवर्णं ध्यायेच्छुद्धेन्दुलाञ्छितम् स्पर्शमात्रं शब्दमात्रैः संहरेद्ध्यानयोगतः

dvirudghātair dhūmravarṇaṃ dhyāyecchuddhendulāñchitam sparśamātraṃ śabdamātraiḥ saṃhareddhyānayogataḥ

which, by two raisings (of the breath), he should meditate on as smoke-coloured, marked with a pure moon; he should withdraw the subtle element of touch into the subtle elements of sound by the practice of meditation.

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AgP 33.28

ॐ ह्रौं हः फट् ह्रूं शब्दतन्मात्रं संहरामि नमः एकोद्घातेन चाकाशं शुद्धस्फटिकसन्निभम् नासापुटशिखान्तस्थमाकाशमुपसंहरेत्

oṃ hrauṃ haḥ phaṭ hrūṃ śabdatanmātraṃ saṃharāmi namaḥ ekodghātena cākāśaṃ śuddhasphaṭikasannibham nāsāpuṭaśikhāntasthamākāśamupasaṃharet

oṃ hrauṃ haḥ phaṭ hrūṃ — I withdraw the subtle element of sound, homage. And by a single raising (of the breath he should meditate on) ether, resembling pure crystal; he should withdraw the ether that stands between the nostril and the crown-tuft.

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AgP 33.29

शोषणाद्यैर् देहशुद्धिं कुर्यादेवम् क्रमात्ततः शुष्कं कलेवरं ध्यायेत् पादाद्यञ्च शिखान्तकम्

śoṣaṇādyair dehaśuddhiṃ kuryādevam kramāttataḥ śuṣkaṃ kalevaraṃ dhyāyet pādādyañca śikhāntakam

Thus he should perform the purification of the body, in order, by drying and the rest; then he should meditate on the body as dried up, from the feet up to the crown-tuft.

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AgP 33.30

यं वीजेन वं वीजेन ज्वालामालासमायुतम्(३) देहं रमित्यनेनैव ब्रह्मरन्ध्राद्विनिर्गतम्

yaṃ vījena vaṃ vījena jvālāmālāsamāyutam(3) dehaṃ ramityanenaiva brahmarandhrādvinirgatam

With the seed-syllable yaṃ, with the seed-syllable vaṃ, (he meditates on) the body wreathed in a garland of flames; and with this very (syllable) raṃ, (on it as) issued forth from the aperture of Brahmā.

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AgP 33.31

विन्दुन्ध्यात्वा चामृतस्य तेन भस्मकलेवरम् सम्प्लावयेल्लमित्यस्मात् देहं सम्पाद्य दिव्यकम्

vindundhyātvā cāmṛtasya tena bhasmakalevaram samplāvayellamityasmāt dehaṃ sampādya divyakam

And having meditated on a drop of nectar, with it he should flood the body of ashes; from this (syllable) laṃ, having brought about a divine body,

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AgP 33.32

न्यासं कृत्वा करे देहे मानसं यागमाचरेत् विष्णुं साङ्गं हृदि पद्मे मानसैः कुसुमादिभिः

nyāsaṃ kṛtvā kare dehe mānasaṃ yāgamācaret viṣṇuṃ sāṅgaṃ hṛdi padme mānasaiḥ kusumādibhiḥ

having performed the placing (of mantras) on the hand and on the body, he should carry out the mental sacrifice: (worshipping) Viṣṇu together with his limbs (i.e. ancillary mantras) in the lotus of the heart, with mental flowers and the rest.

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AgP 33.33

मूलमन्त्रेण देवेशम्प्रार्चयेद्भुक्तिमुक्तिदम् स्वागतं देवदेवेश सन्निधौ भव केशव

mūlamantreṇa deveśamprārcayedbhuktimuktidam svāgataṃ devadeveśa sannidhau bhava keśava

With the root mantra he should worship the Lord of gods, the giver of enjoyment and liberation: "Welcome, O God, Lord of gods; be present here, O Keśava;

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AgP 33.34

गृहाण मानसीं पूजां यथार्थं(४) परिभाविताम् आधारशक्तिः कूर्माथ पूज्योनन्तो मही ततः

gṛhāṇa mānasīṃ pūjāṃ yathārthaṃ(4) paribhāvitām ādhāraśaktiḥ kūrmātha pūjyonanto mahī tataḥ

receive the mental worship, imagined as it really is." The supporting power (ādhāraśakti), then the Tortoise, is to be worshipped, (then) Ananta, then the Earth.

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AgP 33.35

मध्येग्न्यादौ च धर्माद्या अधर्मादीन्द्रमुख्यगम्(४) :न् १ ॐ क्षौं हः फट् क्रूमिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ ॐ क्षौं हः फट् क्रूमिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ ज्वालामालासमप्रभमिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ४ यथास्वमिति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ५ धर्मादीनिन्द्रादौ विपरीतकानिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् ९७ सत्त्वादि मध्ये पद्मञ्च मायाविद्याख्यतत्त्वके

madhyegnyādau ca dharmādyā adharmādīndramukhyagam(4) :n 1 oṃ kṣauṃ haḥ phaṭ krūmiti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 oṃ kṣauṃ haḥ phaṭ krūmiti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 jvālāmālāsamaprabhamiti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 4 yathāsvamiti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 5 dharmādīnindrādau viparītakāniti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 97 sattvādi madhye padmañca māyāvidyākhyatattvake

And in the centre and in the southeast and the other (quarters), dharma and the rest; and adharma and the rest, beginning at the Indra (east) quarter. [Notes: 1. 'oṃ kṣauṃ haḥ phaṭ krūṃ' is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa. 2. 'oṃ kṣauṃ haḥ phaṭ krūṃ' is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa. 3. 'jvālāmālāsamaprabham' is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa. 4. 'yathāsvam' is the reading of the manuscript marked kha. 5. 'dharmādīn indrādau viparītakān' is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa.] (Then) sattva and the rest, and in the centre the lotus, in the two principles called māyā and vidyā;

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AgP 33.36

कालतत्त्वञ्च सूर्यादिमण्डलं पक्षिराजकः मध्ये ततश् च वायव्यादीशान्ता गुरुपङ्क्तिकाः

kālatattvañca sūryādimaṇḍalaṃ pakṣirājakaḥ madhye tataś ca vāyavyādīśāntā gurupaṅktikāḥ

and the principle of time, the circle of the sun and the rest, the king of birds (Garuḍa) in the centre; and thereafter, from the northwest up to the northeast, the rows of teachers:

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AgP 33.37

गणः सरस्वती पूज्या(१) नारदो नलकूवरः गुरुर्गुरुपादुका च परो गुरुश् च पादुका

gaṇaḥ sarasvatī pūjyā(1) nārado nalakūvaraḥ gururgurupādukā ca paro guruś ca pādukā

Gaṇa (Gaṇeśa), Sarasvatī are to be worshipped, Nārada, Nalakūvara, the teacher and the teacher's sandals, and the higher teacher and (his) sandals,

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AgP 33.38

पूर्वसिद्धाः परसिद्धाः केशरेषु च शक्तयः लक्ष्मीः सरस्वती प्रीतिः कीर्तिः शान्तिश् च कान्तिका

pūrvasiddhāḥ parasiddhāḥ keśareṣu ca śaktayaḥ lakṣmīḥ sarasvatī prītiḥ kīrtiḥ śāntiś ca kāntikā

the earlier adepts, the later adepts; and on the filaments the powers: Lakṣmī, Sarasvatī, Prīti, Kīrti, Śānti and Kānti,

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AgP 33.39

पुष्टिस्तुष्टिर्महेन्द्राद्या मध्ये वाचाहितो हरिः धृतिः श्रीरतिकान्त्याद्या मूलेन स्थापितो ऽच्युतः

puṣṭistuṣṭirmahendrādyā madhye vācāhito hariḥ dhṛtiḥ śrīratikāntyādyā mūlena sthāpito 'cyutaḥ

Puṣṭi, Tuṣṭi, beginning at the (quarter) of great Indra; in the centre Hari, invoked with speech; Dhṛti, Śrī, Rati, Kānti and the rest — Acyuta is established with the root mantra.

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AgP 33.40

ॐ अभिमुखो भवेति प्रार्थ्य सन्निहितो भव विन्यस्यार्घ्यादिकं दत्वा गन्धाद्यैर् मूलतो यजेत्

oṃ abhimukho bhaveti prārthya sannihito bhava vinyasyārghyādikaṃ datvā gandhādyair mūlato yajet

Having prayed "oṃ, be turned towards (me)", (and) "be present here", and having placed (the mantras), having offered the guest-water and the rest, he should worship with perfumes and the other (offerings) by means of the root mantra.

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AgP 33.41

ॐ भीषय भीषय हृत् शिरस्त्रासय वै पुनः मर्दय मर्दय शिखा अग्न्यादौ शस्त्रतोस्त्रकं

oṃ bhīṣaya bhīṣaya hṛt śirastrāsaya vai punaḥ mardaya mardaya śikhā agnyādau śastratostrakaṃ

"oṃ, frighten, frighten" — the heart (mantra); "terrify" — the head, indeed; then "crush, crush" — the crown-tuft; in the southeast and the other (quarters), the weapon-missile.

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AgP 33.42

रक्ष रक्ष प्रध्वंसय प्रध्वंसय कवचाय(२) नमस्ततः ॐ ह्रूं(३) फट् अस्त्राय नमो मूलवीजेन चाङ्गकं

rakṣa rakṣa pradhvaṃsaya pradhvaṃsaya kavacāya(2) namastataḥ oṃ hrūṃ(3) phaṭ astrāya namo mūlavījena cāṅgakaṃ

"Protect, protect; destroy utterly, destroy utterly" — then "homage to the armour"; "oṃ hrūṃ phaṭ, homage to the weapon" — and (he should worship) the limbs with the root seed-syllable.

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AgP 33.43

पूर्वदक्षाप्यसौम्येषु मूर्त्यावरणमर्चयेत् वासुदेवः सङ्कर्षणः प्रद्युम्नश्चानिरुद्धकः

pūrvadakṣāpyasaumyeṣu mūrtyāvaraṇamarcayet vāsudevaḥ saṅkarṣaṇaḥ pradyumnaścāniruddhakaḥ

In the east, south, west and north he should worship the enclosure of the (four) forms: Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha.

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AgP 33.44

अग्न्यादौ श्रीधृतिरतिकान्तयो मूर्तयो हरेः शङ्खचक्रगदापद्ममग्न्यादौ पूर्वकादिकं

agnyādau śrīdhṛtiratikāntayo mūrtayo hareḥ śaṅkhacakragadāpadmamagnyādau pūrvakādikaṃ

In the southeast and the other (quarters), Śrī, Dhṛti, Rati and Kānti, the forms of Hari; conch, discus, mace and lotus in the southeast and the rest, beginning from the east(ern one).

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AgP 33.45

शार्ङ्गञ्च मुषलं खड्गं वनमालाञ्च तद्वहिः इन्द्राद्याश् च तयानन्तो नैरृत्यां वरुणस्ततः

śārṅgañca muṣalaṃ khaḍgaṃ vanamālāñca tadvahiḥ indrādyāś ca tayānanto nairṛtyāṃ varuṇastataḥ

And the Śārṅga bow, the pestle, the sword and the forest-garland (are placed) outside that; and Indra and the rest (are worshipped) thereby; Ananta (is placed) in the southwest, then Varuṇa.

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AgP 33.46

ब्रह्मेन्द्रेशानयोर्मध्ये अस्त्रावरणकं वहिः ऐरावतस्ततश्छागो महिषो वानरो झषः

brahmendreśānayormadhye astrāvaraṇakaṃ vahiḥ airāvatastataśchāgo mahiṣo vānaro jhaṣaḥ

Between (the stations of) Brahmā, Indra and Īśāna (is placed) the enclosure of the weapon(s), outside; then the elephant Airāvata, the goat, the buffalo, the monkey, the fish,

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AgP 33.47

:न् १ गणश् च तासु पूज्यो ऽथ इति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ रक्ष रक्ष प्रध्वंसय कवचायेति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ ॐ ह्रीमिति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् ९८ मृगः शशो ऽथ वृषभः कूर्मो हंसस्ततो वहिः पृश्निगर्भः कुमुदाद्या द्वारपाला द्वयं द्वयं

:n 1 gaṇaś ca tāsu pūjyo 'tha iti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 rakṣa rakṣa pradhvaṃsaya kavacāyeti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 oṃ hrīmiti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 98 mṛgaḥ śaśo 'tha vṛṣabhaḥ kūrmo haṃsastato vahiḥ pṛśnigarbhaḥ kumudādyā dvārapālā dvayaṃ dvayaṃ

[apparatus: 1. 'gaṇaś ca tāsu pūjyo 'tha' is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa; 2. 'rakṣa rakṣa pradhvaṃsaya kavacāya' is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa; 3. 'oṃ hrīṃ' is the reading of the manuscript marked kha; page 98] — the deer, the hare, then the bull, the tortoise, the goose; outside that, Pṛśnigarbha; the door-guardians Kumuda and the rest, two by two.

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AgP 33.48

पूर्वाद्युत्तरद्वारान्तं हरिं नत्वा बलिं वहिः विष्णुपार्षदेभ्यो नमो बलिपीठे बलिं ददेत्

pūrvādyuttaradvārāntaṃ hariṃ natvā baliṃ vahiḥ viṣṇupārṣadebhyo namo balipīṭhe baliṃ dadet

Having bowed to Hari (at each door) from the eastern door around to the northern, (one should offer) the bali outside; with "Homage to the attendants of Viṣṇu" he should give the bali on the bali-seat.

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AgP 33.49

विश्वाय विश्वक्सेनात्मने ईशानके यजेत् देवस्य दक्षिणे हस्ते रक्षासूत्रञ्च बन्धयेत्

viśvāya viśvaksenātmane īśānake yajet devasya dakṣiṇe haste rakṣāsūtrañca bandhayet

He should worship in the northeast (quarter) with "To Viśva, to him whose self is Viṣvaksena"; and he should bind the protective thread on the god's right hand.

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AgP 33.50

संवत्सरकृताचार्याः सम्पूर्णफलदायिने पवित्रारोहणायेदं कौतुकं धारय ॐ नमः

saṃvatsarakṛtācāryāḥ sampūrṇaphaladāyine pavitrārohaṇāyedaṃ kautukaṃ dhāraya oṃ namaḥ

The officiants appointed for the year (say): "To the giver of complete fruit — wear this auspicious band for the pavitra-investiture; oṃ, homage."

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AgP 33.51

उपवासादिनियमं कुर्याद्वै देवसन्निधौ उपवासादिनियतो देवं सन्तोषयाम्यहम्

upavāsādiniyamaṃ kuryādvai devasannidhau upavāsādiniyato devaṃ santoṣayāmyaham

He should undertake the observance of fasting and the rest in the presence of the god (saying): "Restrained by fasting and the other (observances), I gratify the god."

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AgP 33.52

कामक्रोधादयः सर्वे मा मे तिष्ठन्तु सर्वथा अद्यप्रभृति देवेश यावद्वैशेषिकं दिनम्

kāmakrodhādayaḥ sarve mā me tiṣṭhantu sarvathā adyaprabhṛti deveśa yāvadvaiśeṣikaṃ dinam

"Let desire, anger and all the rest not abide in me in any way, from today on, O Lord of gods, until the special day."

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AgP 33.53

यजमानो ह्य् अशक्तश्चेत् कुर्यान्नक्तादिकं व्रती हुत्वा विसर्जयेत् स्तुत्वा श्रीकरन्नित्यपूजनम् ॐ ह्रीं(१) श्रीं श्रीधराय त्रैलोक्यमोहनाय नमः

yajamāno hy aśaktaścet kuryānnaktādikaṃ vratī hutvā visarjayet stutvā śrīkarannityapūjanam oṃ hrīṃ(1) śrīṃ śrīdharāya trailokyamohanāya namaḥ

But if the sacrificer is unable, the observer of the vow should perform the night-meal and the rest; having made the oblation and having praised (the god), he should dismiss (him). The daily worship of Śrīdhara (is done with): "oṃ hrīṃ śrīṃ, homage to Śrīdhara, the enchanter of the three worlds."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain