Agni Purana — Chapter 364

AgP 364.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे नृवर्गो नाम त्रिषष्ट्यधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् {३६४} :श् अथ चतुःषष्ट्यधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः ब्रह्मवर्गः अग्निर् उवाच वंशो ऽन्ववायो गोत्रं स्यात् कुलान्यभिजनान्वयौ मन्त्रव्याख्याकृदाचार्य आदेष्टा त्वध्वरे व्रती

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe nṛvargo nāma triṣaṣṭyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter {364} :ś atha catuḥṣaṣṭyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ brahmavargaḥ agnir uvāca vaṃśo 'nvavāyo gotraṃ syāt kulānyabhijanānvayau mantravyākhyākṛdācārya ādeṣṭā tvadhvare vratī

Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa the chapter called "The Section on Man," the three hundred sixty-third chapter. Chapter 364. Now the three hundred sixty-fourth chapter: the Section on Brahmins. Agni said: Vaṃśa, anvavāya, gotra, kula, abhijana and anvaya (are names for lineage). The teacher (ācārya) is one who expounds the mantras; in the sacrifice the observer of the vow (vratī) is the one who directs (ādeṣṭā).

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AgP 364.2

यष्टा च यजमानः स्यात् ज्ञात्वारम्भ उपक्रमः सतीर्थ्याश् चैकगुरवः सभ्याः सामाजिकास् तथा

yaṣṭā ca yajamānaḥ syāt jñātvārambha upakramaḥ satīrthyāś caikaguravaḥ sabhyāḥ sāmājikās tathā

And the sacrificer (yaṣṭā) would be the yajamāna; upakrama is the beginning after knowing. Those having one and the same guru are fellow-students (satīrthya); sabhya and sāmājika likewise (mean members of an assembly).

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AgP 364.3

सभासदः सभास्तारा ऋत्विजो याजकाश् च ते अध्वर्यूद्गातृहोतारो यजुःसामर्ग्विदः क्रमात्

sabhāsadaḥ sabhāstārā ṛtvijo yājakāś ca te adhvaryūdgātṛhotāro yajuḥsāmargvidaḥ kramāt

Sabhāsad and sabhāstāra (are those who sit in the assembly); and the ṛtvijs are the sacrificing priests. The adhvaryu, udgātṛ and hotṛ are, in order, the knowers of the Yajus, the Sāman and the Ṛc.

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AgP 364.4

चषालो यूपकटकः समे स्थण्डिलचत्वरे आमिक्षा सा शृतोष्णे या क्षीरे स्याद्दधियोगतः

caṣālo yūpakaṭakaḥ same sthaṇḍilacatvare āmikṣā sā śṛtoṣṇe yā kṣīre syāddadhiyogataḥ

The caṣāla is the ring of the sacrificial post; sthaṇḍila and catvara (mean) level ground. Āmikṣā is that which arises in hot boiled milk from the adding of curds.

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AgP 364.5

पृषदाज्यं सदध्याज्ये परमान्नन्तु पायसम् उपाकृतः पशुरसौ यो ऽभिमन्त्र्य क्रतौ हतः

pṛṣadājyaṃ sadadhyājye paramānnantu pāyasam upākṛtaḥ paśurasau yo 'bhimantrya kratau hataḥ

Pṛṣadājya is ghee together with curds; paramānna, however, is milk-rice (pāyasa). Upākṛta is that animal which, having been consecrated with mantras, is slain at the sacrifice.

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AgP 364.6

परम्पराकं समनं प्रोक्षणञ्च बधार्थकम् :प् २९० पूजा नमस्यापिचितिः सपर्यार्चार्हणाः समाः

paramparākaṃ samanaṃ prokṣaṇañca badhārthakam :p 290 pūjā namasyāpicitiḥ saparyārcārhaṇāḥ samāḥ

Paramparāka, samana and prokṣaṇa have the sense of killing. Pūjā, namasyā, apaciti, saparyā, arcā and arhaṇā are equivalent (words for worship).

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AgP 364.7

वरिवस्या तु शुश्रूषा परिचर्याप्युपासनम् नियमो ब्रतमस्त्री तच्चोपवासादि पुण्यकम्

varivasyā tu śuśrūṣā paricaryāpyupāsanam niyamo bratamastrī taccopavāsādi puṇyakam

Varivasyā, however, (means) service; paricaryā and upāsana too. Niyama and vrata (the latter neuter, without feminine form), and that (observance such as) fasting and the like, is puṇyaka.

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AgP 364.8

मुख्यः स्यात् प्रथमः कल्पो ऽनुकल्पस्तु ततो ऽधमः कल्पे विधिक्रमौ ज्ञेयौ विवेकः पृथगात्मता

mukhyaḥ syāt prathamaḥ kalpo 'nukalpastu tato 'dhamaḥ kalpe vidhikramau jñeyau vivekaḥ pṛthagātmatā

The principal (kalpa) would be the first procedure; the substitute procedure (anukalpa) is lower than that. In a kalpa the rule (vidhi) and the order (krama) are to be known; viveka is being separate.

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AgP 364.9

संस्कारपूर्वं ग्रहणं स्यादुपाकरणं श्रुतेः भिक्षुः परिव्राट् कर्मन्दी पाराशर्यपि मस्करी

saṃskārapūrvaṃ grahaṇaṃ syādupākaraṇaṃ śruteḥ bhikṣuḥ parivrāṭ karmandī pārāśaryapi maskarī

Upākaraṇa would be the taking up of Vedic learning preceded by the (proper) consecration. Bhikṣu, parivrāj, karmandī, pārāśarī and maskarī (are names for a mendicant).

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AgP 364.10

ऋषयः सत्यवचसःस्नातकश्चाप्लुतव्रती ये निर्जितेन्द्रियग्रामा यतिनो यतयश् च ते

ṛṣayaḥ satyavacasaḥsnātakaścāplutavratī ye nirjitendriyagrāmā yatino yatayaś ca te

The ṛṣis are the speakers of truth; and the snātaka is one whose vow is completed by the (final) bath. Those who have subdued the host of the senses are yatins and yatis.

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AgP 364.11

शरीरसाधनापेक्षं नित्यं यत् कर्म तद्यमः नियमस्तु स यत् कर्मानित्यमागन्तुसाधनम् स्याद् ब्रह्मभूयं ब्रह्मत्वं ब्रह्मसायुज्यमित्यपि

śarīrasādhanāpekṣaṃ nityaṃ yat karma tadyamaḥ niyamastu sa yat karmānityamāgantusādhanam syād brahmabhūyaṃ brahmatvaṃ brahmasāyujyamityapi

That obligatory act which depends on bodily means is yama; but niyama is that act which is non-obligatory and has incidental means. Brahmabhūya, brahmatva and also brahmasāyujya (are names for union with Brahman).

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