Agni Purana — Chapter 367

AgP 367.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे सामान्यनामलिङ्गानि नाम षट्षष्ट्यधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ :प् २९८ छप्तेर् {३६७} :श् अथ सप्तषष्ट्यधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः नित्यनैमीत्तिकप्राकृतप्रलयाः अग्निर् उवाच चतुर्विधस्तु प्रलयो नित्यो यः प्राणिनां लयः सदा विनाशो जातानां ब्राह्मो नैमित्तिको लयः

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe sāmānyanāmaliṅgāni nāma ṣaṭṣaṣṭyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || :p 298 chapter {367} :ś atha saptaṣaṣṭyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ nityanaimīttikaprākṛtapralayāḥ agnir uvāca caturvidhastu pralayo nityo yaḥ prāṇināṃ layaḥ sadā vināśo jātānāṃ brāhmo naimittiko layaḥ

Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa, the three hundred sixty-sixth chapter, called 'General Nouns and Genders.' || Chapter 367: The eternal, occasional, and elemental dissolutions. Agni said: Dissolution is of four kinds. The eternal (nitya) is that dissolution of living beings which goes on always, the destruction of what has been born; the Brahmā-related one is the occasional (naimittika) dissolution.

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AgP 367.2

चतुर्युगसहस्रान्ते प्राकृतः प्राकृतो लयः लय आत्यन्तिको ज्ञानादात्मनः परमात्मनि

caturyugasahasrānte prākṛtaḥ prākṛto layaḥ laya ātyantiko jñānādātmanaḥ paramātmani

At the end of a thousand four-age cycles is the elemental (prākṛta) dissolution into primal matter; the absolute (ātyantika) dissolution is the merging of the self in the supreme Self through knowledge.

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AgP 367.3

नैमित्तिकस्य कल्पान्ते वक्ष्ये रूपं लयस्य ते चतुर्युगसहस्रान्ते क्षीणप्राये महीतले

naimittikasya kalpānte vakṣye rūpaṃ layasya te caturyugasahasrānte kṣīṇaprāye mahītale

I shall tell you the form of the occasional dissolution, at the end of a kalpa: at the close of a thousand four-age cycles, when the surface of the earth is nearly worn out,

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AgP 367.4

अनावृष्टिरतीवोग्रा जायते शतवार्षिकी ततः सत्त्वक्षयः स्याच्च ततो विष्णुर्जगत्पतिः

anāvṛṣṭiratīvogrā jāyate śatavārṣikī tataḥ sattvakṣayaḥ syācca tato viṣṇurjagatpatiḥ

an exceedingly terrible drought arises, lasting a hundred years; then there is destruction of creatures, and then Viṣṇu, lord of the world,

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AgP 367.5

स्थितो जलानि पिवति भानोः सप्तसु रश्मिषु भूपातालसमुद्रादितोयं नयति संक्षयं

sthito jalāni pivati bhānoḥ saptasu raśmiṣu bhūpātālasamudrāditoyaṃ nayati saṃkṣayaṃ

abiding in the seven rays of the sun, drinks the waters; he brings to utter destruction the water of the earth, the nether regions, the oceans and the rest.

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AgP 367.6

ततस्तस्यानुभावेन तोयाहारोपवृंहिताः त एव रश्मयः सप्त जायन्ते सप्त भास्कराः

tatastasyānubhāvena toyāhāropavṛṃhitāḥ ta eva raśmayaḥ sapta jāyante sapta bhāskarāḥ

Then by his power those very seven rays, swelled by the intake of water, become seven suns.

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AgP 367.7

दहन्त्य् अशेषं त्रैलोक्यं सपातालतलं द्विज कूर्मपृष्ठसमा भूः स्यात्ततः कालाग्निरुद्रकः

dahanty aśeṣaṃ trailokyaṃ sapātālatalaṃ dvija kūrmapṛṣṭhasamā bhūḥ syāttataḥ kālāgnirudrakaḥ

They burn the whole triple world together with the floor of the nether regions, O twice-born; the earth becomes level like a tortoise's back. Then Kālāgni-Rudra

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AgP 367.8

शेषाहिश्वाससम्पातात् पातालानि दहत्यधः पातालेभ्यो भुवं विष्णुर्भुवः स्वर्गं दहत्यतः

śeṣāhiśvāsasampātāt pātālāni dahatyadhaḥ pātālebhyo bhuvaṃ viṣṇurbhuvaḥ svargaṃ dahatyataḥ

burns the nether regions below by the onrush of the breath of the serpent Śeṣa; from the nether regions Viṣṇu (burns) the earth, and thereafter he burns heaven from the earth.

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AgP 367.9

अम्बरीषमिवाभाति त्रैलोक्यमखिलं तथा ततस्तापरीतास्तु लोकद्वयनिवासिनः

ambarīṣamivābhāti trailokyamakhilaṃ tathā tatastāparītāstu lokadvayanivāsinaḥ

And so the whole triple world glows like a frying pan; then the inhabitants of the two (remaining) worlds, beset by the heat,

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AgP 367.10

:प् २९९ गाचन्ति ते महर्लोकं महर्लोकाज्जनं ततः रुद्ररूपी जगद्दग्ध्वा मुखनिश्वासतो हरेः

:p 299 gācanti te maharlokaṃ maharlokājjanaṃ tataḥ rudrarūpī jagaddagdhvā mukhaniśvāsato hareḥ

they go to the Mahar world, and from the Mahar world to the Jana (world); then (the Lord), having the form of Rudra, having burnt up the world by the out-breath from Hari's mouth,

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AgP 367.11

उत्तिष्टन्ति ततो मेधा नानारूपाः सविद्युतः शतं वर्षाणि वर्षन्तः शमयन्त्यग्निमुत्थितम्

uttiṣṭanti tato medhā nānārūpāḥ savidyutaḥ śataṃ varṣāṇi varṣantaḥ śamayantyagnimutthitam

Then clouds rise up, of various shapes, with lightning; raining for a hundred years they quench the fire that has arisen.

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AgP 367.12

सप्तर्षिस्थानमाक्रम्य स्थिते ऽम्भसि शतं मरुत् मुखनिश्वासतो विष्णोर्नाशं नयति तान्घनान्

saptarṣisthānamākramya sthite 'mbhasi śataṃ marut mukhaniśvāsato viṣṇornāśaṃ nayati tānghanān

When the water has come to stand, having overrun the station of the Seven Sages, a wind (blowing) for a hundred (years), (arising) from the out-breath of Viṣṇu's mouth, brings those clouds to destruction.

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AgP 367.13

वायुं पीत्वा हरिः शेषे शेते चैकार्णवे प्रभुः ब्रह्मरूपधरः सिद्धैर् जलगैर् मुनिभिस्तुतः

vāyuṃ pītvā hariḥ śeṣe śete caikārṇave prabhuḥ brahmarūpadharaḥ siddhair jalagair munibhistutaḥ

Having drunk up the wind, Hari the Lord lies down on Śeṣa in the single ocean, bearing the form of Brahmā, praised by the Siddhas and by the sages who move in the water.

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AgP 367.14

आत्ममायामयीं दिव्यां योगनिद्रां समास्थितः आत्मानं वसिदेवाख्यं चिन्तयन्मधुसूदनः

ātmamāyāmayīṃ divyāṃ yoganidrāṃ samāsthitaḥ ātmānaṃ vasidevākhyaṃ cintayanmadhusūdanaḥ

Madhusūdana, having entered the divine yoga-sleep made of his own māyā, meditating on himself as the one called Vāsudeva.

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AgP 367.15

कल्पं शेते प्रबुद्धो ऽथ ब्रह्मरूपी सृजत्य् असौ द्विपरार्धन्ततो व्यक्तं प्रकृतौ लीयते द्विज

kalpaṃ śete prabuddho 'tha brahmarūpī sṛjaty asau dviparārdhantato vyaktaṃ prakṛtau līyate dvija

He sleeps for a kalpa; then, awakened, taking the form of Brahmā, he creates. After two parārdhas the manifest dissolves into prakṛti, O twice-born.

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AgP 367.16

स्थानात् स्थानं दशगुणमेकस्माद्गुण्यते स्थले ततो ऽष्टादशमे भागे परार्धमभिधीयते

sthānāt sthānaṃ daśaguṇamekasmādguṇyate sthale tato 'ṣṭādaśame bhāge parārdhamabhidhīyate

From place to place (in the numerical series) each is multiplied tenfold from the preceding one; then at the eighteenth place (parārdha) is declared.

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AgP 367.17

परार्धं द्विगुणं यत्तु प्राकृतः प्रलयः स्मृतः अनावृष्ट्याग्निसम्पर्कात् कृते संज्वलने द्विज

parārdhaṃ dviguṇaṃ yattu prākṛtaḥ pralayaḥ smṛtaḥ anāvṛṣṭyāgnisamparkāt kṛte saṃjvalane dvija

That which is twice a parārdha is known as the elemental (prākṛta) dissolution, when the great conflagration has been brought about by drought and contact with fire, O twice-born.

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AgP 367.18

महदादेर्विकारस्य विशेषान्तस्य संक्षये कृष्णेच्छाकारिते तस्मिन् सम्प्राप्ते प्रतिसञ्चरे

mahadādervikārasya viśeṣāntasya saṃkṣaye kṛṣṇecchākārite tasmin samprāpte pratisañcare

When the modification beginning with mahat and ending with the particulars comes to total destruction — that reabsorption having been brought about by Kṛṣṇa's will and having arrived —

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AgP 367.19

आपो ग्रसन्ति वै पूर्वं भूमिर्गन्धादिकं गुणं आत्मगन्धात्ततो भूमिः प्रलयत्वाय कल्पते

āpo grasanti vai pūrvaṃ bhūmirgandhādikaṃ guṇaṃ ātmagandhāttato bhūmiḥ pralayatvāya kalpate

The waters first swallow up the earth's quality, smell and the rest; then, (deprived) of its own smell, the earth becomes fit for dissolution.

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AgP 367.20

रसात्मिकाश् च तिष्ठन्ति ह्य् आपस्तासां रसो गुणः पीयते ज्योतिषा तासु नष्टास्वग्निश् च दीप्यते

rasātmikāś ca tiṣṭhanti hy āpastāsāṃ raso guṇaḥ pīyate jyotiṣā tāsu naṣṭāsvagniś ca dīpyate

And the waters remain, having taste as their essence; their quality, taste, is drunk up by fire, and when they are destroyed fire blazes.

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AgP 367.21

ज्योतिषो ऽपि गुणं रूपं वायुर्ग्रसति भास्करं :प् ३०० नष्टे ज्योतिषि वायुश् चबली दोधूयते महान्

jyotiṣo 'pi guṇaṃ rūpaṃ vāyurgrasati bhāskaraṃ :p 300 naṣṭe jyotiṣi vāyuś cabalī dodhūyate mahān

The wind swallows also the quality of fire, illuminating form; when fire is destroyed, the great wind, grown strong, blows violently.

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AgP 367.22

वायोरपि गुणं स्पर्शमाकाशं ग्रसते ततः वायौ नष्टे तु चाकाशन्नीरवं तिष्ठति द्विज

vāyorapi guṇaṃ sparśamākāśaṃ grasate tataḥ vāyau naṣṭe tu cākāśannīravaṃ tiṣṭhati dvija

Then space swallows up the quality of wind, touch; and when the wind is destroyed, space remains soundless, O twice-born.

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AgP 367.23

आकाशस्याथ वै शब्दं भूतादिर्ग्रसते च खं अभिमानात्मकं खञ्च भूतादिं ग्रसते महान्

ākāśasyātha vai śabdaṃ bhūtādirgrasate ca khaṃ abhimānātmakaṃ khañca bhūtādiṃ grasate mahān

Then the origin of the elements (bhūtādi, i.e. ahaṃkāra) swallows the sound of space, and space itself; and mahat swallows the bhūtādi, which consists of self-conceit.

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AgP 367.24

भूमिर्याति लयञ्चाप्सु आपो ज्योतिषि तद्ब्रजेत् वायौ वायुश् च खे खञ्च अहङ्कारे लयं स च

bhūmiryāti layañcāpsu āpo jyotiṣi tadbrajet vāyau vāyuś ca khe khañca ahaṅkāre layaṃ sa ca

Earth goes to dissolution in the waters, the waters go into fire, fire into wind, wind into space, and space into ahaṃkāra, and that (in turn)

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AgP 367.25

महात्तत्वे महान्तञ्च प्रकृतिर्ग्रसते द्विज व्यक्ताव्यक्ता च प्रकृतिर्व्यक्तस्याव्यक्तके लयः

mahāttatve mahāntañca prakṛtirgrasate dvija vyaktāvyaktā ca prakṛtirvyaktasyāvyaktake layaḥ

(dissolves) in the principle mahat; and prakṛti swallows mahat, O twice-born. Prakṛti is both manifest and unmanifest; the dissolution of the manifest is in the unmanifest.

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AgP 367.26

पुमाने काक्षरः शुद्धः सो ऽप्यंशः परमात्मनः प्रकृतिः पुरुषश् चैतौ लीयेते परमात्मनि

pumāne kākṣaraḥ śuddhaḥ so 'pyaṃśaḥ paramātmanaḥ prakṛtiḥ puruṣaś caitau līyete paramātmani

The Person is one, imperishable, pure; he too is a portion of the Supreme Self. These two, prakṛti and puruṣa, dissolve in the Supreme Self,

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AgP 367.27

न सन्ति यत्र सर्वेशे नामजात्यादिकल्पनाः सत्तामात्रात्मके ज्ञेये ज्ञानात्मन्यात्महः परे

na santi yatra sarveśe nāmajātyādikalpanāḥ sattāmātrātmake jñeye jñānātmanyātmahaḥ pare

in whom, the Lord of all, there exist no constructions of name and class and the rest — in the knowable whose essence is mere being, whose nature is knowledge, the supreme (destroyer of the self?).

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