Agni Purana — Chapter 374

AgP 374.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे ध्यानं नाम त्रिसप्तत्यधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ :न् १ प्राप्नुयाद्धरिमिति ख॥ । प्राप्यते फलमिति ञ॥ :प् ३२३ छप्तेर् {३७४} :श् अथ चतुःसप्तत्यधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः धारणा अग्निर् उवाच धारणा मनसोध्येये संस्थितिर्ध्यानवद्द्विधा मूर्तामूर्तहरिध्यानमनोधारणतो हरिः

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe dhyānaṃ nāma trisaptatyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || :n 1 prāpnuyāddharimiti kha.. / prāpyate phalamiti ña.. :p 323 chapter {374} :ś atha catuḥsaptatyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ dhāraṇā agnir uvāca dhāraṇā manasodhyeye saṃsthitirdhyānavaddvidhā mūrtāmūrtaharidhyānamanodhāraṇato hariḥ

Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa the three hundred seventy-third chapter, called "Meditation." [notes; p. 323] Chapter 374: Concentration. Agni said: Concentration is the mind's remaining fixed upon the object of meditation; like meditation, it is of two kinds. By meditation on Hari with form and without form, and by concentration of the mind, (one attains) Hari.

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AgP 374.2

यद्वाह्यावस्थितं लक्षयं तस्मान्न चलते मनः तावत् कालं प्रदेशेषु धारणा मनसि स्थितिः

yadvāhyāvasthitaṃ lakṣayaṃ tasmānna calate manaḥ tāvat kālaṃ pradeśeṣu dhāraṇā manasi sthitiḥ

Or, when the mind does not move away from an object fixed outside, for that length of time in (such) places (there is) concentration, the mind's steadiness.

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AgP 374.3

कालावधि परिच्छिन्नं देहे संस्थापितं मनः न प्रच्यवति यल्लक्ष्याद्धारणा साभिधीयते

kālāvadhi paricchinnaṃ dehe saṃsthāpitaṃ manaḥ na pracyavati yallakṣyāddhāraṇā sābhidhīyate

The mind, delimited by a set span of time, held fixed in the body — when it does not fall away from the object of focus, that is called dhāraṇā (fixation).

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AgP 374.4

धारणा द्वादशायामा ध्यानं द्वदशधारणाः ध्यानं द्वादशकं यावत्समाधिरभिधीयते

dhāraṇā dvādaśāyāmā dhyānaṃ dvadaśadhāraṇāḥ dhyānaṃ dvādaśakaṃ yāvatsamādhirabhidhīyate

A fixation is of twelve measures; meditation (dhyāna) is twelve fixations; and when there is a twelvefold meditation, that is called samādhi.

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AgP 374.5

धारणाभ्यासयुक्तात्मा यदि प्राणैर् विमुच्यते कुलैकविंशमुत्तार्य स्वर्याति परमं पदं(१)

dhāraṇābhyāsayuktātmā yadi prāṇair vimucyate kulaikaviṃśamuttārya svaryāti paramaṃ padaṃ(1)

If one whose self is joined to the practice of fixation is released from the vital breaths (i.e. dies), he carries across twenty-one generations of his family and goes to the highest state.

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AgP 374.6

यस्मिन् यस्मिन् भवेदङ्गे योगिनां व्याधिसम्भवः तत्तदङ्गं धिया व्याप्य धारयेत्तत्त्वधारणं

yasmin yasmin bhavedaṅge yogināṃ vyādhisambhavaḥ tattadaṅgaṃ dhiyā vyāpya dhārayettattvadhāraṇaṃ

In whatever limb of yogins a disease arises, having pervaded that very limb with the intellect, one should hold the fixation on the element (there).

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AgP 374.7

आग्नेयी वारुणी चैव ऐशानी चामृतात्मिका साग्निः शिखा फडन्ता च विष्णोः कार्या द्विजोत्तम

āgneyī vāruṇī caiva aiśānī cāmṛtātmikā sāgniḥ śikhā phaḍantā ca viṣṇoḥ kāryā dvijottama

The fiery (fixation), the watery, the one of Īśāna, and the one consisting of nectar — with fire, with the flame, ending in phaṭ — these are to be performed for Viṣṇu, O best of the twice-born.

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AgP 374.8

नाडीभिर्विकटं दिव्यं शूलाग्रं वेधयेच्छुभम् पादाङ्गुष्ठात् कपालान्तं रश्मिमण्डलमावृतं

nāḍībhirvikaṭaṃ divyaṃ śūlāgraṃ vedhayecchubham pādāṅguṣṭhāt kapālāntaṃ raśmimaṇḍalamāvṛtaṃ

With the channels one should pierce the (body), fearsome and divine, with the auspicious point of a trident, from the big toe to the end of the skull, encompassed by a circle of rays.

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AgP 374.9

:न् १ स्वयं याति परं पदमिति ख॥ :प् ३२४ तिर्यक्चाधोर्ध्वभागेभ्यः प्रयान्त्यो ऽतीव तेजसा(१) चिन्तयेत् साधकेन्द्रस्तं यावत्सर्वं महामुने

:n 1 svayaṃ yāti paraṃ padamiti kha.. :p 324 tiryakcādhordhvabhāgebhyaḥ prayāntyo 'tīva tejasā(1) cintayet sādhakendrastaṃ yāvatsarvaṃ mahāmune

(The rays) going forth sideways and from the lower and upper parts with exceeding brilliance — the chief of adepts should contemplate that until it is all (pervaded), O great sage.

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AgP 374.10

भस्प्रीभूतं शरीरं स्वन्ततश् चैवीपसंहरेत् शीतश्लेष्मादयः पापं विनश्यन्ति द्विजातयः

bhasprībhūtaṃ śarīraṃ svantataś caivīpasaṃharet śītaśleṣmādayaḥ pāpaṃ vinaśyanti dvijātayaḥ

The body having become like ash, one should withdraw (it) from its own end; cold, phlegm and the rest, and sin, perish, O twice-born ones.

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AgP 374.11

शिरो धीरञ्च(२) कारञ्च कण्ठं चाधोमुखे स्मरेत् ध्यायेदच्छिन्नचिन्तात्मा भुयो भूतेन चात्मना

śiro dhīrañca(2) kārañca kaṇṭhaṃ cādhomukhe smaret dhyāyedacchinnacintātmā bhuyo bhūtena cātmanā

He should call to mind the head, and the (syllable) ... and the throat, facing downward; with a mind of unbroken concentration he should meditate again with the self that has become (that).

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AgP 374.12

स्फुरच्छीकरसंस्मर्शप्रभूते हिमगामिभिः धाराभिरखिलं विश्वमापूर्य भुवि चिन्तयेत्

sphuracchīkarasaṃsmarśaprabhūte himagāmibhiḥ dhārābhirakhilaṃ viśvamāpūrya bhuvi cintayet

With streams flowing cold, produced by the contact of glittering spray, he should imagine the whole universe filled on the earth.

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AgP 374.13

ब्रह्मरन्ध्राच्च संक्षोभाद्यावदाधारमण्डलग् सुषुम्नान्तर्गतो भूत्वा संपूर्णेन्दुकृतालयं

brahmarandhrācca saṃkṣobhādyāvadādhāramaṇḍalag suṣumnāntargato bhūtvā saṃpūrṇendukṛtālayaṃ

And from the aperture of Brahmā, by the agitation, as far as the base circle (ādhāra-maṇḍala), having entered within the suṣumnā, (he imagines) the dwelling made by the full moon.

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AgP 374.14

संप्लाव्य हिमसंस्पर्शतोयेनामृतमूर्तिना क्षुत्पिपासाक्रमप्रायसन्तापपरिपीडितः

saṃplāvya himasaṃsparśatoyenāmṛtamūrtinā kṣutpipāsākramaprāyasantāpaparipīḍitaḥ

Having flooded (it) with water cold to the touch, of the form of nectar, (he who is) oppressed by hunger, thirst, and burning heat brought on by exertion —

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AgP 374.15

धारयेद्वारुणीं मन्त्रो तुष्ट्यर्थं चाप्यतन्त्रितः वारुणीधारणा प्रोक्ता ऐशानीधारणां शृणु

dhārayedvāruṇīṃ mantro tuṣṭyarthaṃ cāpyatantritaḥ vāruṇīdhāraṇā proktā aiśānīdhāraṇāṃ śṛṇu

— should hold the watery (fixation) with the mantra, for the sake of satisfaction, and unwearied. The watery fixation has been declared; hear now the fixation of Īśāna.

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AgP 374.16

व्योम्नि ब्रह्ममये पद्मे प्राणापाणे क्षयङ्गते प्रसादं चिन्तयेद् विष्णोर्यावच्चिन्ता क्षयं गता

vyomni brahmamaye padme prāṇāpāṇe kṣayaṅgate prasādaṃ cintayed viṣṇoryāvaccintā kṣayaṃ gatā

In the space, in the lotus made of Brahman, when the in-breath and out-breath have come to cessation, he should contemplate the grace of Viṣṇu until thought itself has come to cessation.

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AgP 374.17

महाभावञ्जपेत् सर्वं ततो व्यापक ईश्वरः अर्धेन्दुं परमं शान्तं निराभासन्निरञ्जनं

mahābhāvañjapet sarvaṃ tato vyāpaka īśvaraḥ ardhenduṃ paramaṃ śāntaṃ nirābhāsannirañjanaṃ

He should recite the whole great meditation-formula; thereafter the Lord is all-pervading — (as) the half-moon, supreme, tranquil, without appearance, unstained.

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AgP 374.18

असत्यं सत्यमाभाति तावत्सर्वं चराचरं यावत् स्वस्यन्दरूपन्तु न दृष्टं गुरुवक्त्रतः

asatyaṃ satyamābhāti tāvatsarvaṃ carācaraṃ yāvat svasyandarūpantu na dṛṣṭaṃ guruvaktrataḥ

The unreal appears as real — all this, moving and unmoving — for just so long as one's own outflowing form has not been seen from the mouth of the teacher.

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AgP 374.19

दृष्ठे तस्मिन् परे तत्त्वे आब्रह्म सचराचरं :न् १ पाठो ऽयमादर्शदोषेण दुष्टः २ वीरश्चेति ञ॥ :प् ३२५ प्रमातृमानमेयञ्च ध्यानहृत्पद्मकल्पनं

dṛṣṭhe tasmin pare tattve ābrahma sacarācaraṃ :n 1 pāṭho 'yamādarśadoṣeṇa duṣṭaḥ 2 vīraśceti ña.. :p 325 pramātṛmānameyañca dhyānahṛtpadmakalpanaṃ

When that supreme reality is seen, (then) all, with its moving and unmoving beings up to Brahmā, and the knower, the means of knowing and the knowable, and the fashioning of the heart-lotus for meditation (are seen as it) —

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AgP 374.20

मातृमोदकवत्सर्वं जपहोमार्चनादिकं विष्णुमन्त्रेण वा कुर्यादमृतां धारणां वदे

mātṛmodakavatsarvaṃ japahomārcanādikaṃ viṣṇumantreṇa vā kuryādamṛtāṃ dhāraṇāṃ vade

— all of it, like a sweetmeat (made) of the same measure: recitation, oblation, worship and the rest; or one may do it with the mantra of Viṣṇu. I shall declare the fixation of nectar.

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AgP 374.21

संपूर्णेन्दुनिभं ध्यायेत् कमलं तन्त्रिमुष्टिगम् शिरःस्थं चिन्तयेद् यत्नाच्छशाङ्कायुतवर्चसं

saṃpūrṇendunibhaṃ dhyāyet kamalaṃ tantrimuṣṭigam śiraḥsthaṃ cintayed yatnācchaśāṅkāyutavarcasaṃ

He should meditate on a lotus like the full moon, held (as if) in the fist of the strings; he should with effort contemplate it as located in the head, with the radiance of ten thousand moons.

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AgP 374.22

सम्पूर्णमण्डलं व्योम्नि शिवकल्लोलपूर्णितं तथा हृत्कमले ध्यायेत्तन्मध्ये स्वतनुं स्मरेत् साधको विगतक्लेशो जायते धारणादिहिः

sampūrṇamaṇḍalaṃ vyomni śivakallolapūrṇitaṃ tathā hṛtkamale dhyāyettanmadhye svatanuṃ smaret sādhako vigatakleśo jāyate dhāraṇādihiḥ

(He should meditate on) the full orb in the space, filled with the surging waves of Śiva; likewise he should meditate in the heart-lotus and recall his own body in the middle of it; by these fixations the adept becomes free from affliction.

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