Agni Purana — Chapter 376
AgP 376.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे समाधिर्नाम पञ्चसप्तत्यधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः :प् ३३० छप्तेर् {३७६} :श् अथ षट्सप्तत्यधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः ब्रह्मज्ञानं अग्निर् उवाच ब्रह्मज्ञानं प्रवक्ष्यामि संसाराज्ञानमुक्तये अयमात्मा पर्ं ब्रह्म अहमस्मीति मुच्यते
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe samādhirnāma pañcasaptatyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ :p 330 chapter {376} :ś atha ṣaṭsaptatyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ brahmajñānaṃ agnir uvāca brahmajñānaṃ pravakṣyāmi saṃsārājñānamuktaye ayamātmā parṃ brahma ahamasmīti mucyate
Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa, the three hundred and seventy-fifth chapter, called "Samādhi." — Now the three hundred and seventy-sixth chapter: The Knowledge of Brahman. Agni said: I shall declare the knowledge of Brahman, for release from the ignorance that is transmigration. This self is the supreme Brahman; (thinking) "I am (that)," one is freed.
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AgP 376.2
देह आत्मा न भवति दृस्यत्वाच्च घटादिवत् प्रसप्ते मरणे देहादात्मान्यो ज्ञायते ध्रुवं
deha ātmā na bhavati dṛsyatvācca ghaṭādivat prasapte maraṇe dehādātmānyo jñāyate dhruvaṃ
The body is not the self, since it is an object of perception, like a pot and so forth; in deep sleep and in death the self is certainly known as other than the body.
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AgP 376.3
देहः स चेदव्यवहरेद्विकार्यादिसन्निभः चक्षुरादीनीन्द्रियाणि नात्मा वै करणं त्वतः
dehaḥ sa cedavyavaharedvikāryādisannibhaḥ cakṣurādīnīndriyāṇi nātmā vai karaṇaṃ tvataḥ
And if that (self) were the body, it would not function, being like things that are modifiable and so forth. The eye and the rest, the sense-organs, are not the self, for they are (mere) instruments.
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AgP 376.4
मनो धीरपि आत्मा न दीपवत् करणं त्वतः प्राणो ऽप्यात्मा न भवति सुषुप्ते चित्प्रभावतः
mano dhīrapi ātmā na dīpavat karaṇaṃ tvataḥ prāṇo 'pyātmā na bhavati suṣupte citprabhāvataḥ
Mind and intellect too are not the self, for they are instruments, like a lamp. Breath also is not the self, because consciousness shines forth in deep sleep.
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AgP 376.5
जाग्रत्स्वप्ने च चैतन्यं सङ्कीर्णत्वान्न बुध्यते विज्ञानरहितः प्राणः सुषुप्ते ज्ञायते यतः
jāgratsvapne ca caitanyaṃ saṅkīrṇatvānna budhyate vijñānarahitaḥ prāṇaḥ suṣupte jñāyate yataḥ
In waking and dream, consciousness is not discerned because of (its) being mixed (with them); for in deep sleep the breath is known to be devoid of cognition.
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AgP 376.6
अतो नात्मेन्द्रियं तस्मादिन्त्रियादिकमात्मनः अहङ्कारो ऽपि नैवात्मा देहवद्व्यभिचारतः
ato nātmendriyaṃ tasmādintriyādikamātmanaḥ ahaṅkāro 'pi naivātmā dehavadvyabhicārataḥ
Therefore the sense-organ is not the self; hence the senses and the rest belong to the self. The ego too is not the self, since, like the body, it is inconstant.
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AgP 376.7
उक्तेभ्यो व्यतिरिक्तो ऽयमात्मा सर्वहृदि स्थितः सर्वद्रष्टा च भोक्ता च नक्तमुज्ज्वलदीपवत्
uktebhyo vyatirikto 'yamātmā sarvahṛdi sthitaḥ sarvadraṣṭā ca bhoktā ca naktamujjvaladīpavat
Distinct from those (things) mentioned, this self abides in the heart of all, the seer of all and the enjoyer, like a lamp blazing in the night.
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AgP 376.8
समाध्यारम्भकाले च एवं सञ्चिन्तयेन्मुनिः यतो ब्रह्मण आकाशं खाद्वायुर्वायुतो ऽनलः
samādhyārambhakāle ca evaṃ sañcintayenmuniḥ yato brahmaṇa ākāśaṃ khādvāyurvāyuto 'nalaḥ
And at the time of commencing samādhi the sage should reflect thus: from Brahman (arose) space, from space wind, from wind fire,
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AgP 376.9
अग्नेरापो जलात्पृथ्वी ततः सूक्ष्मं शरीरकं अपञ्चीकृतभूतेभ्य आसन् पञ्चीकृतान्यतः
agnerāpo jalātpṛthvī tataḥ sūkṣmaṃ śarīrakaṃ apañcīkṛtabhūtebhya āsan pañcīkṛtānyataḥ
from fire water, from water earth; thence the subtle body. From the non-quintuplicated elements arose the quintuplicated ones,
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AgP 376.10
:प् ३३१ स्थूलं शरीरं ध्यात्वास्माल्लयं ब्रह्मणि चिन्तयेत् पञ्चीकृतानि भूतानि तत्कार्यञ्च विराट्स्मृतम्
:p 331 sthūlaṃ śarīraṃ dhyātvāsmāllayaṃ brahmaṇi cintayet pañcīkṛtāni bhūtāni tatkāryañca virāṭsmṛtam
and from these the gross body. Having meditated (on this), one should contemplate its dissolution in Brahman. The quintuplicated elements and their effect are called Virāṭ.
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AgP 376.11
एतत् स्थूलं शरीरं हि आत्मनो ज्ञानकल्पितं इन्द्रियैर् अथ विज्ञानं धीरा जागरितं विदुः
etat sthūlaṃ śarīraṃ hi ātmano jñānakalpitaṃ indriyair atha vijñānaṃ dhīrā jāgaritaṃ viduḥ
For this gross body is a construction of the self's knowledge; and the wise know cognition (arising) through the senses to be the waking state.
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AgP 376.12
विश्वस्तदभिमानी स्यात् त्रयमेतदकारकं अपञ्चीकृतभूतानि तत्कार्यं लिङ्गमुच्यते
viśvastadabhimānī syāt trayametadakārakaṃ apañcīkṛtabhūtāni tatkāryaṃ liṅgamucyate
Viśva would be (the self) identifying itself with that; these three are without agency. The non-quintuplicated elements and their effect are called the liṅga (subtle body).
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AgP 376.13
संयुक्तं सप्तदशभिर्हिरण्यगर्भसंज्ञितं शरीरमात्मनः सूक्ष्मं लिङ्गमित्यभिधीयते
saṃyuktaṃ saptadaśabhirhiraṇyagarbhasaṃjñitaṃ śarīramātmanaḥ sūkṣmaṃ liṅgamityabhidhīyate
Joined with the seventeen (constituents), it is named Hiraṇyagarbha; the subtle body of the self is termed the liṅga.
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AgP 376.14
जाग्रत्संस्कारजः स्वप्नः प्रत्ययो विषयात्मकः आत्मा तदुपमानी स्त्यात्तैजसो ह्य् अप्रपञ्चतः
jāgratsaṃskārajaḥ svapnaḥ pratyayo viṣayātmakaḥ ātmā tadupamānī styāttaijaso hy aprapañcataḥ
Dream is born of the impressions of waking; it is a cognition consisting of (its own) objects. The self identifying itself with that would be Taijasa, since there is no (external) manifest world (there).
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AgP 376.15
स्थूलसूक्ष्मशरीराख्यद्वयस्यैकं हि कारणं आत्मा ज्ञानञ्च साभासं तदध्याहृतमुच्यते
sthūlasūkṣmaśarīrākhyadvayasyaikaṃ hi kāraṇaṃ ātmā jñānañca sābhāsaṃ tadadhyāhṛtamucyate
Of the two, called the gross and the subtle body, there is indeed one cause; the self, and knowledge together with its reflection — that is said to be superimposed (upon it).
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AgP 376.16
न सन्नासन्न सदसदेतत्सावयवं न तत् निर्गतावयवं नेति नाभिन्नं भिन्नमेव च
na sannāsanna sadasadetatsāvayavaṃ na tat nirgatāvayavaṃ neti nābhinnaṃ bhinnameva ca
It is not existent, not non-existent, not both existent and non-existent; it is not possessed of parts, nor is it without parts, nor is it non-different, nor different.
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AgP 376.17
भिन्नाभिन्नं ह्य् अनिर्वाच्यं बन्धसंसारकारकं एकं स ब्रह्म विज्ञानात् प्राप्तं नैव च कर्मभिः
bhinnābhinnaṃ hy anirvācyaṃ bandhasaṃsārakārakaṃ ekaṃ sa brahma vijñānāt prāptaṃ naiva ca karmabhiḥ
For (it is) both different and non-different, indescribable, the maker of bondage and transmigration; that brahman is one, attained by knowledge and not at all by works.
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AgP 376.18
सर्वात्मना हीन्द्रियाणां संहारः कारणात्मनां बुद्धेः स्थानं सुषुप्तं स्यात्तद्द्वयस्याभिमानवान्
sarvātmanā hīndriyāṇāṃ saṃhāraḥ kāraṇātmanāṃ buddheḥ sthānaṃ suṣuptaṃ syāttaddvayasyābhimānavān
For the withdrawal of the senses, which have (their) cause as (their) self, in every respect, (and) the abode of the intellect, would be deep sleep; (he who is) possessed of the sense of 'I' with respect to that pair —
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AgP 376.19
प्राज्ञ आत्मा त्रयञ्चैतत् मकारः प्रणवः स्मृतः अकारश् च उकारो ऽसौ मकारो ह्य् अयमेव च
prājña ātmā trayañcaitat makāraḥ praṇavaḥ smṛtaḥ akāraś ca ukāro 'sau makāro hy ayameva ca
— (that) is the wise (prājña) self; and these three are the letter M, which is called the praṇava (Om): this is the letter A, that the letter U, and this indeed the letter M.
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AgP 376.20
अहं साक्षी च चिन्मात्रो जाग्रत्स्वप्नादिकस्य च नाज्ञानञ्चैव तत्कार्यं संसारादिकबन्धनं
ahaṃ sākṣī ca cinmātro jāgratsvapnādikasya ca nājñānañcaiva tatkāryaṃ saṃsārādikabandhanaṃ
And I am the witness, pure consciousness, of waking, dream and the rest; and (I am) not ignorance, nor its effect, the bondage of transmigration and the rest.
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AgP 376.21
नित्यशुद्धबन्धमुक्तसत्यमानन्दमद्वयं :प् ३३२ ब्रह्माहमस्म्यहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिर्विमुक्त ॐ
nityaśuddhabandhamuktasatyamānandamadvayaṃ :p 332 brahmāhamasmyahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotirvimukta oṃ
Eternal, pure, freed from bondage, real, bliss, without a second — I am brahman, I am brahman, the supreme light, liberated. Om.
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AgP 376.22
अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्ञानं समाधिर्बन्धघातकः चिरमानन्दकं ब्रह्म सत्यं ज्ञानमनन्तकं
ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jñānaṃ samādhirbandhaghātakaḥ ciramānandakaṃ brahma satyaṃ jñānamanantakaṃ
I am brahman, the supreme knowledge; (this) concentration is the destroyer of bondage; brahman is lasting bliss, real, knowledge, endless.
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AgP 376.23
अयमात्मा परम्ब्रह्म तद् ब्रह्म त्वमसीति च गुरुणा बोधितो जीवो ह्य् अहं ब्रह्मास्मि वाह्यतः
ayamātmā parambrahma tad brahma tvamasīti ca guruṇā bodhito jīvo hy ahaṃ brahmāsmi vāhyataḥ
"This self is the supreme brahman," and "You are that brahman" — the individual soul, thus instructed by the teacher, (says) "I am brahman," outwardly (too).
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AgP 376.24
सो ऽसावादित्यपुरुषः सो ऽसावहमखण्ड ॐ मुच्यते ऽसारसंसाराद्ब्रह्मज्ञो ब्रह्म तद्भवेत्
so 'sāvādityapuruṣaḥ so 'sāvahamakhaṇḍa oṃ mucyate 'sārasaṃsārādbrahmajño brahma tadbhavet
That one there, the person in the sun — that one there is I, the undivided. Om. The knower of brahman is released from the sapless round of transmigration; he would become brahman.
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