Agni Purana — Chapter 377

AgP 377.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे ब्रह्मज्ञानं नाम षट्सप्तत्यधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् {३७७} :श् अथ सप्तसप्तत्यधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः ब्रह्मज्ञानं अग्निर् उवाच अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिः पृथिव्यवनलोज्झितं अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिर्वाय्वाकाशविवर्जितं

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe brahmajñānaṃ nāma ṣaṭsaptatyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter {377} :ś atha saptasaptatyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ brahmajñānaṃ agnir uvāca ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotiḥ pṛthivyavanalojjhitaṃ ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotirvāyvākāśavivarjitaṃ

Thus, in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa, the three hundred seventy-sixth chapter, called "The Knowledge of Brahman." Now the three hundred seventy-seventh chapter: The Knowledge of Brahman. Agni said: I am brahman, the supreme light, devoid of earth, water and fire; I am brahman, the supreme light, free of wind and space.

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AgP 377.2

अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिरादिकार्यविवर्जितम् अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिर्विराडात्मविवर्जितं

ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotirādikāryavivarjitam ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotirvirāḍātmavivarjitaṃ

I am brahman, the supreme light, free of the primal effect(s); I am brahman, the supreme light, free of the Virāj-self.

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AgP 377.3

अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिर्जाग्रत्स्थानविवर्जितम् अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिर्विश्वभावविवर्जितम्

ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotirjāgratsthānavivarjitam ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotirviśvabhāvavivarjitam

I am brahman, the supreme light, free of the waking state; I am brahman, the supreme light, free of the condition of Viśva.

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AgP 377.4

अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिराकाराक्षरवर्जितं अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिर्वाक्पाण्यङ्घ्रिविवर्जितम्

ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotirākārākṣaravarjitaṃ ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotirvākpāṇyaṅghrivivarjitam

I am brahman, the supreme light, free of the letter A; I am brahman, the supreme light, free of speech, hands and feet.

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AgP 377.5

:प् ३३३ अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिः पायूपस्थविवर्जितं अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिः श्रोत्रत्वक्चक्षुरुज्झितं

:p 333 ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotiḥ pāyūpasthavivarjitaṃ ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotiḥ śrotratvakcakṣurujjhitaṃ

I am brahman, the supreme light, free of anus and genitals; I am brahman, the supreme light, devoid of ear, skin and eye.

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AgP 377.6

अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतीरसरूपविवर्जितम् अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिः सर्वगन्धविवर्जितम्

ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotīrasarūpavivarjitam ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotiḥ sarvagandhavivarjitam

I am brahman, the supreme light, free of taste and form; I am brahman, the supreme light, free of all odour.

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AgP 377.7

अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिर्जिह्वाघ्राणविवर्जितं अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिः स्पर्शशब्दविवर्जितं

ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotirjihvāghrāṇavivarjitaṃ ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotiḥ sparśaśabdavivarjitaṃ

I am brahman, the supreme light, free of tongue and nose; I am brahman, the supreme light, free of touch and sound.

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AgP 377.8

अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिर्मनोबुद्धिविवर्जितं अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिश्चित्ताहङ्कारवर्जितं

ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotirmanobuddhivivarjitaṃ ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotiścittāhaṅkāravarjitaṃ

I am brahman, the supreme light, free of mind and intellect; I am brahman, the supreme light, free of thought-organ and ego.

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AgP 377.9

अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिः प्राणापानविवर्जितं अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिर्व्यानोदानविवर्जितं

ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotiḥ prāṇāpānavivarjitaṃ ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotirvyānodānavivarjitaṃ

I am brahman, the supreme light, free of the prāṇa and apāna breaths; I am brahman, the supreme light, free of the vyāna and udāna breaths.

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AgP 377.10

अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिः समानपरिवर्जितं अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिर्जरामरणवर्जितं

ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotiḥ samānaparivarjitaṃ ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotirjarāmaraṇavarjitaṃ

I am brahman, the supreme light, free of the samāna breath; I am brahman, the supreme light, free of old age and death.

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AgP 377.11

अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिः शोकमोहविवर्जितं अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिः क्षुत्पिपासाविवर्जितं

ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotiḥ śokamohavivarjitaṃ ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotiḥ kṣutpipāsāvivarjitaṃ

I am brahman, the supreme light, free of grief and delusion; I am brahman, the supreme light, free of hunger and thirst.

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AgP 377.12

अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिः शब्दोद्भूतादिवर्जितं अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिर्हिरण्यगर्भवर्जितं

ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotiḥ śabdodbhūtādivarjitaṃ ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotirhiraṇyagarbhavarjitaṃ

I am brahman, the supreme light, free of what arises from sound and the rest; I am brahman, the supreme light, free of Hiraṇyagarbha.

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AgP 377.13

अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिः स्वप्नावस्थाविवर्जितं अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिस्तैजसादिविवर्जितं

ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotiḥ svapnāvasthāvivarjitaṃ ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotistaijasādivivarjitaṃ

I am brahman, the supreme light, free of the dream state; I am brahman, the supreme light, free of the Taijasa (state) and the rest.

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AgP 377.14

अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिरपकारादिवर्जितं अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिः सभाज्ञानविवर्जितं

ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotirapakārādivarjitaṃ ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotiḥ sabhājñānavivarjitaṃ

I am brahman, the supreme light, free of injury and the like; I am brahman, the supreme light, free of the knowledge of the assembly.

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AgP 377.15

अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिरध्याहृतविवर्जितं अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिः सत्त्वादिगुणवर्जितं

ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotiradhyāhṛtavivarjitaṃ ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotiḥ sattvādiguṇavarjitaṃ

I am brahman, the supreme light, free of what is supplied by inference (adhyāhṛta); I am brahman, the supreme light, free of the qualities sattva and the rest.

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AgP 377.16

अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिः सदसद्भाववर्जितं :प् ३३४ अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिः सर्वावयववर्जितं

ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotiḥ sadasadbhāvavarjitaṃ :p 334 ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotiḥ sarvāvayavavarjitaṃ

I am brahman, the supreme light, free of being and non-being; I am brahman, the supreme light, free of all parts.

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AgP 377.17

अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिर्भेदाभेदविवर्जितं अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिः सुषुप्तिस्थानवर्जितम्

ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotirbhedābhedavivarjitaṃ ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotiḥ suṣuptisthānavarjitam

I am brahman, the supreme light, free of difference and non-difference; I am brahman, the supreme light, free of the locus of deep sleep.

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AgP 377.18

अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिः प्राज्ञभावविवर्जितम् अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिर्मकारादिविवर्जितम्

ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotiḥ prājñabhāvavivarjitam ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotirmakārādivivarjitam

I am brahman, the supreme light, free of the condition of Prājña; I am brahman, the supreme light, free of the syllable m and the rest.

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AgP 377.19

अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिर्मानमेयविवर्जितम् अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिर्मितिमाहृविवर्जितम्

ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotirmānameyavivarjitam ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotirmitimāhṛvivarjitam

I am brahman, the supreme light, free of measure and the measured; I am brahman, the supreme light, free of measuring and the measurer.

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AgP 377.20

अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिः साक्षित्वादिविवर्जितम् अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिः कार्यकारणवर्जितम्

ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotiḥ sākṣitvādivivarjitam ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotiḥ kāryakāraṇavarjitam

I am brahman, the supreme light, free of witness-hood and the rest; I am brahman, the supreme light, free of effect and cause.

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AgP 377.21

देहेन्द्रियमनोबुद्धिप्राणाहङ्कारवर्जितं जाग्रत् सप्नसुषुप्त्यादिमुक्तं ब्रह्म तुरीयकं

dehendriyamanobuddhiprāṇāhaṅkāravarjitaṃ jāgrat sapnasuṣuptyādimuktaṃ brahma turīyakaṃ

Brahman is the fourth (state), free of body, senses, mind, intellect, breath and the I-sense, released from waking, dream, deep sleep and the rest.

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AgP 377.22

नित्यशुद्धबुद्धमुक्तं सत्यमानन्दमद्वयम् ब्रह्माहमस्म्यहं ब्रह्म सविज्ञानं विमुक्त ॐ अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिः समाधिर्मोक्षदः परः

nityaśuddhabuddhamuktaṃ satyamānandamadvayam brahmāhamasmyahaṃ brahma savijñānaṃ vimukta oṃ ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotiḥ samādhirmokṣadaḥ paraḥ

Eternal, pure, awakened, released, real, bliss, without a second — I am brahman, I am brahman, together with discernment, liberated. Om. I am brahman, the supreme light: (such) concentration is supreme and gives liberation.

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