Agni Purana — Chapter 38
AgP 38.1
:ए इत्य् आदिमहापुराणे आग्नेये सङ्क्षेपपवित्रारोहणं नाम सप्तत्रिंशो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {३८} :श् अथ अष्टत्रिंशो ऽध्यायः देवालयनिर्माणफलं अग्निर् उवाच वासुदेवाद्यालयस्य कृतौ वक्ष्ये फलादिकं चिकीर्षोर्देवधामादि सहस्रजनिपापनुत्
:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye saṅkṣepapavitrārohaṇaṃ nāma saptatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {38} :ś atha aṣṭatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ devālayanirmāṇaphalaṃ agnir uvāca vāsudevādyālayasya kṛtau vakṣye phalādikaṃ cikīrṣordevadhāmādi sahasrajanipāpanut
[Thus ends the thirty-seventh chapter, called "The Brief Raising of the Pavitra," in the Āgneya, the first great Purāṇa. Chapter 38. Now the thirty-eighth chapter: the fruit of building a temple of a god.] Agni said: In the making of a temple of Vāsudeva and the others I shall declare the fruit and the rest. For one who wishes to make a god's abode and so forth, it dispels the sin of a thousand births.
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AgP 38.2
मनसा सद्मकर्तॄणां शतजन्माघनाशनं येनुमोदन्ति कृष्णस्य क्रियमाणं नरा गृहं(१)
manasā sadmakartṝṇāṃ śatajanmāghanāśanaṃ yenumodanti kṛṣṇasya kriyamāṇaṃ narā gṛhaṃ(1)
For those who build a house (even) in thought, (there is) destruction of the sins of a hundred births; and those men who rejoice at Kṛṣṇa's house being built —
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AgP 38.3
तेपि पापैर् विनिर्मुक्ताः प्रयान्त्यच्युतलोकतां समतीतं भविष्यञ्च कुलानामयुतं नरः
tepi pāpair vinirmuktāḥ prayāntyacyutalokatāṃ samatītaṃ bhaviṣyañca kulānāmayutaṃ naraḥ
they too, freed from sins, go to the state of Acyuta's world. A man (rescues) ten thousand of his lineages, past and future,
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AgP 38.4
विष्णुलोकं नयत्याशु कारयित्वा हरेर्गृहं वसन्ति(२) पितरो दृष्ट्वा(३) विष्णुलोके ह्य् अलङ्कृताः
viṣṇulokaṃ nayatyāśu kārayitvā harergṛhaṃ vasanti(2) pitaro dṛṣṭvā(3) viṣṇuloke hy alaṅkṛtāḥ
and, having had a house of Hari built, he swiftly leads (them) to Viṣṇu's world; the forefathers, having beheld (it), dwell adorned in Viṣṇu's world,
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AgP 38.5
विमुक्ता नारकैर् दुःखैः कर्तुः कृष्णस्य मन्दिरं ब्रह्महत्यादिपापौघघातकं देवतालयं
vimuktā nārakair duḥkhaiḥ kartuḥ kṛṣṇasya mandiraṃ brahmahatyādipāpaughaghātakaṃ devatālayaṃ
released from the pains of hell — (such is the reward) for the maker of a temple of Kṛṣṇa. A god's shrine destroys the mass of sins beginning with the killing of a brahmin.
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AgP 38.6
फलं यन्नाप्यते यज्ञैर् धाम कृत्वा तदाप्यते देवागारे कृते सर्वतीर्थस्नानफलं लभेत्
phalaṃ yannāpyate yajñair dhāma kṛtvā tadāpyate devāgāre kṛte sarvatīrthasnānaphalaṃ labhet
Whatever fruit is not obtained by sacrifices, that is obtained by making an abode (for the god). When a god's house has been made, one gains the fruit of bathing at all sacred fords.
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AgP 38.7
देवाद्यर्थे हतानाञ्च रणे यत्तत्फलादिकं शाठ्येन पांशुना वापि कृतं धाम च नाकदं
devādyarthe hatānāñca raṇe yattatphalādikaṃ śāṭhyena pāṃśunā vāpi kṛtaṃ dhāma ca nākadaṃ
And whatever fruit and the rest belongs to those slain in battle for the sake of the gods (that too he gains); even an abode made deceitfully, or (merely) of dust, gives heaven.
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AgP 38.8
:न् १ गृहादिकं ग, घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकद्वयपाठः २ नन्दन्ति इति ख, ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकद्वयपाठः । वल्गन्ति इति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ हृष्टा इति ख, ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकद्वयपाठः :प् १०९ एकायतनकृत् स्वर्गी त्र्यगारी ब्रह्मलोकभाक् पञ्चागारी शम्भुलोकमष्टागाराद्धरौ स्थितिः
:n 1 gṛhādikaṃ ga, gha, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ 2 nandanti iti kha, ga, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ / valganti iti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 hṛṣṭā iti kha, ga, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ :p 109 ekāyatanakṛt svargī tryagārī brahmalokabhāk pañcāgārī śambhulokamaṣṭāgārāddharau sthitiḥ
[Notes: 1. 'gṛhādikaṃ' is the reading of the two manuscripts marked ga, gha. 2. 'nandanti' is the reading of the two manuscripts marked kha, ga; 'valganti' is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa. 3. 'hṛṣṭā' is the reading of the two manuscripts marked kha, ga. Page 109] The maker of one shrine goes to heaven; one with three shrines partakes of Brahmā's world; one with five, of Śambhu's world; from eight shrines, a station in Hari.
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AgP 38.9
षोडशालयकारी तु(१) भुक्तिमुक्तिमवाप्नुयात् कनिष्ठं मध्यमं श्रेष्ठं कारयित्वा हरेर्गृहं
ṣoḍaśālayakārī tu(1) bhuktimuktimavāpnuyāt kaniṣṭhaṃ madhyamaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ kārayitvā harergṛhaṃ
But the maker of sixteen shrines would attain both enjoyment and liberation. Having had a house of Hari made — a lowest, a middling, or a best one —
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AgP 38.10
स्वर्गं च वैष्णवं लोकं मोक्षमाप्नोति च क्रमात् श्रेष्ठमायतनं विष्णोः कृत्वा यद्धनवान् लभेत्
svargaṃ ca vaiṣṇavaṃ lokaṃ mokṣamāpnoti ca kramāt śreṣṭhamāyatanaṃ viṣṇoḥ kṛtvā yaddhanavān labhet
he attains, respectively, heaven, Viṣṇu's world, and liberation. Whatever a wealthy man gains by making the best shrine of Viṣṇu,
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AgP 38.11
कनिष्ठेनैव तत् पुण्यं प्राप्नोत्यधनवान्नरः समुत्पाद्य धनं कृत्या स्वल्पेनापि(२) सुरालयं
kaniṣṭhenaiva tat puṇyaṃ prāpnotyadhanavānnaraḥ samutpādya dhanaṃ kṛtyā svalpenāpi(2) surālayaṃ
that same merit a man without wealth obtains by the lowest one. Having produced wealth and made a god's abode even with a little,
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AgP 38.12
कारयित्वा हरेः पुण्यं सम्प्राप्नोत्यधिकं वरं लक्षणाथ सहस्रेण शतेनार्धेन वा हरेः
kārayitvā hareḥ puṇyaṃ samprāpnotyadhikaṃ varaṃ lakṣaṇātha sahasreṇa śatenārdhena vā hareḥ
having had (it) built, he obtains an excellent, greater merit of Hari. With a lakh, or with a thousand, or with a hundred, or with half of that, (making a house) of Hari —
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AgP 38.13
कारयन् भवनं याति यत्रास्ते गरुडध्वजः बाल्ये तु क्रीडमाणा ये पांशुभिर्भवनं हरेः
kārayan bhavanaṃ yāti yatrāste garuḍadhvajaḥ bālye tu krīḍamāṇā ye pāṃśubhirbhavanaṃ hareḥ
one having a house built goes where the Garuḍa-bannered one abides. And those who, playing in childhood, (make) a house of Hari out of dust,
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AgP 38.14
वासुदेवस्य कुर्वन्ति तेपि तल्लोकगामिनः तीर्थे चायतने पुण्ये सद्धक्षेत्रे तथाष्टमे
vāsudevasya kurvanti tepi tallokagāminaḥ tīrthe cāyatane puṇye saddhakṣetre tathāṣṭame
who make (one) of Vāsudeva — they too go to his world. At a sacred ford, at a holy shrine, in a field of the perfected ones, and likewise at the eighth (place?),
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AgP 38.15
कर्तुरायतनं विष्णोर्यथोक्तात्त्रिगुणं फलं बन्धूकपुष्पविन्यासैः सुधापङ्केन वैष्णवं
karturāyatanaṃ viṣṇoryathoktāttriguṇaṃ phalaṃ bandhūkapuṣpavinyāsaiḥ sudhāpaṅkena vaiṣṇavaṃ
for one who makes a shrine of Viṣṇu the fruit is threefold what was stated. (Whoever adorns) a Vaiṣṇava (temple) with arrangements of bandhūka flowers, with plaster of lime —
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AgP 38.16
ये विलिम्पन्ति भवनं ते यान्ति भगवत्पुरं पतितं पतमानन्तु तथार्धपतितं नरः
ye vilimpanti bhavanaṃ te yānti bhagavatpuraṃ patitaṃ patamānantu tathārdhapatitaṃ naraḥ
those who plaster the house, they go to the city of the Lord. But a man who, having raised up (a temple) that has fallen, is falling, or is half fallen,
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AgP 38.17
समुद्धृत्य हरेर्धाम प्राप्नोति द्विगुणं फलं पतितस्य तु यः कर्ता पतितस्य च रक्षिता
samuddhṛtya harerdhāma prāpnoti dviguṇaṃ phalaṃ patitasya tu yaḥ kartā patitasya ca rakṣitā
Having restored (a ruined temple of Hari), he attains Hari's abode and a twofold reward — he who is both the builder of what has fallen and the preserver of what has fallen.
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AgP 38.18
विष्णोरायतनस्येह नरो विष्णुलोकभाक् इष्टकानिचयस्तिष्ठेद् यावदायतने हरेः
viṣṇorāyatanasyeha naro viṣṇulokabhāk iṣṭakānicayastiṣṭhed yāvadāyatane hareḥ
A man (who builds) a shrine of Viṣṇu here has a share in Viṣṇu's world; as long as the mass of bricks stands in Hari's shrine,
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AgP 38.19
सकुलस्तस्य वै कर्ता विष्णुलोके महीयते :न् १ षोडशागारकारी तु इति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ स्वल्पेनैवेति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् ११० स एव पुण्यवान् पूज्य इह लोके परत्र च
sakulastasya vai kartā viṣṇuloke mahīyate :n 1 ṣoḍaśāgārakārī tu iti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 svalpenaiveti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 110 sa eva puṇyavān pūjya iha loke paratra ca
so long is its builder, together with his family, honoured in Viṣṇu's world. He alone is meritorious and worthy of honour, in this world and the next.
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AgP 38.20
कृष्णस्य वासुदेवस्य यः कारयति केतनं जातः स एव सुकृती कुलन्तेनैव पावितं
kṛṣṇasya vāsudevasya yaḥ kārayati ketanaṃ jātaḥ sa eva sukṛtī kulantenaiva pāvitaṃ
He who has a shrine of Kṛṣṇa Vāsudeva built — he alone is born as a doer of good, and by him alone is his family purified.
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AgP 38.21
विष्णुरुद्रार्कदेव्यादेर्गृहकर्ता स कीर्तिभाक् किं तस्य वित्तनिचयैर् मूढस्य परिरक्षितः
viṣṇurudrārkadevyādergṛhakartā sa kīrtibhāk kiṃ tasya vittanicayair mūḍhasya parirakṣitaḥ
The builder of a house for Viṣṇu, Rudra, the Sun, the Goddess and the rest partakes of renown. What is (the use) of the hoards of wealth hoarded up by that fool?
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AgP 38.22
दुःखार्जितैर् यः कृष्णस्य न कारयति केतनं नोपभोग्यं धनं यस्य पितृविप्रदिवौकसां
duḥkhārjitair yaḥ kṛṣṇasya na kārayati ketanaṃ nopabhogyaṃ dhanaṃ yasya pitṛvipradivaukasāṃ
He who, with (wealth) earned through hardship, does not have a shrine of Kṛṣṇa built — whose wealth is not to be enjoyed by ancestors, brahmins and the dwellers in heaven,
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AgP 38.23
नोपभोगाय बन्धूनां व्यर्थस्तस्य धनागमः यथा ध्रुवो नृणां मृत्युर्वित्तनाशस् तथा ध्रुवः
nopabhogāya bandhūnāṃ vyarthastasya dhanāgamaḥ yathā dhruvo nṛṇāṃ mṛtyurvittanāśas tathā dhruvaḥ
nor for the enjoyment of kinsmen — his gaining of wealth is futile. As death is certain for men, so is the loss of wealth certain.
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AgP 38.24
मूढस्तत्रानुबध्नाति जीवितेथ चले घने यदा वित्तं न दानाय नोपभोगाय देहिनां
mūḍhastatrānubadhnāti jīvitetha cale ghane yadā vittaṃ na dānāya nopabhogāya dehināṃ
Yet the fool clings to it, though life and wealth are unstable. When the wealth of embodied beings serves neither for giving nor for enjoyment,
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AgP 38.25
नापि कीर्त्यै न धर्माथं तस्य स्वाम्येथ को गुणः तस्माद्वित्तं समासाद्य दैवाद्वा पौरुषादथ
nāpi kīrtyai na dharmāthaṃ tasya svāmyetha ko guṇaḥ tasmādvittaṃ samāsādya daivādvā pauruṣādatha
nor for renown, nor for the sake of dharma — what good, then, is his ownership of it? Therefore, having obtained wealth, whether by fortune or by his own effort,
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AgP 38.26
दद्यात् सम्यग् द्विजाग्र्येभ्यः कीर्तनानि च कारयेत् दानेभ्यश्चाधिकं यस्मात् कीर्तनेभ्यो वरं यतः
dadyāt samyag dvijāgryebhyaḥ kīrtanāni ca kārayet dānebhyaścādhikaṃ yasmāt kīrtanebhyo varaṃ yataḥ
he should give properly to the foremost of brahmins, and should have temples built; since (this) is more than gifts, since nothing is better than temples.
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AgP 38.27
अतस्तत्कारयेद्धीमान् विष्ण्वादेर्मन्दिरादिकं विनिवेश्य हरेर्धाम भक्तिमद्भिर् नरोत्तमैः
atastatkārayeddhīmān viṣṇvādermandirādikaṃ viniveśya harerdhāma bhaktimadbhir narottamaiḥ
Therefore let the wise man have that made — a temple and the rest for Viṣṇu and the other (gods). By installing Hari's abode, through excellent men possessed of devotion,
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AgP 38.28
निवेशितं भवेत् कृत्स्नं त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरं भूतं भवयम् भविष्यञ्च स्थूलं सूक्ष्मं तथेतरत्(१)
niveśitaṃ bhavet kṛtsnaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaraṃ bhūtaṃ bhavayam bhaviṣyañca sthūlaṃ sūkṣmaṃ tathetarat(1)
the whole triple world with its moving and unmoving (beings) comes to be installed: what has been, what is, and what will be, the gross, the subtle, and whatever else.
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AgP 38.29
आब्राह्मस्तम्बपर्यन्तं सर्वं विष्णोः समुद्भवं तस्य देवादिदेवस्य सर्वगस्य(२) महात्मनः
ābrāhmastambaparyantaṃ sarvaṃ viṣṇoḥ samudbhavaṃ tasya devādidevasya sarvagasya(2) mahātmanaḥ
Everything, from Brahmā down to a clump of grass, has arisen from Viṣṇu; (and by installing an abode) of him, the god of gods, the all-pervading great one,
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AgP 38.30
निवेश्य भवनं विष्णोर् न भूयो भुवि जायते यथा विष्णोर्धामकृतौ फलं तद्वद्दिवौकसां
niveśya bhavanaṃ viṣṇor na bhūyo bhuvi jāyate yathā viṣṇordhāmakṛtau phalaṃ tadvaddivaukasāṃ
having installed a house of Viṣṇu, one is not born again on earth. As is the fruit in the building of Hari's abode, so it is for the (abodes of the other) dwellers in heaven.
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AgP 38.31
:न् १ तथैव च इति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ सर्वेशस्य इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १११ शिवब्रह्मार्कविघ्नेशचण्डीलक्ष्म्यादिकात्मनां देवालयकृतेः पुण्यं प्रतिमाकरणेधिकं(३)
:n 1 tathaiva ca iti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 sarveśasya iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 111 śivabrahmārkavighneśacaṇḍīlakṣmyādikātmanāṃ devālayakṛteḥ puṇyaṃ pratimākaraṇedhikaṃ(3)
The merit from the building of a temple for those whose selves are Śiva, Brahmā, the Sun, Vighneśa, Caṇḍī, Lakṣmī and the rest — and greater still in the making of an image.
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AgP 38.32
प्रतिमास्थापने यागे फलस्यान्तो न विद्यते मृण्मयाद्दारुजे पुण्यं दारुजादिष्ट्काभवे
pratimāsthāpane yāge phalasyānto na vidyate mṛṇmayāddāruje puṇyaṃ dārujādiṣṭkābhave
In the installation of an image, and in sacrifice, there is no end to the fruit. Greater than one of clay is the merit in one of wood; than one of wood, in one made of brick;
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AgP 38.33
इष्टकोत्थाच्छैलजे स्याद्धेमादेरधिकं फलं सप्तजन्मकृतं पापं प्रारम्भादेव नश्यति
iṣṭakotthācchailaje syāddhemāderadhikaṃ phalaṃ saptajanmakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ prārambhādeva naśyati
than one made of brick, in one of stone; and from gold and the like the fruit is greater still. Sin committed in seven births perishes from the mere beginning (of the work).
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AgP 38.34
देवालयस्य स्वर्गी स्यान्नरकं न स गच्छति कुलानां शतमुद्धृत्य विष्णुलोकं नयेन्नरः
devālayasya svargī syānnarakaṃ na sa gacchati kulānāṃ śatamuddhṛtya viṣṇulokaṃ nayennaraḥ
(The maker) of a temple becomes a dweller in heaven; he does not go to hell; and having lifted up a hundred generations, the man leads (them) to Viṣṇu's world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 38.35
यमो यमभटानाह देवमन्दिरकारिणः यम उवाच प्रतिमापूजादिकृतो नानेया नरकं नराः
yamo yamabhaṭānāha devamandirakāriṇaḥ yama uvāca pratimāpūjādikṛto nāneyā narakaṃ narāḥ
Yama spoke to Yama's servants about those who build temples of the gods. Yama said: men who have performed image-worship and the like are not to be brought to hell.
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AgP 38.36
देवालयाद्यकर्तार आनेयास्ते तु गोचरे(१) विसारध्वं यथान्यायन्नियोगो मम पाल्यतां (२)
devālayādyakartāra āneyāste tu gocare(1) visāradhvaṃ yathānyāyanniyogo mama pālyatāṃ (2)
But those who do not build temples and the like are to be brought into (my) sight. Make this known as is right; let my command be observed.
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AgP 38.37
नाज्ञाभङ्गं करिष्यन्ति भवतां जन्तवः क्वचित् केवलं ते जगत्तातमनन्तं समुपाश्रिताः
nājñābhaṅgaṃ kariṣyanti bhavatāṃ jantavaḥ kvacit kevalaṃ te jagattātamanantaṃ samupāśritāḥ
Your creatures will nowhere break (your) command; only those who have taken refuge in the infinite Father of the world—
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AgP 38.38
भवद्भिः परिहर्तव्यास्तेषां नात्रास्ति संस्थितिः ये च भगवता लोके तच्चित्तास्तत्परायणाः
bhavadbhiḥ parihartavyāsteṣāṃ nātrāsti saṃsthitiḥ ye ca bhagavatā loke taccittāstatparāyaṇāḥ
—they are to be shunned by you; for them there is no abode here. And those in the world whose thought is on the Blessed One, who are wholly devoted to him,
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AgP 38.39
पूजयन्ति सदा विष्णुं ते वस्त्याज्याः सुदूरतः यस्तिष्ठन् प्रस्वपन् गच्छन्नुत्तिष्ठन् स्खलिते स्थिते(४)
pūjayanti sadā viṣṇuṃ te vastyājyāḥ sudūrataḥ yastiṣṭhan prasvapan gacchannuttiṣṭhan skhalite sthite(4)
who always worship Viṣṇu—they are to be avoided by you from far off. And he who, standing, sleeping, walking, rising, when stumbling, when at rest,
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AgP 38.40
सङ्कीर्तयन्ति गोविन्दं ते वस्त्याज्याः सुदूरतः नित्यनैमित्तिकैर् देवं ये यजन्ति जनार्दनम्
saṅkīrtayanti govindaṃ te vastyājyāḥ sudūrataḥ nityanaimittikair devaṃ ye yajanti janārdanam
chants the name of Govinda—they are to be avoided by you from far off. Those who worship the god Janārdana with the regular and the occasional rites,
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AgP 38.41
नावलोक्या भवद्भिस्ते तद्गता यान्ति तद्गतिम् :न् १ आनेयास्त्वविशेषत इति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ नियमो मे ऽनुपाल्यतामिति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ जन्तवः क्वचिदिति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् ११२ ये पुष्पधूपवासोभिर्भूषणैश्चातिवल्लभैः
nāvalokyā bhavadbhiste tadgatā yānti tadgatim :n 1 āneyāstvaviśeṣata iti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 niyamo me 'nupālyatāmiti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 jantavaḥ kvaciditi kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 112 ye puṣpadhūpavāsobhirbhūṣaṇaiścātivallabhaiḥ
they are not to be looked upon by you; being gone to him, they go to his state. [Variant readings noted: "but they are to be brought without distinction" in MS ga; "let my rule be observed" in MS kha; "creatures anywhere" in MS kha.] Those who, with flowers, incense, garments and most precious ornaments,
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AgP 38.42
अर्चयन्ति न ते ग्राह्या नराः कृष्णालये गताः(१) उपलेपनकर्तारः सम्मार्जनपराश् च ये
arcayanti na te grāhyā narāḥ kṛṣṇālaye gatāḥ(1) upalepanakartāraḥ sammārjanaparāś ca ye
do worship—those men are not to be seized, (for they have) gone to Kṛṣṇa's abode. And those who do the plastering (of the floor) and are intent on the sweeping
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AgP 38.43
कृष्णालये परित्यज्यास्तेषां पुत्रास् तथा कुलम् येन चायतनं विष्णोः कारितं तत्कुलोद्भवम्
kṛṣṇālaye parityajyāsteṣāṃ putrās tathā kulam yena cāyatanaṃ viṣṇoḥ kāritaṃ tatkulodbhavam
in Kṛṣṇa's temple are to be let go, and likewise their sons and their family. And he by whom a shrine of Viṣṇu has been caused to be made—of those born in his family
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AgP 38.44
पुंसां शतं नावलोक्यं भवद्भिर्दुष्टचेतसा यस्तु देवालयं विष्णोर्दारुशैलमयं तथा
puṃsāṃ śataṃ nāvalokyaṃ bhavadbhirduṣṭacetasā yastu devālayaṃ viṣṇordāruśailamayaṃ tathā
a hundred men are not to be looked upon by you with evil intent. And he who (has built) a temple of Viṣṇu made of wood or of stone,
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AgP 38.45
कारयेन् मृण्मयं वापि सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते अहन्यहनि यज्ञेन यजतो यन् महाफलम्
kārayen mṛṇmayaṃ vāpi sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate ahanyahani yajñena yajato yan mahāphalam
or has one of clay made, is released from all sins. Whatever great fruit belongs to one who sacrifices with a sacrifice day after day,
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AgP 38.46
प्राप्नोति तत् फलं विष्णोर्यः कारयति केतनं कुलानां शतमागामि समतीतं तथा शतं
prāpnoti tat phalaṃ viṣṇoryaḥ kārayati ketanaṃ kulānāṃ śatamāgāmi samatītaṃ tathā śataṃ
that fruit he obtains who has a shrine of Viṣṇu made. A hundred families to come and likewise a hundred gone by
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AgP 38.47
कारयन् भगवद्धाम नयत्यच्युतलोकतां सप्तलोकमयो विष्णुस्तस्य यः कुरुते गृहं
kārayan bhagavaddhāma nayatyacyutalokatāṃ saptalokamayo viṣṇustasya yaḥ kurute gṛhaṃ
he brings, by having the Lord's house built, to the state of Acyuta's world. Viṣṇu consists of the seven worlds; he who makes a house for him
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AgP 38.48
तारयत्यक्षयांल्लोकानक्षयान् प्रतिपद्यते इष्टकाचयविन्यासो यावन्त्यब्दानि तिष्ठति
tārayatyakṣayāṃllokānakṣayān pratipadyate iṣṭakācayavinyāso yāvantyabdāni tiṣṭhati
carries the imperishable worlds across and himself attains the imperishable. For as many years as the laid-out heap of bricks stands,
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AgP 38.49
तावद्वर्षसहस्राणि तत्कर्तुर्दिवि संस्थितिः प्रतिमाकृद्विष्णुलोकं स्थापको लीयते हरौ देवसद्मप्रतिकृतिप्रतिष्ठाकृत्तु गोचरे
tāvadvarṣasahasrāṇi tatkarturdivi saṃsthitiḥ pratimākṛdviṣṇulokaṃ sthāpako līyate harau devasadmapratikṛtipratiṣṭhākṛttu gocare
for that many thousands of years is the maker's residence in heaven. The maker of an image (attains) Viṣṇu's world, the installer dissolves in Hari; but he who performs the installation of a god's house and of an image (comes) within (Viṣṇu's) sight.
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AgP 38.50
अग्निर् उवाच यमोक्ता नानयंस्तेथ प्रतिष्ठादिकृतं हरेः हयशीर्षः प्रतिष्ठार्थं(२) देवानां ब्रह्मणे ऽब्रवीत्
agnir uvāca yamoktā nānayaṃstetha pratiṣṭhādikṛtaṃ hareḥ hayaśīrṣaḥ pratiṣṭhārthaṃ(2) devānāṃ brahmaṇe 'bravīt
Agni said: Those spoken of by Yama they accordingly did not bring, (nor) one who had performed the installation and the rest for Hari. Hayaśīrṣa, for the sake of installation, spoke to Brahmā of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain