Agni Purana — Chapter 382
AgP 382.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे यमगीता नामैकाशीत्यधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ :प् ३५४ छप्तेर् {३८२} :श् अथ द्व्यशीत्यधिकत्रिशततमो ऽध्यायः आग्नेयपुराणमाहात्म्यं अग्निर् उवाच आग्नेयं ब्रह्मरूपन्ते पुराणं कथतं मया सप्रपञ्चं निष्प्रपञ्चं विद्याद्वयमयं महत्
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe yamagītā nāmaikāśītyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || :p 354 chapter {382} :ś atha dvyaśītyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ āgneyapurāṇamāhātmyaṃ agnir uvāca āgneyaṃ brahmarūpante purāṇaṃ kathataṃ mayā saprapañcaṃ niṣprapañcaṃ vidyādvayamayaṃ mahat
[Colophon: Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa the three hundred and eighty-first chapter, called the Yamagītā. Page 354, chapter 382. Now the three hundred and eighty-second chapter: The Greatness of the Agni Purāṇa.] Agni said: The Āgneya Purāṇa, which is the very form of Brahman, has been told by me to you — the great (Purāṇa) with manifoldness and without manifoldness, comprising the twofold knowledge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 382.2
ऋग्यजुःसामाथर्वाख्या विद्या विष्णुर्जगज्जनिः छन्दः शिक्षा व्याकरणं निघण्टुज्योतिराख्यकाः
ṛgyajuḥsāmātharvākhyā vidyā viṣṇurjagajjaniḥ chandaḥ śikṣā vyākaraṇaṃ nighaṇṭujyotirākhyakāḥ
The knowledge named Ṛg, Yajus, Sāman and Atharvan (is) Viṣṇu, the birth of the world; (so too) metrics, phonetics, grammar, and those called lexicon and astronomy;
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AgP 382.3
निरुक्तधर्मशास्त्रादि मीमांसान्यायविस्तराः आयुर्वेदपुराणाख्या धनुर्गन्धर्वविस्तराः
niruktadharmaśāstrādi mīmāṃsānyāyavistarāḥ āyurvedapurāṇākhyā dhanurgandharvavistarāḥ
etymology, the law-books and so forth, the expositions of Mīmāṃsā and Nyāya, those called Āyurveda and the Purāṇas, the expositions of archery and of music —
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AgP 382.4
विद्या सैवार्थशास्त्राख्या देवान्तान्या हरिर्महान् इत्येषा चापरा विद्या परिविद्याक्षरं परं
vidyā saivārthaśāstrākhyā devāntānyā harirmahān ityeṣā cāparā vidyā parividyākṣaraṃ paraṃ
that same knowledge (also) named the science of statecraft, and the rest ending with (the science of) the gods — (all this is) the great Hari. Thus this is the lower knowledge; the higher knowledge is the supreme Imperishable.
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AgP 382.5
यस्य भावो ऽखिलं विष्णुस्तस्य नो बाधते कलिः अनिष्ट्वा तु महायज्ञानकृत्वापि पितृस्वधां
yasya bhāvo 'khilaṃ viṣṇustasya no bādhate kaliḥ aniṣṭvā tu mahāyajñānakṛtvāpi pitṛsvadhāṃ
He whose whole being is Viṣṇu — the Kali age does not afflict him; even without performing the great sacrifices and without making the offering to the ancestors,
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AgP 382.6
कृष्णमभ्यर्चयन्भक्त्या नैनसो भाजनं भवेत् सर्वकारणमत्यन्तं विष्णुं ध्यायन्न सीदति
kṛṣṇamabhyarcayanbhaktyā nainaso bhājanaṃ bhavet sarvakāraṇamatyantaṃ viṣṇuṃ dhyāyanna sīdati
one who worships Kṛṣṇa with devotion would not become a vessel of sin; meditating on Viṣṇu, the utmost cause of all, one does not sink.
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AgP 382.7
अन्यतन्त्रादिदोषोत्थो विषयाकृष्टमानसः कृत्वापि पापं गोविन्दं ध्यायन्पापैः प्रमुच्यते
anyatantrādidoṣottho viṣayākṛṣṭamānasaḥ kṛtvāpi pāpaṃ govindaṃ dhyāyanpāpaiḥ pramucyate
One in whom faults have arisen from other doctrines and the like, whose mind is dragged away by the objects of sense — even having committed sin, by meditating on Govinda he is wholly freed from his sins.
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AgP 382.8
तद्ध्यानं यत्र गोविन्दः स कथा यत्र केशवः तत् कर्म यत्तदर्थीयं किमन्यैर् बहुभाषितैः
taddhyānaṃ yatra govindaḥ sa kathā yatra keśavaḥ tat karma yattadarthīyaṃ kimanyair bahubhāṣitaiḥ
That is meditation in which Govinda is (present); that is story in which Keśava is; that is action which is done for his sake — what use is there in much other talk?
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AgP 382.9
न तत् पिता तु पुत्राय न शिष्याय गुरुर्द्विज परमार्थं परं ब्रूयाद्यदेतत्ते मयोदितं
na tat pitā tu putrāya na śiṣyāya gururdvija paramārthaṃ paraṃ brūyādyadetatte mayoditaṃ
Not to a son does a father, not to a pupil does a teacher, O twice-born, declare that supreme highest truth which has here been told to you by me.
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AgP 382.10
संसारे भ्रमता लभ्यं पुत्रदारधनं वसु :प् ३५५ सुहृदश् च तथैवान्ये नोपदेशो द्विजेदृशः
saṃsāre bhramatā labhyaṃ putradāradhanaṃ vasu :p 355 suhṛdaś ca tathaivānye nopadeśo dvijedṛśaḥ
Sons, wife, wealth and property are obtainable by one wandering in the round of existence, and likewise friends and others; but instruction such as this, O twice-born, (is) not (so obtainable).
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AgP 382.11
किं पुत्रदारैर् मित्रैर् वा किं मित्रक्षेत्रवान्धवैः उपदेशः परो वन्धुरीदृशो यो विमुक्तये
kiṃ putradārair mitrair vā kiṃ mitrakṣetravāndhavaiḥ upadeśaḥ paro vandhurīdṛśo yo vimuktaye
What (good are) sons and wife, or friends? What (good are) friends, lands and kinsmen? The highest kinsman is such instruction as this, which is for liberation.
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AgP 382.12
द्विविधो भूतमार्गीयं दैव आसुर एव च विष्णुभक्तिपरो दैवो विपरीतस् तथासुरः
dvividho bhūtamārgīyaṃ daiva āsura eva ca viṣṇubhaktiparo daivo viparītas tathāsuraḥ
Twofold is the path of beings: the divine and the demonic. He who is devoted to devotion to Viṣṇu is divine; he who is the opposite is demonic.
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AgP 382.13
एतत् पवित्रमारोग्यं धन्यं दुःस्वप्ननाशनं सुखप्रीतिकरं नॄणां मोक्षकृद्यत्तवेरितं
etat pavitramārogyaṃ dhanyaṃ duḥsvapnanāśanaṃ sukhaprītikaraṃ nṝṇāṃ mokṣakṛdyattaveritaṃ
This which has been declared to you is purifying, health-giving, bringing fortune, destroying bad dreams, causing happiness and delight to men, and effecting liberation.
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AgP 382.14
येषां गृहेषु लिखितमाग्नेयं हि पुराणकं पुस्तकं स्थास्यति सदा तत्र नेशुरुपद्रवाः
yeṣāṃ gṛheṣu likhitamāgneyaṃ hi purāṇakaṃ pustakaṃ sthāsyati sadā tatra neśurupadravāḥ
In whose houses the written book of the Āgneya Purāṇa will always stand, there calamities have perished.
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AgP 382.15
किं तीर्थैर् गोप्रदानैर् वा किं यज्ञैः किमुपोषितैः आग्नेयं ये हि शृण्वन्ति अहन्यहनि मानवाः
kiṃ tīrthair gopradānair vā kiṃ yajñaiḥ kimupoṣitaiḥ āgneyaṃ ye hi śṛṇvanti ahanyahani mānavāḥ
What (need) of pilgrimages or of gifts of cows, what of sacrifices, what of fasts, for those men who listen to the Āgneya (Purāṇa) day after day?
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AgP 382.16
ये ददाति तिलप्रस्थं सुवर्णस्य च माषकं शृणोति श्लोकमेकञ्च आग्नेयस्य तदाप्नुयात्
ye dadāti tilaprasthaṃ suvarṇasya ca māṣakaṃ śṛṇoti ślokamekañca āgneyasya tadāpnuyāt
Whoever gives a prastha measure of sesame and a māṣaka of gold (gains a merit which) he would obtain (merely) by hearing a single verse of the Āgneya (Purāṇa).
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AgP 382.17
अध्यायपठनञ्चास्य गोप्रदानाद् विशिष्यते अहोरात्रकृतं पापं श्रोतुमिच्छोः प्रणश्यति
adhyāyapaṭhanañcāsya gopradānād viśiṣyate ahorātrakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ śrotumicchoḥ praṇaśyati
And the recitation of a chapter of it is more excellent than the gift of a cow; for one who (merely) wishes to hear it, the sin done in a day and a night is destroyed.
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AgP 382.18
कपिलानां शते दत्ते यद् भवेज्ज्येष्ठपुष्करे तदाग्नेयं पुराणं हि पठित्वा फलमाप्नुयात्
kapilānāṃ śate datte yad bhavejjyeṣṭhapuṣkare tadāgneyaṃ purāṇaṃ hi paṭhitvā phalamāpnuyāt
Whatever (merit) there would be from giving a hundred tawny cows at Jyeṣṭha-Puṣkara, that fruit one obtains by reciting the Āgneya Purāṇa.
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AgP 382.19
प्रवृत्तञ्च निवृत्तञ्च धर्मं विद्याद्वयात्मकं आग्नेयस्य पुराणस्य शास्त्रस्यास्य समं न हि
pravṛttañca nivṛttañca dharmaṃ vidyādvayātmakaṃ āgneyasya purāṇasya śāstrasyāsya samaṃ na hi
One should know the dharma to be twofold, active (pravṛtti) and cessative (nivṛtti), consisting of the two knowledges; there is nothing equal to this scripture, the Āgneya Purāṇa.
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AgP 382.20
पठन्नाग्नेयकं नित्यं शृण्वन् वापि पुराणकं भक्तो वशिष्ठ मनुजः सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
paṭhannāgneyakaṃ nityaṃ śṛṇvan vāpi purāṇakaṃ bhakto vaśiṣṭha manujaḥ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
A man who is devoted, Vasiṣṭha, constantly reciting the Āgneya Purāṇa or hearing it, is released from all sins.
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AgP 382.21
नोपसर्गा न चानर्था न चौरारिभयं गृहे तस्मन् स्याद् यत्र चाग्नेयपुराणस्य हि पुस्तकं
nopasargā na cānarthā na caurāribhayaṃ gṛhe tasman syād yatra cāgneyapurāṇasya hi pustakaṃ
Therefore in the house where there is a book of the Āgneya Purāṇa, there are no calamities, no misfortunes, and no fear from thieves or enemies.
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AgP 382.22
:प् ३५६ न गर्भहारिणीभीतिर्न च बालग्रहा गृहे यत्राग्नेयं पुराणं स्यान्न पिशाचादिकं भयं
:p 356 na garbhahāriṇībhītirna ca bālagrahā gṛhe yatrāgneyaṃ purāṇaṃ syānna piśācādikaṃ bhayaṃ
In the house where the Āgneya Purāṇa is, there is no fear of the female snatchers of embryos, nor child-seizing demons, nor fear of piśācas and the like.
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AgP 382.23
शृण्वन्विप्रो वेदवित् स्यात् क्षत्रियः पृथिवीपतिः ऋद्धिं प्राप्नोति वैश्यश् च शूद्रश्चारोग्यमृच्छति
śṛṇvanvipro vedavit syāt kṣatriyaḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ ṛddhiṃ prāpnoti vaiśyaś ca śūdraścārogyamṛcchati
Hearing (it), a brahmin becomes a knower of the Veda, a kṣatriya a lord of the earth, a vaiśya obtains prosperity, and a śūdra attains health.
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AgP 382.24
यः पठेत्शृणुयान्नित्यं समदृग्विष्णुमानसः ब्रह्माग्नेयं पुराणं सत्तत्र नश्यन्त्युपद्रवाः
yaḥ paṭhetśṛṇuyānnityaṃ samadṛgviṣṇumānasaḥ brahmāgneyaṃ purāṇaṃ sattatra naśyantyupadravāḥ
He who, even-sighted and with his mind on Viṣṇu, constantly recites or hears the Brahma-Āgneya Purāṇa — there the afflictions perish.
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AgP 382.25
दिव्यान्तरीक्षभौमाद्या दुःस्वप्नाद्यभिचारकाः यच्चान्यद्दुरितं किञ्चित्तत्सर्वं हन्ति केशवः
divyāntarīkṣabhaumādyā duḥsvapnādyabhicārakāḥ yaccānyadduritaṃ kiñcittatsarvaṃ hanti keśavaḥ
Whatever (evils) are celestial, atmospheric, terrestrial and the rest, bad dreams and the rest, and witchcraft, and whatever other evil there is — all that Keśava destroys.
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AgP 382.26
पठतः शृण्वतः पुंसः पुस्तकं यजतो महत् आग्नेयं श्रीपुराणं हि हेमन्ते यः शृणोति वै
paṭhataḥ śṛṇvataḥ puṃsaḥ pustakaṃ yajato mahat āgneyaṃ śrīpurāṇaṃ hi hemante yaḥ śṛṇoti vai
For a man who recites, who hears, who worships the great book, the glorious Āgneya Purāṇa — he who hears it in the cold season (hemanta),
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AgP 382.27
प्रपूज्य गन्धपुष्पाध्यैर् अग्निष्टोमफलं लभेत् शिशिरे पुण्डरीकस्य वसन्ते चाश्वमेधजम्
prapūjya gandhapuṣpādhyair agniṣṭomaphalaṃ labhet śiśire puṇḍarīkasya vasante cāśvamedhajam
having worshipped (it) with perfumes, flowers and the rest, obtains the fruit of the Agniṣṭoma; in the cool season (śiśira) that of the Puṇḍarīka, and in spring that born of the horse sacrifice;
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AgP 382.28
ग्रीष्मे तु वाजपेयस्य राजसूयस्य वर्षति गोसहस्रस्य शरदि फलं तत्पठतो ह्य् ऋतौ
grīṣme tu vājapeyasya rājasūyasya varṣati gosahasrasya śaradi phalaṃ tatpaṭhato hy ṛtau
in summer that of the Vājapeya, in the rainy season that of the Rājasūya, in autumn that of (the gift of) a thousand cows — that is the fruit for one who recites it in (each) season.
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AgP 382.29
आग्नेयं हि पुराणं यो भक्त्याग्रे पठेते हरेः सो ऽर्चयेच्च वसिष्ठेह ज्ञानयज्ञेन केशवम्
āgneyaṃ hi purāṇaṃ yo bhaktyāgre paṭhete hareḥ so 'rcayecca vasiṣṭheha jñānayajñena keśavam
He who with devotion recites the Āgneya Purāṇa before Hari — he, Vasiṣṭha, worships Keśava here with the sacrifice of knowledge.
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AgP 382.30
यस्याग्नेयपुराणस्य पुस्तकं तस्य वै जयः लिखितं पूजितं गेहे भुक्तिर्मुक्तिः करे ऽस्ति हि
yasyāgneyapurāṇasya pustakaṃ tasya vai jayaḥ likhitaṃ pūjitaṃ gehe bhuktirmuktiḥ kare 'sti hi
He who has a book of the Āgneya Purāṇa — victory is his indeed; when it is written and worshipped in the house, enjoyment and liberation are in his hand.
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AgP 382.31
इति कालाग्निरूपेण गीतं मे हरिणा पुरा आग्नेयं हि पुराणं वै ब्रह्मविद्याद्वयास्पदम् विद्याद्वयं वसिष्ठेदं भक्तेभ्यः कथयिष्यसि
iti kālāgnirūpeṇa gītaṃ me hariṇā purā āgneyaṃ hi purāṇaṃ vai brahmavidyādvayāspadam vidyādvayaṃ vasiṣṭhedaṃ bhaktebhyaḥ kathayiṣyasi
Thus was the Āgneya Purāṇa, the abode of the two knowledges (that is, of brahman), sung to me long ago by Hari in the form of Kālāgni: this pair of knowledges, Vasiṣṭha, you shall relate to the devoted.
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AgP 382.32
वसिष्ठ उवाच व्यासाग्नेयपुराणं ते रूपं विद्याद्वयात्मकं कथितं ब्रह्मणो विष्णोरग्निना कथितं यथा
vasiṣṭha uvāca vyāsāgneyapurāṇaṃ te rūpaṃ vidyādvayātmakaṃ kathitaṃ brahmaṇo viṣṇoragninā kathitaṃ yathā
Vasiṣṭha said: O Vyāsa, the Āgneya Purāṇa, which is your form, consisting of the two knowledges, has been told to you, as it was told by Agni, (and) of Brahmā and Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 382.33
:प् ३५७ सार्धं देवैश् च मुनिभिर्मह्यं सर्वाथदर्शकं पुराणमग्निना गौतमाग्नेयं ब्रह्मसन्मितं
:p 357 sārdhaṃ devaiś ca munibhirmahyaṃ sarvāthadarśakaṃ purāṇamagninā gautamāgneyaṃ brahmasanmitaṃ
Together with the gods and the sages, the Āgneya Purāṇa, showing all objects, equal to the Veda, was told to me by Agni, O Gautama.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 382.34
यः पठेच्छृणुयाद्ध्यास लिखेद्वा लेखयेदपि श्रावयेत्पाठयेद्वापि पूजयेद्धारयेदपि
yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyāddhyāsa likhedvā lekhayedapi śrāvayetpāṭhayedvāpi pūjayeddhārayedapi
He who recites, hears, meditates, writes or has it written, causes it to be heard or to be recited, worships it or holds it,
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AgP 382.35
सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः प्राप्रकामो दिवं व्रजेत् लेखयित्वा पुराणं यो दद्याद्विप्रेभ्य उत्तमं
sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ prāprakāmo divaṃ vrajet lekhayitvā purāṇaṃ yo dadyādviprebhya uttamaṃ
freed from all sins and with his desires fulfilled he goes to heaven; and he who, having had the Purāṇa written, gives the excellent (book) to brahmins,
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AgP 382.36
स ब्रह्मलोकमाप्नोति कुलानां शतमुद्धरेत् एकं श्लोकं पठेद्यस्तु पापपङ्काद्विमुच्यते
sa brahmalokamāpnoti kulānāṃ śatamuddharet ekaṃ ślokaṃ paṭhedyastu pāpapaṅkādvimucyate
he attains the world of Brahmā and rescues a hundred of his lineages; and he who recites even a single verse is freed from the mire of sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 382.37
तस्माद्व्यास सदा श्राव्यं शिष्येभ्यः सर्वदर्शनं शुकाद्यैर् मुनिभिः सर्धं श्रोतुकामैः पुराणकं
tasmādvyāsa sadā śrāvyaṃ śiṣyebhyaḥ sarvadarśanaṃ śukādyair munibhiḥ sardhaṃ śrotukāmaiḥ purāṇakaṃ
Therefore, Vyāsa, this Purāṇa, which shows everything, should always be recited to disciples, together with Śuka and the other sages who wish to hear it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 382.38
आग्नेयं पठितं ध्यातं शुभं स्याद् भुक्तिमुक्तिदं अग्नये तु नमस्तस्मै येन गीतं पुरानकं
āgneyaṃ paṭhitaṃ dhyātaṃ śubhaṃ syād bhuktimuktidaṃ agnaye tu namastasmai yena gītaṃ purānakaṃ
The Āgneya (Purāṇa), recited and meditated upon, becomes auspicious, granting enjoyment and liberation. Homage to that Agni by whom this Purāṇa was uttered.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 382.39
व्यास उवाच वसिष्ठेन पुरा गीतं सूतैतत्ते मयोदितं पराविद्यापराविद्यास्वरूपं परमं पदम्
vyāsa uvāca vasiṣṭhena purā gītaṃ sūtaitatte mayoditaṃ parāvidyāparāvidyāsvarūpaṃ paramaṃ padam
Vyāsa said: Sūta, this that was formerly sung by Vasiṣṭha has been declared to you by me — (it is) the very form of the higher and the lower knowledge, the supreme state.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 382.40
आग्नेयं दुर्लभं रूपं प्राप्यते भाग्यसंयुतैः ध्यायन्तो ब्रह्म चाग्नेयं पुराणं हरिमागताः
āgneyaṃ durlabhaṃ rūpaṃ prāpyate bhāgyasaṃyutaiḥ dhyāyanto brahma cāgneyaṃ purāṇaṃ harimāgatāḥ
The Āgneya form, hard to obtain, is attained by those possessed of good fortune; meditating on the Brahman that is the Āgneya Purāṇa, they have gone to Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 382.41
विद्यार्थिनस् तथा विद्यां राज्यं राज्यार्थिनो गताः अपुत्राः पुत्रिणः सन्ति नाश्रया आश्रयं गताः
vidyārthinas tathā vidyāṃ rājyaṃ rājyārthino gatāḥ aputrāḥ putriṇaḥ santi nāśrayā āśrayaṃ gatāḥ
So too those who sought learning have attained learning, those who sought kingship, kingship; the sonless come to have sons, and the shelterless have gained shelter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 382.42
सौभाग्यार्थी च सौभाग्यं मोक्षं मोक्षार्थिनो गताः लिखन्तो लेखयन्तश् च निष्पापश् च श्रियं गताः
saubhāgyārthī ca saubhāgyaṃ mokṣaṃ mokṣārthino gatāḥ likhanto lekhayantaś ca niṣpāpaś ca śriyaṃ gatāḥ
One who seeks good fortune (gains) good fortune, those who seek liberation have attained liberation; those who write it and have it written, and (become) sinless, have attained prosperity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 382.43
शुकपैलमुखैः सूत आग्नेयन्तु पुराणकं रूपं चिन्तय यातासि भुक्तिं मुक्तिं न संशयः
śukapailamukhaiḥ sūta āgneyantu purāṇakaṃ rūpaṃ cintaya yātāsi bhuktiṃ muktiṃ na saṃśayaḥ
Sūta, together with Śuka, Paila and the rest, contemplate the form that is this Āgneya Purāṇa; you will attain enjoyment and liberation — there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 382.44
श्रावय त्वञ्च शिष्येभ्यो भक्तेभ्यश् च पुराणकम् :प् ३५८ सूत उवाच व्यास प्रसादादाग्नेयं पुराणं श्रुतमादरात्
śrāvaya tvañca śiṣyebhyo bhaktebhyaś ca purāṇakam :p 358 sūta uvāca vyāsa prasādādāgneyaṃ purāṇaṃ śrutamādarāt
And do you cause the Purāṇa to be heard by (your) disciples and by the devoted. Sūta said: Vyāsa, by (your) grace the Āgneya Purāṇa has been heard (by me) with reverence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 382.45
आग्नेयं ब्रह्मरूपं हि मुनयः शौनकादयः भवन्तो नैमिषारण्ये यजन्तो हरिमीश्वरं
āgneyaṃ brahmarūpaṃ hi munayaḥ śaunakādayaḥ bhavanto naimiṣāraṇye yajanto harimīśvaraṃ
For the Āgneya (Purāṇa) is of the form of Brahman. O sages, Śaunaka and the rest, you, in the Naimiṣa forest, sacrificing to Hari the Lord,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 382.46
तिष्ठन्तः श्रद्धया युक्तास्तस्माद्वः समुदीरितम् अग्निना प्रोक्तमाग्नेयं पुराणं वेदसम्मितं
tiṣṭhantaḥ śraddhayā yuktāstasmādvaḥ samudīritam agninā proktamāgneyaṃ purāṇaṃ vedasammitaṃ
abiding endowed with faith — therefore it has been proclaimed to you: the Āgneya Purāṇa spoken by Agni, equal to the Vedas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 382.47
ब्रह्मविद्याद्वयोपेतं भुक्तिदं मुक्तिदं महत् नास्मात्परतरः सारो नास्मात्परतरः सुहृत्
brahmavidyādvayopetaṃ bhuktidaṃ muktidaṃ mahat nāsmātparataraḥ sāro nāsmātparataraḥ suhṛt
furnished with the twofold knowledge of Brahman, granting enjoyment and granting liberation, great. There is no essence higher than this, no friend higher than this,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 382.48
नास्मात्परतरो ग्रन्थो नास्मात्परतरो गतिः नास्मात्परतरं शास्त्रं नास्मात्परतरा श्रुतिः
nāsmātparataro grantho nāsmātparataro gatiḥ nāsmātparataraṃ śāstraṃ nāsmātparatarā śrutiḥ
no book higher than this, no goal higher than this, no treatise higher than this, no revealed word (śruti) higher than this,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 382.49
नास्मात्परतरं ज्ञानं नास्मात्परतरा स्मृतिः नास्मात्परो ह्य् आगमो ऽस्ति नास्माद्विद्या परास्ति हि
nāsmātparataraṃ jñānaṃ nāsmātparatarā smṛtiḥ nāsmātparo hy āgamo 'sti nāsmādvidyā parāsti hi
no knowledge higher than this, no tradition (smṛti) higher than this; indeed there is no scripture (āgama) beyond this, nor is there any learning higher than this,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 382.50
नास्मात्परः स्यात्सिद्धन्तो नास्मात्परममङ्गलम् नास्मात्परो ऽस्ति वेदान्तः पुराणं परमन्त्विदं
nāsmātparaḥ syātsiddhanto nāsmātparamamaṅgalam nāsmātparo 'sti vedāntaḥ purāṇaṃ paramantvidaṃ
there would be no doctrine higher than this, nothing more auspicious than this, there is no Vedānta higher than this — and this Purāṇa is supreme.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 382.51
नास्मात्परतरं भूमौ विद्यते वस्तु दुर्लभम् आग्नेये हि पुराणे ऽस्मिन् सर्वविद्याः प्रदर्शिताः
nāsmātparataraṃ bhūmau vidyate vastu durlabham āgneye hi purāṇe 'smin sarvavidyāḥ pradarśitāḥ
There exists on earth no thing hard to obtain that is higher than this; for in this Āgneya Purāṇa all branches of knowledge have been set forth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 382.52
सर्वे मत्स्यावताराद्या गीता रामायणन्त्विह हरिवंशो भारतञ्च नव सर्गाः प्रदर्शिताः
sarve matsyāvatārādyā gītā rāmāyaṇantviha harivaṃśo bhāratañca nava sargāḥ pradarśitāḥ
All (the incarnations) beginning with the Fish incarnation have been sung here, and the Gītā, the Rāmāyaṇa, the Harivaṃśa and the Bhārata; the nine creations have been set forth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 382.53
आगमो वैष्णवो गीतः पूजादीक्षाप्रतिष्ठया पवित्रारोहणादीनि प्रतिमालक्षणादिकं
āgamo vaiṣṇavo gītaḥ pūjādīkṣāpratiṣṭhayā pavitrārohaṇādīni pratimālakṣaṇādikaṃ
The Vaiṣṇava scripture has been sung, with worship, initiation and consecration, the rites of hoisting the pavitra and so on, the characteristics of images and the rest,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 382.54
प्रासादलक्षणाद्यञ्च मन्त्रा वै भुक्तिमुक्तिदाः शैवागमस्तदर्थश् च शाक्तेयः सौर एव च
prāsādalakṣaṇādyañca mantrā vai bhuktimuktidāḥ śaivāgamastadarthaś ca śākteyaḥ saura eva ca
and the characteristics of temples and so forth, and the mantras that bestow enjoyment and liberation; the Śaiva scripture and its meaning, and the Śākta and the Saura as well,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 382.55
मण्डलानि च वास्तुश् च मन्ताणि विविधानि च प्रतिसर्गश्चानुगीतो ब्रह्माण्डपरिमण्डलं
maṇḍalāni ca vāstuś ca mantāṇi vividhāni ca pratisargaścānugīto brahmāṇḍaparimaṇḍalaṃ
and the maṇḍalas and (the science of) building, and the various mantras; the secondary creation has been sung along (with them), and the sphere of the cosmic egg,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 382.56
:प् ३५९ गीतो भुवनकोषश् च द्वीपवर्षादिनिम्नगाः गयागङ्गाप्रयागादि तीर्थमाहात्म्यमीरितं
:p 359 gīto bhuvanakoṣaś ca dvīpavarṣādinimnagāḥ gayāgaṅgāprayāgādi tīrthamāhātmyamīritaṃ
and the treasury of the worlds has been sung, the continents, regions and rivers; the glory of holy places such as Gayā, the Gaṅgā and Prayāga has been declared,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 382.57
ज्योतिश् चक्रं ज्योतिषादि गीतो युद्धजयार्णवः मन्वन्तरादयो गीताः धर्मा वर्णादिकस्य च
jyotiś cakraṃ jyotiṣādi gīto yuddhajayārṇavaḥ manvantarādayo gītāḥ dharmā varṇādikasya ca
the circle of the heavenly lights, astrology and the rest; the ocean (i.e. the treatise) of victory in war has been sung; the Manu-periods and so on have been sung, and the duties of the classes and the rest,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 382.58
अशौचं द्रव्यशुद्धिश् च प्रायश्चित्तं प्रदर्शितं राजधर्मा दानधर्मा व्रतानि विविधानि च
aśaucaṃ dravyaśuddhiś ca prāyaścittaṃ pradarśitaṃ rājadharmā dānadharmā vratāni vividhāni ca
Impurity (from death or birth) and the purification of substances, and expiation have been set forth; the duties of kings, the rules of giving, and the various vows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 382.59
व्यवहाराः शान्तयश् च ऋग्वेदादिविधानकं सूर्यवंशः सोमवंशो धनुर्वेदश् च वैद्यकं
vyavahārāḥ śāntayaś ca ṛgvedādividhānakaṃ sūryavaṃśaḥ somavaṃśo dhanurvedaś ca vaidyakaṃ
Legal procedures and the rites of appeasement, and the ordinances concerning the Ṛgveda and the rest; the solar dynasty, the lunar dynasty, the science of archery and medicine;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 382.60
गान्धर्ववेदो ऽर्थशास्त्रं मीमांसा न्यायविस्तरः पुराणसंख्यामाहत्म्यं छन्दो व्यकरणं स्मृतं
gāndharvavedo 'rthaśāstraṃ mīmāṃsā nyāyavistaraḥ purāṇasaṃkhyāmāhatmyaṃ chando vyakaraṇaṃ smṛtaṃ
the science of music, the treatise on statecraft, Mīmāṃsā, the exposition of Nyāya, the number of the Purāṇas and their glorification, metrics and grammar have been recorded;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 382.61
अलङ्कारो विघण्डुश् च शिक्षाकल्प इहोदितः स्मृतः नैमित्तिकः प्राकृतिको लय आत्यन्तिकः
alaṅkāro vighaṇḍuś ca śikṣākalpa ihoditaḥ smṛtaḥ naimittikaḥ prākṛtiko laya ātyantikaḥ
poetics and the lexicon, and phonetics and ritual procedure have been declared here; the occasional dissolution, the elemental one, and the final dissolution are recorded.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 382.62
वेदान्तं ब्रह्मविज्ञानं योगो ह्य् अष्टाङ्ग ईरितः स्तोत्रं पुराणमाहात्म्यं विद्या ह्य् अष्टादश स्मृताः
vedāntaṃ brahmavijñānaṃ yogo hy aṣṭāṅga īritaḥ stotraṃ purāṇamāhātmyaṃ vidyā hy aṣṭādaśa smṛtāḥ
Vedānta, the knowledge of Brahman, and the eightfold yoga have been expounded; hymns, the glorification of the Purāṇa — the eighteen branches of knowledge are (thus) recorded.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 382.63
ऋग्वेदाद्याः परा ह्य् अत्र पराविद्याक्षरं परं सप्रपञ्चं निष्प्रपञ्चं ब्रह्मणो रूपमीरितं
ṛgvedādyāḥ parā hy atra parāvidyākṣaraṃ paraṃ saprapañcaṃ niṣprapañcaṃ brahmaṇo rūpamīritaṃ
Here the Ṛgveda and the rest are the higher (knowledge); the imperishable supreme is the higher knowledge; the form of Brahman has been declared both as with manifestation and as without manifestation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 382.64
इदं पञ्चदशसोहस्रं शतकोटिप्रविस्तरं देवलोके दैवतैश् च पुराणं पठ्यते सदा
idaṃ pañcadaśasohasraṃ śatakoṭipravistaraṃ devaloke daivataiś ca purāṇaṃ paṭhyate sadā
This (Purāṇa) of fifteen thousand (verses), extending to a hundred crores, is constantly recited in the world of the gods by the deities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 382.65
लोकानां हितकामेन संक्षिप्योद्गीतमग्निना सर्वं ब्रह्मेति जानीध्वं मुनयः शौनकादयः
lokānāṃ hitakāmena saṃkṣipyodgītamagninā sarvaṃ brahmeti jānīdhvaṃ munayaḥ śaunakādayaḥ
Out of a desire for the welfare of the worlds it was abridged and sung forth by Agni; know that all this is Brahman, O sages, Śaunaka and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 382.66
शृणुयाच्छ्रावयेद्वापि यः पठेत्पाठयेदपि लिखेल्लेखापयेद्वापि युजयेत्कीर्तयेदपि
śṛṇuyācchrāvayedvāpi yaḥ paṭhetpāṭhayedapi likhellekhāpayedvāpi yujayetkīrtayedapi
Whoever should hear it or cause it to be heard, who should recite it or have it recited, should write it or have it written, should join (himself to it) or proclaim it —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 382.67
पुराणपाठकञ्चैव पूजयेत् प्रयतो नृपः :प् ३६० गोभूहिरण्यदानाद्यैर् वस्त्रालङ्कारतर्पणैः
purāṇapāṭhakañcaiva pūjayet prayato nṛpaḥ :p 360 gobhūhiraṇyadānādyair vastrālaṅkāratarpaṇaiḥ
And the king, self-controlled, should honour the reciter of the Purāṇa with gifts of cows, land and gold and the rest, with garments, ornaments and refreshments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 382.68
तं संपूज्य लभेच्चैव पुराणश्रवणात् फलं पुराणान्ते च वै कुर्यादवश्यं द्विजभोजनं
taṃ saṃpūjya labheccaiva purāṇaśravaṇāt phalaṃ purāṇānte ca vai kuryādavaśyaṃ dvijabhojanaṃ
Having honoured him he obtains the fruit of hearing the Purāṇa; and at the end of the Purāṇa (recitation) he should without fail provide a feeding of brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 382.69
निर्मलः प्राप्तसर्वार्थः सकुलः स्वर्गमाप्नुयात् शरयन्त्रं पुस्तकाय सूत्रं वै पत्रसञ्चयं
nirmalaḥ prāptasarvārthaḥ sakulaḥ svargamāpnuyāt śarayantraṃ pustakāya sūtraṃ vai patrasañcayaṃ
Freed from stain, having gained every object, he reaches heaven together with his family. (Whoever gives) a reed frame for the book, and thread, and a collection of leaves,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 382.70
पट्टिकाबन्धवस्त्रादि दद्याद् यः स्वर्गमाप्नुयात् यो दद्याद्ब्रह्मलोकी स्यात् पुस्तकं यस्य वै गृहे
paṭṭikābandhavastrādi dadyād yaḥ svargamāpnuyāt yo dadyādbrahmalokī syāt pustakaṃ yasya vai gṛhe
and boards, binding, cloth and the rest — he who gives these reaches heaven; he who gives (the book) becomes a dweller in Brahmā's world. In whose house the book is,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 382.71
तस्योत्पातभयं नास्ति भुक्तिमुक्तिमवाप्नुयात् यूयं समरत चाग्नेयं पुराणं रूपमैश्वरं सूतो गतः पुजितस्तैः शौनकाद्या हरिं यायः
tasyotpātabhayaṃ nāsti bhuktimuktimavāpnuyāt yūyaṃ samarata cāgneyaṃ purāṇaṃ rūpamaiśvaraṃ sūto gataḥ pujitastaiḥ śaunakādyā hariṃ yāyaḥ
for him there is no fear of portents; he attains both enjoyment and liberation. Do you remember this Āgneya Purāṇa, the form of the Lord. The bard, honoured by them, departed; Śaunaka and the others went to Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain