Agni Purana — Chapter 77
AgP 77.1
:ए इत्य् आदिमहापुराणे आग्नेये चण्डपूजाकथनं नाम षट्सप्ततितमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {७७} :श् अथ सप्तसप्ततितमो ऽध्यायः कपिलादिपूजाविधनं ईश्वर उवाच कपिलापूजनं वक्ष्ये एभिर्मन्त्रैर् यजेच्च गां ॐ कपिले नन्दे नमः ॐ कपिले भद्रिके नमः
:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye caṇḍapūjākathanaṃ nāma ṣaṭsaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {77} :ś atha saptasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ kapilādipūjāvidhanaṃ īśvara uvāca kapilāpūjanaṃ vakṣye ebhirmantrair yajecca gāṃ oṃ kapile nande namaḥ oṃ kapile bhadrike namaḥ
Thus, in the primal great Purāṇa, the Āgneya, the seventy-sixth chapter, called "The Telling of the Worship of Caṇḍa." Chapter 77. Now the seventy-seventh chapter: the rule for the worship of Kapilā and the rest. Īśvara said: I shall declare the worship of Kapilā, and one should honour the cow with these mantras: "Oṃ, homage to Kapilā, to Nandā"; "Oṃ, homage to Kapilā, to Bhadrikā";
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AgP 77.2
ॐ कपिले सुशीले नमः कपिले सुरभिप्रभे ॐ कपिले सुमनसे नमः ॐ भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदे नमः
oṃ kapile suśīle namaḥ kapile surabhiprabhe oṃ kapile sumanase namaḥ oṃ bhuktimuktiprade namaḥ
"Oṃ, homage to Kapilā, to Suśīlā"; "to Kapilā, radiant as Surabhi"; "Oṃ, homage to Kapilā, to Sumanas"; "Oṃ, homage to the giver of enjoyment and liberation."
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AgP 77.3
सौरभेयि जगन्मातर्देवानाममृतप्रदे गृहाण वरदे ग्रासमीप्सितार्थञ्च देहि मे
saurabheyi jaganmātardevānāmamṛtaprade gṛhāṇa varade grāsamīpsitārthañca dehi me
"O daughter of Surabhi, mother of the world, giver of ambrosia to the gods, receive this mouthful, O granter of boons, and give me what I desire.
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AgP 77.4
:प् २२८ वन्दितासि वसिष्ठेन विश्वामित्रेण धीमता कपिले हर मे पापं यन्मया दुष्कृतं कृतं
:p 228 vanditāsi vasiṣṭhena viśvāmitreṇa dhīmatā kapile hara me pāpaṃ yanmayā duṣkṛtaṃ kṛtaṃ
Page 228. You have been revered by Vasiṣṭha and by wise Viśvāmitra; O Kapilā, take away my sin, whatever evil has been done by me.
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AgP 77.5
गावो ममाग्रतो नित्यं गावः पृष्ठत एव च गावो मे हृदये चापि गवां मध्ये वसाम्यहं
gāvo mamāgrato nityaṃ gāvaḥ pṛṣṭhata eva ca gāvo me hṛdaye cāpi gavāṃ madhye vasāmyahaṃ
May the cows be always before me, and the cows behind me too; may the cows also be in my heart — I dwell in the midst of cows.
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AgP 77.6
दत्तं गृह्णन्तु(१) मे ग्रासं जप्त्वा स्यां निर्मलः शिवः प्रार्च्य विद्यापुस्तकानि गुरुपादौ नमेन्नरः
dattaṃ gṛhṇantu(1) me grāsaṃ japtvā syāṃ nirmalaḥ śivaḥ prārcya vidyāpustakāni gurupādau namennaraḥ
"Let them accept the morsel given by me" — having muttered (this), may I be pure, may I be Śiva. Having first worshipped the books of knowledge, a man should bow to the feet of his teacher.
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AgP 77.7
यजेत् स्नात्वा तु मध्याह्ने अष्टपुष्पिकया शिवं पीठमूर्तिशिवाङ्गानां पूजा स्यादष्टपुष्पिका
yajet snātvā tu madhyāhne aṣṭapuṣpikayā śivaṃ pīṭhamūrtiśivāṅgānāṃ pūjā syādaṣṭapuṣpikā
Having bathed, at midday he should worship Śiva with the eight-flower offering; the worship of the pedestal, the image and the limbs of Śiva constitutes the aṣṭapuṣpikā.
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AgP 77.8
मध्याह्ने भोजनागारे सुलिप्ते पाकमानयेत् ततो मृत्युञ्जयेनैव वौषडन्तेन सप्तधा
madhyāhne bhojanāgāre sulipte pākamānayet tato mṛtyuñjayenaiva vauṣaḍantena saptadhā
At midday, in the dining room, well plastered, he should have the cooked food brought; then, seven times, with the Mṛtyuñjaya (mantra) ending in vauṣaṭ,
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AgP 77.9
जप्तैः सदर्भशङ्खस्थैः सिञ्चेत्तं वारिविन्दुभिः सर्वपाकाग्रमुद्धृत्य शिवाय विनिवेदयेत्
japtaiḥ sadarbhaśaṅkhasthaiḥ siñcettaṃ vārivindubhiḥ sarvapākāgramuddhṛtya śivāya vinivedayet
with drops of water, muttered over, held in a conch with darbha grass, he should sprinkle it; and taking up the first portion of all the cooked food he should offer it to Śiva.
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AgP 77.10
अथार्धं(२) चुल्लिकाहोमे विधानायोपकल्पयेत्(३) विशोध्य विधिना चुल्लीं तद्वह्निं पूरकाहुतिं
athārdhaṃ(2) cullikāhome vidhānāyopakalpayet(3) viśodhya vidhinā cullīṃ tadvahniṃ pūrakāhutiṃ
Then he should set aside half for the oblation in the cooking-hearth, for the rite; having purified the hearth according to the rule, (he offers) to that fire the pūraka oblation,
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AgP 77.11
हुत्वा नाभ्यग्निना चैकं ततो रेचकवायुना वह्निवीजं समादाय कादिस्थानगतिक्रमात्(४)
hutvā nābhyagninā caikaṃ tato recakavāyunā vahnivījaṃ samādāya kādisthānagatikramāt(4)
and having offered one (oblation) with the navel-fire, then with the exhaled (recaka) breath, taking up the fire-seed by the sequence of movement through the stations beginning with ka,
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AgP 77.12
शिवाग्निस्त्वमिति ध्यात्वा चुल्लिकाग्नौ निवेशयेत् ॐ हां अग्नये नमो वै हां सोमाय वै नमः
śivāgnistvamiti dhyātvā cullikāgnau niveśayet oṃ hāṃ agnaye namo vai hāṃ somāya vai namaḥ
meditating "You are the fire of Śiva," he should install (it) in the fire of the hearth: "Oṃ hāṃ, homage to Agni; hāṃ, homage indeed to Soma;
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AgP 77.13
सूर्याय वृहस्पतये प्रजानां पतये नमः सर्वेभ्यश् चैव देवेभ्यः सर्वविश्वेभ्य एव च
sūryāya vṛhaspataye prajānāṃ pataye namaḥ sarvebhyaś caiva devebhyaḥ sarvaviśvebhya eva ca
homage to Sūrya, to Bṛhaspati, to the Lord of creatures, and to all the gods, and to all the worlds" —
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AgP 77.14
:न् १ दत्तं गृहाणेति ग, घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकद्वयपाठः २ अन्यार्धमिति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः । अन्त्यार्धमिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ निधानायोपकल्पयेदिति च, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकद्वयपाठः ४ हृदि स्थानमतिक्रमेदिति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः कादिस्थानमतिक्रमादिति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् २२९ हामग्नये खिष्टिकृते पूर्वादावर्चयेदिमान् स्वाहान्तामाहुतिं दत्वा क्षमयित्वा विसर्जयेत्
:n 1 dattaṃ gṛhāṇeti ga, gha, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ 2 anyārdhamiti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ / antyārdhamiti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 nidhānāyopakalpayediti ca, ṅa, cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ 4 hṛdi sthānamatikramediti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ kādisthānamatikramāditi kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 229 hāmagnaye khiṣṭikṛte pūrvādāvarcayedimān svāhāntāmāhutiṃ datvā kṣamayitvā visarjayet
[Notes: 1. "dattaṃ gṛhāṇa" is the reading of the two manuscripts marked ga and gha. 2. "anyārdham" is the reading of the manuscript marked kha; "antyārdham" is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa. 3. "nidhānāyopakalpayet" is the reading of the two manuscripts marked ca and ṅa. 4. "hṛdi sthānam atikramet" is the reading of the manuscript marked ga; "kādisthānam atikramāt" is the reading of the manuscript marked kha.] — "hāṃ, to Agni, to the maker of the well-offered (oblation)": these he should worship beginning in the east; and having given the oblation ending in svāhā, having begged pardon, he should dismiss (them).
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AgP 77.15
चुल्ल्या दक्षिणबाहौ च यजेद्धर्माय वै नमः वामबाहावधर्माय काञ्जिकादिकभाण्डके
cullyā dakṣiṇabāhau ca yajeddharmāya vai namaḥ vāmabāhāvadharmāya kāñjikādikabhāṇḍake
And on the right arm of the hearth he should worship with "homage to Dharma," on the left arm "to Adharma"; in the pot of sour gruel and the like,
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AgP 77.16
रसपरिवर्तमानाय वरुणाय जलाग्नये(१) विघ्नराजो गृहद्वारे पेषण्यां सुभगे नमः
rasaparivartamānāya varuṇāya jalāgnaye(1) vighnarājo gṛhadvāre peṣaṇyāṃ subhage namaḥ
"to Varuṇa, the fire of the waters, who makes the fluids turn about"; at the house door, Vighnarāja; on the grinding stone, "homage, O fair one";
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AgP 77.17
ॐ रौद्रिके नमो गिरिके(२) नमश् चओलूखले यजेत् बलप्रियायायुधाय नमस्ते मुषले यजेत्
oṃ raudrike namo girike(2) namaś caolūkhale yajet balapriyāyāyudhāya namaste muṣale yajet
"Oṃ, homage, O Raudrikā, homage, O Girikā" — thus he should worship on the mortar; "homage to you, O weapon dear to strength" — thus he should worship on the pestle;
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AgP 77.18
सम्मार्जन्यां देवतोक्ते कामाय शयनीयके मध्यस्तम्भे च स्कन्दाय दत्वा वास्तुबलिं ततः
sammārjanyāṃ devatokte kāmāya śayanīyake madhyastambhe ca skandāya datvā vāstubaliṃ tataḥ
on the broom, (to the deity) named by the gods; on the bed, to Kāma; and on the central pillar, to Skanda; then, having given the offering to the house-site (vāstu),
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AgP 77.19
भुञ्जीत पात्रे सौवर्णे पद्मिन्यादिदलादिके आचार्यः साधकःपुत्र समयी मौनमास्थितः
bhuñjīta pātre sauvarṇe padminyādidalādike ācāryaḥ sādhakaḥputra samayī maunamāsthitaḥ
he should eat from a golden vessel, or from lotus leaves and the like — the teacher, the adept, the disciple, the one bound by the rules — keeping silence.
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AgP 77.20
वटाश्वत्थार्कवाताविसर्जभल्लातकांस्त्यजेत् अपोशानं पुरादाय प्राणाद्यैः प्रणवान्वितैः
vaṭāśvatthārkavātāvisarjabhallātakāṃstyajet apośānaṃ purādāya prāṇādyaiḥ praṇavānvitaiḥ
He should avoid (the leaves of) the banyan, the aśvattha, the arka, the vātāvi, the sarja and the bhallātaka; having first taken the rinsing water with the (mantras) of prāṇa and the rest, prefixed by the praṇava,
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AgP 77.21
स्वाहान्तेनाहुतीः पञ्च दत्वादीप्योदरानलं नागः कूर्मो ऽथ कृकरो देवदत्तो धनञ्जयः
svāhāntenāhutīḥ pañca datvādīpyodarānalaṃ nāgaḥ kūrmo 'tha kṛkaro devadatto dhanañjayaḥ
and having given five oblations ending in svāhā, he should kindle the fire of the belly: Nāga, Kūrma, then Kṛkara, Devadatta, Dhanañjaya —
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AgP 77.22
एतेभ्य उपवायुभ्यः स्वाहापोषानवारिणा भक्तादिकं निवेद्याय पिवेच्छेषोदकं नरः
etebhya upavāyubhyaḥ svāhāpoṣānavāriṇā bhaktādikaṃ nivedyāya piveccheṣodakaṃ naraḥ
"svāhā to these subsidiary breaths"; with the rinsing water, having offered the food and the rest as an offering, the man should drink the remaining water.
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AgP 77.23
अमृतोपस्तरणमसि प्राणाहुतीस्ततो ददेत् प्राणाय स्वाहापानाय समानाय ततस् तथा
amṛtopastaraṇamasi prāṇāhutīstato dadet prāṇāya svāhāpānāya samānāya tatas tathā
"You are the underlayer of nectar" — then he should give the oblations to the breaths: "svāhā to prāṇa," to apāna, then likewise to samāna,
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AgP 77.24
उदानाय च व्यानाय भुक्त्वा चुल्लकमाचरेत् :न् १ जलाशये इति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ ॐ रौद्रकोटिगिरिके इति ख, ग, घ, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकचतुष्टयपाठः :प् २३० अमृतापिश्चानमसीति शरीरे ऽन्नादिवायवः(१)
udānāya ca vyānāya bhuktvā cullakamācaret :n 1 jalāśaye iti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 oṃ raudrakoṭigirike iti kha, ga, gha, ṅa, cihnitapustakacatuṣṭayapāṭhaḥ :p 230 amṛtāpiścānamasīti śarīre 'nnādivāyavaḥ(1)
and to udāna and to vyāna; having eaten, he should perform the cullaka (rinsing). [Notes: 1. "jalāśaye" is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa. 2. "oṃ raudrakoṭigirike" is the reading of the four manuscripts marked kha, ga, gha and ṅa.] "You are the covering of the nectar" — thus (are honoured) in the body the winds that (digest) food and the rest.
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