Agni Purana — Chapter 88
AgP 88.1
:ए इत्य् आदिमहापुराणे आग्नेये निर्वाणदीक्षायां शान्तिशोधनं नाम सप्तशीतितमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {८८} :श् अथाष्टाशीतितमो ऽध्यायः निर्वाणदीक्षाकथनं ईश्वर उवाच सन्धानं शान्त्यतीतायाः शान्त्या सार्धं विशुद्धया कुर्वीत पूर्ववत्तत्र तत्त्ववर्णादि तद् यथा
:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye nirvāṇadīkṣāyāṃ śāntiśodhanaṃ nāma saptaśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {88} :ś athāṣṭāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ nirvāṇadīkṣākathanaṃ īśvara uvāca sandhānaṃ śāntyatītāyāḥ śāntyā sārdhaṃ viśuddhayā kurvīta pūrvavattatra tattvavarṇādi tad yathā
[Thus in the primeval great Purāṇa, the Āgneya, within (the treatment of) nirvāṇa initiation, the eighty-seventh chapter, called "The Purification of Śānti." Chapter 88. Now the eighty-eighth chapter: the exposition of nirvāṇa initiation.] Īśvara said: One should perform the joining of Śāntyatītā together with the purified Śānti; there, as before, (are to be applied) the tattvas, letters, and so on. That is as follows:
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AgP 88.2
ॐ हीं क्षौं हौं हां इति सन्धानानि उभौ शक्तिशिवौ तत्त्वे भुवनाष्टकसिद्धिकं दीपकं रोचिकञ्चैव मोचकं चोर्ध्वगामि च
oṃ hīṃ kṣauṃ hauṃ hāṃ iti sandhānāni ubhau śaktiśivau tattve bhuvanāṣṭakasiddhikaṃ dīpakaṃ rocikañcaiva mocakaṃ cordhvagāmi ca
"oṃ hīṃ kṣauṃ hauṃ hāṃ" — these are the joinings. The two tattvas are Śakti and Śiva. The set of eight worlds that grants attainment: Dīpaka, Rocika, Mocaka, Ūrdhvagāmin,
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AgP 88.3
व्योमरूपमनाथञ्च स्यादनाश्रितनष्टमं ओङ्कारपदमीशाने मन्त्रो वर्णाश् च षोडश
vyomarūpamanāthañca syādanāśritanaṣṭamaṃ oṅkārapadamīśāne mantro varṇāś ca ṣoḍaśa
Vyomarūpa and Anātha, and Anāśrita would be the eighth. In the Īśāna (region) the word oṃkāra is the mantra, and the letters are sixteen,
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AgP 88.4
अकारादिविसर्गान्ता वीजेन देहकारकौ कुहूश् च शङ्खिनी नाड्यौ देवदत्तधनञ्जयौ
akārādivisargāntā vījena dehakārakau kuhūś ca śaṅkhinī nāḍyau devadattadhanañjayau
beginning with a and ending with visarga; by the seed-syllable (are made) the two body-makers; Kuhū and Śaṅkhinī are the two channels; Devadatta and Dhanañjaya
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AgP 88.5
मरुतौ स्पर्शनं श्रोत्रं इन्द्रिये विषयो नभः :प् २७८ शब्दो गुणो ऽस्यावस्था तु तुर्यातीता तु पञ्चमी
marutau sparśanaṃ śrotraṃ indriye viṣayo nabhaḥ :p 278 śabdo guṇo 'syāvasthā tu turyātītā tu pañcamī
are the two winds; among the sense-faculties, touch and hearing; the object is ether; sound is the quality; and its state is the fifth, that beyond the fourth.
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AgP 88.6
हेतुः सदाशिवो देव इति तत्त्वादिसञ्चयं सञ्चिन्त्य शान्त्यतीताख्यं विदध्यात्ताडनादिकं
hetuḥ sadāśivo deva iti tattvādisañcayaṃ sañcintya śāntyatītākhyaṃ vidadhyāttāḍanādikaṃ
The cause is the god Sadāśiva. Having thus contemplated the collection of tattvas and the rest called Śāntyatītā, he should perform the striking and what follows.
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AgP 88.7
कलापाशं समाताड्य फडन्तेन विभिद्य च प्रविश्यान्तर् नमो ऽन्तेन फडन्तेन वियोजयेत्
kalāpāśaṃ samātāḍya phaḍantena vibhidya ca praviśyāntar namo 'ntena phaḍantena viyojayet
Having struck the bond of the kalā and split it with the (mantra) ending in phaṭ, and having entered within with the (mantra) ending in namaḥ, he should sever it with the (mantra) ending in phaṭ.
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AgP 88.8
शिखाहृत्सम्पुटीभूतं स्वाहान्तं सृणिमुद्रया पूरकेण समाकृष्य पाशं मस्तकसूत्रतः
śikhāhṛtsampuṭībhūtaṃ svāhāntaṃ sṛṇimudrayā pūrakeṇa samākṛṣya pāśaṃ mastakasūtrataḥ
With the (mantra) enclosed by the topknot- and heart-(mantras), ending in svāhā, by the goad-mudrā, drawing the bond up by the inhalation from the thread at the head,
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AgP 88.9
कुम्भकेन समादाय रेचकेनोद्भवाख्यया हृत्सम्पुटनमो ऽन्तेन वह्निं कुण्डे निवेशयेत्
kumbhakena samādāya recakenodbhavākhyayā hṛtsampuṭanamo 'ntena vahniṃ kuṇḍe niveśayet
taking it up with the retention of breath, then with the exhalation, by (the mudrā) named udbhava, with the (mantra) enclosed by the heart-(mantra) and ending in namaḥ, he should set the fire into the pit.
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AgP 88.10
अस्याः पूजादिकं सर्वं निवृत्तेरिव साधयेत् सदाशिवं समावाह्य पूजयित्वा प्रतर्प्य च
asyāḥ pūjādikaṃ sarvaṃ nivṛtteriva sādhayet sadāśivaṃ samāvāhya pūjayitvā pratarpya ca
All her worship and the rest he should accomplish as in the case of Nivṛtti. Having invoked Sadāśiva, worshipped him and gratified him (with libation),
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AgP 88.11
सदा ख्याते ऽधिकारे ऽस्मिन् मुमुक्षुं दीक्षयाम्यहं भाव्यं त्वयानुकूलेन भक्त्या विज्ञापयेदिति
sadā khyāte 'dhikāre 'smin mumukṣuṃ dīkṣayāmyahaṃ bhāvyaṃ tvayānukūlena bhaktyā vijñāpayediti
"In this office that is ever proclaimed I initiate one who seeks release; you should be favourable" — thus he should make his announcement with devotion.
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AgP 88.12
पित्रोरावाहनं पूजां कृत्वा तर्पणसन्निधी हृत्सम्पुटात्मवीजेन शिष्यं वक्षसि ताडयेत्
pitrorāvāhanaṃ pūjāṃ kṛtvā tarpaṇasannidhī hṛtsampuṭātmavījena śiṣyaṃ vakṣasi tāḍayet
Having performed the invocation and the worship of the two parents, together with the gratifying libation and the making-present, he should strike the pupil on the chest with the self-seed enclosed by the heart-(mantra).
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AgP 88.13
ॐ हां हूं हं फट् प्रविश्य चाप्यनेनैव चैतन्यं विभजेत्ततः शस्त्रेण पाशसंयुक्तं ज्येष्ठयाङ्कुशमुद्रया
oṃ hāṃ hūṃ haṃ phaṭ praviśya cāpyanenaiva caitanyaṃ vibhajettataḥ śastreṇa pāśasaṃyuktaṃ jyeṣṭhayāṅkuśamudrayā
oṃ hāṃ hūṃ haṃ phaṭ. And having entered by this very same (mantra), he should then divide off the consciousness; with the weapon-(mantra) (the consciousness) joined to the bond, by Jyeṣṭhā with the goad-mudrā,
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AgP 88.14
ॐ हां हूं हं फट्(१) स्वाहान्तेन तदाकृष्य तेनैव पुटितात्मना गृहीत्वा तन्नमो ऽन्तेन निजात्मनि नियोजयेत्
oṃ hāṃ hūṃ haṃ phaṭ(1) svāhāntena tadākṛṣya tenaiva puṭitātmanā gṛhītvā tannamo 'ntena nijātmani niyojayet
oṃ hāṃ hūṃ haṃ phaṭ — with that (mantra) ending in svāhā he should draw it out, and grasping it with that same (mantra) with the self enclosed (within it), he should join it to his own self with that (mantra) ending in namaḥ.
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AgP 88.15
ॐ हां हं हीं आत्मने नमः(२) :न् १ ॐ हां हुं हः फट् इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ ॐ हां हं ह्रीमात्मने नम इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् २७९ पूर्ववत् पितृसंयोगं भावयित्वोद्भवाख्यया वामया तदनेनैव(१) देव्या गर्भे नियोजयेत्
oṃ hāṃ haṃ hīṃ ātmane namaḥ(2) :n 1 oṃ hāṃ huṃ haḥ phaṭ iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 oṃ hāṃ haṃ hrīmātmane nama iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 279 pūrvavat pitṛsaṃyogaṃ bhāvayitvodbhavākhyayā vāmayā tadanenaiva(1) devyā garbhe niyojayet
oṃ hāṃ haṃ hīṃ, homage to the self. [Notes: variant reading in ms. kha: "oṃ hāṃ huṃ haḥ phaṭ"; variant in ms. kha: "oṃ hāṃ haṃ hrīm, homage to the self." Page 279.] Having, as before, brought about (in imagination) the union with the father, with the left (hand) by means of the (mantra) called udbhava, he should then, by this very (mantra), place (the soul) in the womb of the goddess.
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AgP 88.16
गर्भाधानादिकं सर्वं पूर्वोक्तविधिना चरेत् मूलेन पाशशैथिल्ये निष्कृत्यैव शतं जपेत्
garbhādhānādikaṃ sarvaṃ pūrvoktavidhinā caret mūlena pāśaśaithilye niṣkṛtyaiva śataṃ japet
He should perform the whole (sequence) beginning with the impregnation according to the rule stated before; when the bonds have been loosened by the root-mantra, having severed (them) he should recite (the mantra) a hundred times.
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AgP 88.17
मलशक्तितिरोधाने पाशानाञ्च वियोजने पञ्चपञ्चाहुतीर्दद्यादायुधेन यथा पुरा
malaśaktitirodhāne pāśānāñca viyojane pañcapañcāhutīrdadyādāyudhena yathā purā
For the concealment of the power of impurity and for the separation of the bonds, he should offer five oblations each with the weapon(-mantra), as before.
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AgP 88.18
पाशानायुधमन्त्रेण सप्रवाराभिजप्तया छिन्द्यादस्त्रेण कर्तर्या कलावीजयुजा यथा
pāśānāyudhamantreṇa sapravārābhijaptayā chindyādastreṇa kartaryā kalāvījayujā yathā
With the weapon-mantra of the bonds, which has been charged (with recitation) together with the covering, he should cut (them) with the weapon-mantra, with a knife (charged) with the seed-syllables of the kalās, as (prescribed).
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AgP 88.19
ॐ हां शान्त्यतीतकलापाशाय हः हूं फट् विसृज्य वर्तुलीकृत्य पाशानस्त्रेण पूर्ववत् घृतपूर्णे श्रुवे दत्वा कलास्त्रेणैव होमयेत्
oṃ hāṃ śāntyatītakalāpāśāya haḥ hūṃ phaṭ visṛjya vartulīkṛtya pāśānastreṇa pūrvavat ghṛtapūrṇe śruve datvā kalāstreṇaiva homayet
"oṃ hāṃ, to the bond of the Śāntyatīta kalā, haḥ hūṃ phaṭ." Having released (them) and made the bonds into a ball with the weapon(-mantra), as before, having placed (them) in the sruva filled with ghee, he should offer them in the fire with the kalā-and-weapon mantra.
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AgP 88.20
अस्त्रेण जुहुयात् पज्च पाशाङ्कुशनिवृत्तये प्रायश्चित्तनिषेधार्थं दद्यादष्टाहुतीस्ततः
astreṇa juhuyāt pajca pāśāṅkuśanivṛttaye prāyaścittaniṣedhārthaṃ dadyādaṣṭāhutīstataḥ
He should offer five (oblations) with the weapon(-mantra) for the removal of the noose and the goad; then he should give eight oblations for the purpose of averting (the need for) expiation.
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AgP 88.21
सदाशिवं हृदावाह्य कृत्वा पूजनतर्पणे पूर्वोक्तविधिना कुर्यादधिकारसमर्पणं
sadāśivaṃ hṛdāvāhya kṛtvā pūjanatarpaṇe pūrvoktavidhinā kuryādadhikārasamarpaṇaṃ
Having invoked Sadāśiva with the heart(-mantra) and having performed the worship and the satiation, he should make the handing over of the office according to the rule stated before.
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AgP 88.22
ॐ हां सदाशिव मनोविन्दु शुल्कं गृहाण स्वाहा निःशेषदग्धपाशस्य पशोरस्य सदाशिव बन्धाय न त्वया स्थेयं शिवाज्ञां श्रावयेदिति
oṃ hāṃ sadāśiva manovindu śulkaṃ gṛhāṇa svāhā niḥśeṣadagdhapāśasya paśorasya sadāśiva bandhāya na tvayā stheyaṃ śivājñāṃ śrāvayediti
"oṃ hāṃ, Sadāśiva, mind-drop, receive the fee, svāhā." (Then) he should announce Śiva's command thus: "O Sadāśiva, you must not remain for the binding of this bound soul, whose bonds have been burnt without remainder."
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AgP 88.23
मूलेन जुहुयात् पूर्णां विसृजेत्तु सदाशिवं ततो विशुद्धमात्मानं शरच्चन्द्रमिवोदितं
mūlena juhuyāt pūrṇāṃ visṛjettu sadāśivaṃ tato viśuddhamātmānaṃ śaraccandramivoditaṃ
He should offer the full oblation with the root-mantra and dismiss Sadāśiva; then (he should visualise) the wholly purified self, risen like the autumn moon,
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AgP 88.24
संहारमुद्रया रौद्र्या संयोज्य गुरुरात्मनि कुर्वीत शिष्यदेहस्थमुद्धृत्योद्भवमुद्रया
saṃhāramudrayā raudryā saṃyojya gururātmani kurvīta śiṣyadehasthamuddhṛtyodbhavamudrayā
and the teacher, joining (it) to himself with the fierce saṃhāra-mudrā, should do so having drawn out with the udbhava-mudrā that (self) which resides in the disciple's body.
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AgP 88.25
दद्यादाप्यायनायास्य मस्तके ऽर्घ्याम्बुविन्दुकं क्षमयित्वा महाभक्त्या पितरौ विसृजेत्तथा
dadyādāpyāyanāyāsya mastake 'rghyāmbuvindukaṃ kṣamayitvā mahābhaktyā pitarau visṛjettathā
For his refreshment he should place a drop of the arghya-water on (the disciple's) head; and having asked forgiveness with great devotion, he should dismiss the parents.
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AgP 88.26
:न् १ वामया हृदयेनैवेति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् २८० खेदितौ शिष्यदीक्षायै यन्मया पितरौ युवां कारुण्यनान्मोक्षयित्वा तद्व्रज त्वं स्थानमात्मनः
:n 1 vāmayā hṛdayenaiveti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 280 kheditau śiṣyadīkṣāyai yanmayā pitarau yuvāṃ kāruṇyanānmokṣayitvā tadvraja tvaṃ sthānamātmanaḥ
[Note 1: variant in ms. ga: "vāmayā hṛdayenaiva." Page 280.] "Since you two, the parents, have been troubled by me for the sake of the disciple's initiation, therefore, having released (you) out of compassion — go, you, to your own place."
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AgP 88.27
शिखामन्त्रितकर्तर्या बोधशक्तिस्वरूपिणीं शिखां छिद्याच्छिवास्त्रेण शिष्यस्य चतुरङ्गुलां
śikhāmantritakartaryā bodhaśaktisvarūpiṇīṃ śikhāṃ chidyācchivāstreṇa śiṣyasya caturaṅgulāṃ
With a knife over which the śikhā-mantra has been recited, he should cut, with the Śiva-weapon(-mantra), four fingers' length of the disciple's tuft, which is the very embodiment of the power of awakening.
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AgP 88.28
ॐ क्लीं शिखायै हूं फट्(१) ॐ हः अस्त्राय हूं फट् स्रुचि तां घृतपूर्णायां गोविड्गोलकमध्यगां(२) संविधायास्त्रमन्त्रेण हूं फडन्तेन होमयेत्
oṃ klīṃ śikhāyai hūṃ phaṭ(1) oṃ haḥ astrāya hūṃ phaṭ sruci tāṃ ghṛtapūrṇāyāṃ goviḍgolakamadhyagāṃ(2) saṃvidhāyāstramantreṇa hūṃ phaḍantena homayet
"oṃ klīṃ, to the tuft, hūṃ phaṭ." "oṃ haḥ, to the weapon, hūṃ phaṭ." Having placed it in the sruc filled with ghee, in the middle of a ball of cow-dung, he should offer it in the fire with the weapon-mantra ending in hūṃ phaṭ.
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AgP 88.29
ॐ हौं हः अस्त्राय हूं फट् प्रक्षाल्य स्रुक्स्रुवौ शिष्यं संस्नाप्याचम्य च स्वयं योजनिकास्थानमात्मानं शस्त्रमन्त्रेण ताडयेत्
oṃ hauṃ haḥ astrāya hūṃ phaṭ prakṣālya sruksruvau śiṣyaṃ saṃsnāpyācamya ca svayaṃ yojanikāsthānamātmānaṃ śastramantreṇa tāḍayet
"oṃ hauṃ haḥ, to the weapon, hūṃ phaṭ." Having washed the sruc and the sruva, having bathed the disciple, and having himself sipped water, he should strike his own self, (stationed) at the place of joining, with the weapon-mantra.
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AgP 88.30
वियोज्याकृष्य सम्पूज्य(३) पूर्ववद् द्वादशान्ततः आत्मीयहृदयाम्भोजकर्णिकायां निवेशयेत्
viyojyākṛṣya sampūjya(3) pūrvavad dvādaśāntataḥ ātmīyahṛdayāmbhojakarṇikāyāṃ niveśayet
Having separated (it) and drawn (it) up and worshipped (it), as before, from the dvādaśānta (he should bring it down and) install it in the pericarp of the lotus of his own heart.
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AgP 88.31
पूरितं श्रुवमाज्येन विहिताधोमुखश्रुचा नित्योक्तविधिना।अदाय शङ्खसन्निभमुद्रया
pūritaṃ śruvamājyena vihitādhomukhaśrucā nityoktavidhinā.adāya śaṅkhasannibhamudrayā
Having taken, according to the rule stated for the daily rite, the sruva filled with ghee, with the sruc placed face downward (over it), with the conch-shaped mudrā —
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AgP 88.32
प्रसारितशिरोग्रीवो नादोच्चारानुसारतः समदृष्टिशिवश्चान्तः परभावसमन्वितः
prasāritaśirogrīvo nādoccārānusārataḥ samadṛṣṭiśivaścāntaḥ parabhāvasamanvitaḥ
— with head and neck stretched out, following the utterance of the nāda, of even gaze, inwardly Śiva, endowed with the supreme state (of mind),
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AgP 88.33
कुम्भमण्डलवह्निभ्यः(४) शिष्यादपि निजात्मनः गृहीत्वा षड्विधविधानं श्रुगग्रे प्राणनाडिकं
kumbhamaṇḍalavahnibhyaḥ(4) śiṣyādapi nijātmanaḥ gṛhītvā ṣaḍvidhavidhānaṃ śrugagre prāṇanāḍikaṃ
— having taken from the jar, the maṇḍala and the fire, and also from the disciple (and) from his own self, (he performs) the sixfold procedure, (making) the breath-channel at the tip of the sruc,
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AgP 88.34
सञ्चिन्त्य विन्दुवद् ध्यात्वा क्रमशः सप्तधा यथा प्रथमं प्राणसंयोगस्वरूपमपरन्ततः
sañcintya vinduvad dhyātvā kramaśaḥ saptadhā yathā prathamaṃ prāṇasaṃyogasvarūpamaparantataḥ
— having conceived (it) and meditated on (it) as a drop, in sequence sevenfold, thus: first the form of the union with the breath, then the next,
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AgP 88.35
:न् १ ॐ हूं शिखायै हूं फट् इति ख, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः । ॐ ह्रीं शिखायै ह्रं फडिति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ गोविन्दलोकमध्यगामिति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ वियोज्याकृष्य सङ्गृह्येति ख, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ४ कुण्डमण्डलवह्निभ्य इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् २८१ हृदयादिक्रमोच्चारविसृष्टं मन्त्रसञ्ज्ञकं पूरकं कुम्भकं कृत्वा व्यादाय वदनं मनाक्
:n 1 oṃ hūṃ śikhāyai hūṃ phaṭ iti kha, ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ / oṃ hrīṃ śikhāyai hraṃ phaḍiti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 govindalokamadhyagāmiti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 viyojyākṛṣya saṅgṛhyeti kha, ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 4 kuṇḍamaṇḍalavahnibhya iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 281 hṛdayādikramoccāravisṛṣṭaṃ mantrasañjñakaṃ pūrakaṃ kumbhakaṃ kṛtvā vyādāya vadanaṃ manāk
[Variant readings: 1. manuscripts kha and ṅa read "oṃ hūṃ śikhāyai hūṃ phaṭ"; manuscript ga reads "oṃ hrīṃ śikhāyai hraṃ phaṭ". 2. manuscript kha reads "govindalokamadhyagām". 3. manuscripts kha and ṅa read "viyojyākṛṣya saṅgṛhya". 4. manuscript kha reads "kuṇḍamaṇḍalavahnibhyaḥ". Page 281:] (That) which is called the mantra, released by utterance in sequence beginning from the heart — having performed the filling (of breath) and the holding (of it), opening the mouth slightly...
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AgP 88.36
सुषुम्णानुगतं नादस्वरूपन्तु तृतीयकं सप्तमे कारणे त्यागात्प्रशान्तविखरं लयः
suṣumṇānugataṃ nādasvarūpantu tṛtīyakaṃ saptame kāraṇe tyāgātpraśāntavikharaṃ layaḥ
But the third is of the nature of sound (nāda), following along the suṣumṇā; in the seventh cause, through relinquishment, comes dissolution (laya), (the state) called the tranquil vikhara.
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AgP 88.37
शक्तिनादोर्ध्वसञ्चारस्तच्छक्तिविखरं मतं प्राणस्य निखिलस्यापि शक्तिप्रमेयवर्जितं
śaktinādordhvasañcārastacchaktivikharaṃ mataṃ prāṇasya nikhilasyāpi śaktiprameyavarjitaṃ
The upward movement of the power-sound (śakti-nāda) is held to be the vikhara of that power; (it is) the vikhara of the whole of the breath as well, free of the measurable (objects) of power.
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AgP 88.38
तत्कालविखरं षष्ठं शक्त्यतीतञ्च सप्तमं तदेतद् योजनास्थानं विखरन्तत्त्वसञ्ज्ञकं
tatkālavikharaṃ ṣaṣṭhaṃ śaktyatītañca saptamaṃ tadetad yojanāsthānaṃ vikharantattvasañjñakaṃ
The sixth is the vikhara of that time, and the seventh is that which is beyond power; this here is the place of joining, termed the vikhara-principle.
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AgP 88.39
पूरकं कुम्भकं कृत्वा व्यादाय वदनं मनाक् शनैर् उदीरयन् मूलं कृत्वा शिष्यात्मनो लयं
pūrakaṃ kumbhakaṃ kṛtvā vyādāya vadanaṃ manāk śanair udīrayan mūlaṃ kṛtvā śiṣyātmano layaṃ
Having performed the filling (of breath) and the holding (of it), opening the mouth slightly, slowly uttering the root (mantra), having brought about the dissolution of the disciple's self...
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AgP 88.40
हकारे तडिदाकारे षडध्वजप्राणरूपिणि उकारं परतो नाभेर्वितस्तिं व्याप्य संस्थितं
hakāre taḍidākāre ṣaḍadhvajaprāṇarūpiṇi ukāraṃ parato nābhervitastiṃ vyāpya saṃsthitaṃ
...in the syllable ha, which has the form of lightning and is the breath bearing the six paths — the syllable u stands beyond (that), pervading a span above the navel;
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AgP 88.41
ततः परं मकारन्तु हृदयाच्चतुरङ्गुलं ओङ्कारं वाचकं विष्णोस्ततो ऽष्टाङ्गुलकण्ठकं
tataḥ paraṃ makārantu hṛdayāccaturaṅgulaṃ oṅkāraṃ vācakaṃ viṣṇostato 'ṣṭāṅgulakaṇṭhakaṃ
beyond that the syllable ma, four fingers from the heart; the syllable oṃ, which denotes Viṣṇu, then at the throat eight fingers (further);
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AgP 88.42
चतुरङ्गुलतालुस्थं मकारं रुद्रवाचकं तद्वल्ललाटमध्यस्थं विन्दुमीश्वरवाचकं
caturaṅgulatālusthaṃ makāraṃ rudravācakaṃ tadvallalāṭamadhyasthaṃ vindumīśvaravācakaṃ
the syllable ma, situated four fingers (higher) at the palate, denoting Rudra; likewise the point (bindu), situated in the middle of the forehead, denoting Īśvara;
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AgP 88.43
नादं सदाशिवं देवं ब्रह्मरन्ध्रावसानकं शक्तिं च ब्रह्मरन्ध्रस्थां त्यजन्नित्यमनुक्रमात्
nādaṃ sadāśivaṃ devaṃ brahmarandhrāvasānakaṃ śaktiṃ ca brahmarandhrasthāṃ tyajannityamanukramāt
the sound (nāda), the god Sadāśiva, ending at the aperture of Brahmā; and Śakti, situated in the aperture of Brahmā — relinquishing (these) in order, always;
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AgP 88.44
दिव्यं पिपीलिकास्पर्शं तस्मिन्नेवानुभूय च द्वादशान्ते परे तत्त्वे परमानन्दलक्षणे
divyaṃ pipīlikāsparśaṃ tasminnevānubhūya ca dvādaśānte pare tattve paramānandalakṣaṇe
and having experienced, in that very (place), a divine touch (like that) of an ant, in the supreme principle at the end of the twelve (fingers), whose mark is supreme bliss,
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AgP 88.45
भावशून्ये मनो ऽतीते शिवे नित्यगुणोदये विलीय मानसे तस्मिन् शिष्यात्मानं विभावयेत्
bhāvaśūnye mano 'tīte śive nityaguṇodaye vilīya mānase tasmin śiṣyātmānaṃ vibhāvayet
void of existence, beyond mind, in Śiva in whom eternal qualities arise — having dissolved (it) in that mental (state), he should envision the disciple's self (there).
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AgP 88.46
विमुञ्चन् सर्पिषो धारां ज्वालान्ते ऽपि परे शिवे योजनिकास्थिरत्वाय वौषडन्तशिवाणुना(१)
vimuñcan sarpiṣo dhārāṃ jvālānte 'pi pare śive yojanikāsthiratvāya vauṣaḍantaśivāṇunā(1)
Pouring out a stream of clarified butter into the supreme Śiva even at the tip of the flame, for the sake of the steadiness of the joining, with the Śiva-mantra ending in vauṣaṭ,
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AgP 88.47
:न् १ वौषडन्तशिवात्मनेति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् २८२ दत्वा पूर्णां विधानेन गुणापदानमचरेत् ॐ हां आत्मने(१) सर्वज्ञो भव स्वाहा । ॐ हां आत्मने(२) परितृप्तो भव स्वाहा । ॐ ह्रूं आत्मने(३) अनादिबोधो भव स्वाहा। ॐ हौं आत्मने(४) स्वतन्त्रो भव स्वाहा । ॐ हौं आत्मन्(५)अलुप्तशक्तिर्भव स्वाहा । ॐ हः आत्मने(६) अनन्तशक्तिर्भवस्वाहाइत्थं षड्गुणमात्मानं गृहीत्वा परमाक्षरात्
:n 1 vauṣaḍantaśivātmaneti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 282 datvā pūrṇāṃ vidhānena guṇāpadānamacaret oṃ hāṃ ātmane(1) sarvajño bhava svāhā / oṃ hāṃ ātmane(2) paritṛpto bhava svāhā / oṃ hrūṃ ātmane(3) anādibodho bhava svāhā/ oṃ hauṃ ātmane(4) svatantro bhava svāhā / oṃ hauṃ ātman(5)aluptaśaktirbhava svāhā / oṃ haḥ ātmane(6) anantaśaktirbhavasvāhāitthaṃ ṣaḍguṇamātmānaṃ gṛhītvā paramākṣarāt
[Note 1: manuscript kha reads "vauṣaḍantaśivātmane". Page 282:] having given the full (oblation) according to the rule, he should carry out the conferring of the qualities: "oṃ hāṃ, to the self: become omniscient, svāhā; oṃ hāṃ, to the self: become fully satisfied, svāhā; oṃ hrūṃ, to the self: become beginningless awareness, svāhā; oṃ hauṃ, to the self: become independent, svāhā; oṃ hauṃ, O self: become one whose power is undiminished, svāhā; oṃ haḥ, to the self: become one of infinite power, svāhā." Thus, having taken up the self possessed of the six qualities from the supreme syllable,
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AgP 88.48
विधिना भावनोपेतः शिष्यदेहे नियोजयेत् तीव्राणुशक्तिसम्पातजनितश्रमशान्तये
vidhinā bhāvanopetaḥ śiṣyadehe niyojayet tīvrāṇuśaktisampātajanitaśramaśāntaye
endowed with meditative realization, he should according to the rule join (it) into the disciple's body, for the allaying of the fatigue produced by the intense descent of the power upon the soul.
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AgP 88.49
शिष्यमूर्धनि विन्यस्येदर्घ्यादमृतविन्दुकं प्रणमय्येशकुम्भादीन् शिवाद्दक्षिणमण्डले(७)
śiṣyamūrdhani vinyasyedarghyādamṛtavindukaṃ praṇamayyeśakumbhādīn śivāddakṣiṇamaṇḍale(7)
He should place upon the disciple's head a drop of the nectar from the guest-water, and having made (the disciple) bow to the pot of the Lord and the rest, (then,) in the circle to the right of Śiva,
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AgP 88.50
सौम्यवक्त्रं व्यवस्थाप्य शिष्यं दक्षिणमात्मनः त्वयैवानुगृहीतो ऽयं मूर्तिमास्थाय मामकीं
saumyavaktraṃ vyavasthāpya śiṣyaṃ dakṣiṇamātmanaḥ tvayaivānugṛhīto 'yaṃ mūrtimāsthāya māmakīṃ
having stationed the disciple, whose face is gentle, to his own right: "By you yourself has he been favoured, having taken on my own form;
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AgP 88.51
देवे वह्नौ गुरौ तस्माद्भक्तिं चाप्यस्य वर्धय(८) इति विज्ञाप्य देवेशं प्रणम्य च गुरुः स्वयं
deve vahnau gurau tasmādbhaktiṃ cāpyasya vardhaya(8) iti vijñāpya deveśaṃ praṇamya ca guruḥ svayaṃ
therefore increase his devotion to the god, to the fire, and to the teacher" — having thus informed the Lord of gods and having bowed, the teacher himself...
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AgP 88.52
:न् १ ॐ ह्रीं आत्मन्निति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः । ॐ हौं आत्मन्निति घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ ॐ ह्रीं आत्मने इति ख, ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः । ॐ हीं आत्मन्निति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ ॐ ह्रैं आत्मन्निति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः । ॐ आत्मन्निति ग, घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ४ ॐ ह्रैं आत्मन्निति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः । ॐ हुं आत्मन्निति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः । ॐ हौं आत्मन्निति घ, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ५ ॐ हैं आत्मन्निति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ७ शिवदक्षिणमण्डले इति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ८ भक्तिं नाथास्य वर्धयेति ख, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् २८३ श्रेयस्तवास्त्विति ब्रूयादाशिषं शिष्यमादरात् ततः परमया भक्त्या दत्वा देवे ऽष्टपुष्पिकां पुत्रकं शिवकुम्भेन संस्नाप्य विसृजेन्मखं
:n 1 oṃ hrīṃ ātmanniti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ / oṃ hauṃ ātmanniti gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 oṃ hrīṃ ātmane iti kha, ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ / oṃ hīṃ ātmanniti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 oṃ hraiṃ ātmanniti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ / oṃ ātmanniti ga, gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 4 oṃ hraiṃ ātmanniti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ / oṃ huṃ ātmanniti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ / oṃ hauṃ ātmanniti gha, ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 5 oṃ haiṃ ātmanniti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 7 śivadakṣiṇamaṇḍale iti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 8 bhaktiṃ nāthāsya vardhayeti kha, ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 283 śreyastavāstviti brūyādāśiṣaṃ śiṣyamādarāt tataḥ paramayā bhaktyā datvā deve 'ṣṭapuṣpikāṃ putrakaṃ śivakumbhena saṃsnāpya visṛjenmakhaṃ
[Variant readings: 1. manuscript kha reads "oṃ hrīṃ ātman"; manuscript gha reads "oṃ hauṃ ātman". 2. manuscripts kha and ga read "oṃ hrīṃ ātmane"; manuscript ṅa reads "oṃ hīṃ ātman". 3. manuscript kha reads "oṃ hraiṃ ātman"; manuscripts ga and gha read "oṃ ātman". 4. manuscript kha reads "oṃ hraiṃ ātman"; manuscript ga reads "oṃ huṃ ātman"; manuscripts gha and ṅa read "oṃ hauṃ ātman". 5. manuscript kha reads "oṃ haiṃ ātman". 7. manuscript ga reads "śivadakṣiṇamaṇḍale". 8. manuscripts kha and ṅa read "bhaktiṃ nāthāsya vardhaya". Page 283:] should say "May there be welfare for you," thus (giving) the benediction to the disciple respectfully. Then, having with supreme devotion offered the eight-flower (offering) to the god, he should bathe the initiate with the Śiva-pot and dismiss the sacrifice.
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