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# Agnipurana 3.4

Agnipurāṇa 3.4

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.3.4)

arayo 'pi hi sandheyāḥ sati kāryārthagaurave /  
yuṣmānamṛtabhājo hi kārayāmi(6) na dānavān //

> Even enemies are to be allied with when the gravity of the purpose demands.  
> I shall cause you, not the Dānavas, to partake of the nectar."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.4.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.3.4.p1)

:n

> \[Notes\]  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.4.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.3.4.p2)

1 nāvaṃ badhvā tasya śṛṅge iti kha, gha,  
cihnitapustakadvayapāṭhaḥ

> "1 having tied the boat to its horn, thus the reading in the two manuscripts marked kha and gha"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.4.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.3.4.p3)

2 stutibhirmanuriti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ

> "2 Manu with praises, thus the reading in the manuscript marked ga"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.4.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.3.4.p4)

3 saṃśrutaṃ pāpanāśanamiti kha, ga, gha  
cihnitapustakatrayapāṭhaḥ

> "3 heard, destroying sin, thus the reading in the three manuscripts marked kha, ga, and gha"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.4.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.3.4.p5)

4 surā kṣīrābdhigamiti ga, gha, cihnitapustkadvayapāṭhaḥ

> "4 the gods to the one residing in the Milk Ocean, thus the reading in the two manuscripts marked ga and gha"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.4.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.3.4.p6)

5 sandhiṃ kuruta cāsurariti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ

> "5 make peace with the asuras, thus the reading in the manuscript marked ga"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.4.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.3.4.p7)

6 bhājo hi kariṣyāmi iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ  
:p 5

> "6 I shall make you partake, thus the reading in the manuscript marked kha / p. 5"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni~en-mt.3.4) — English, machine translation

## Other recensions (1)

- [Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.3.4) — Sanskrit

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