Agnipurana 123
English (machine translation) 123
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Contents
- 123.5 — 2 parts
- 123.7 — 1 part
- 123.8 — 1 part
- 123.10 — 1 part
- 123.14 — 4 parts
- 123.22 — 1 part
- 123.24 — 5 parts
- 123.33 — 7 parts
123.1
I shall declare the essence in the *Yuddhajayārṇava* for the purpose of victory, auspiciousness, and so forth:
The vowels shall be a, i, u, e, [and] o; the lunar days Nandā and so on, in sequence.
123.2
[The consonants] from ka to ha: Mars and the Sun, Mercury and the Moon, Jupiter and Venus,
[and] Saturn. On the right channel, however, are Mars, the Sun, and Saturn; the others [on the left].
123.3
Forty is to be multiplied by sixty; one should divide by eleven.
Having multiplied that by six, one should divide by the former portion.
123.4
Having multiplied by three, one should add one there.
The results are the vibration of the nāḍī, along with the vibration of the breath.
123.5
By this very measure they rise day after day.
By three pulses an exhalation [is formed]; by exhalations a pala is remembered.
123.5.p1
[Footnote]
123.5.p2
[Note:] Manuscript gha reads "vahnibhiś ca hṛtaṃ kṛtvā".
123.6
And sixty palas make a minute; sixty minutes make a day and night.
At the rise of the fifth half [of the breath], there are child, youth, adult, and old [states].
123.7
Death [comes] through that by which sunrise [occurs], and setting by eleven parts.
In the occurrence of a krama there will be failure; or the fifth brings death.
123.7.p1
The Diagram of the Rise of Vowels
123.8
And in the Saturn diagram, the rise of the planets takes place half a month in sequence,
by fifteen divisions; but the division of Saturn brings death.
123.8.p1
The Saturn Diagram
123.9
One should take ten hundred thousand crores, hundred millions, [and] a hundred million;
and in the thirteenth, lakhs: [this is] the measure of the Tortoise-formed one.
123.10
Beginning with Maghā and ending with Kṛttikā, within that region, when Saturn resides [there].
123.10.p1
The Tortoise Diagram
123.10_2
And in the Rāhu diagram, one should draw seven above and seven below.
123.11
In the northwest, northeast, and southwest; the full moon starting from the northeast portion,
and on the new moon in the northwest: Rāhu indeed has the form of the lunar day.
123.12
One should write the letter *ra* in the right portion, and the letter *ha* in the northwest;
beginning with the first lunar day, [the letters] beginning with *ka*, and again the letter *sa* in the southwest.
123.13
In the mouth of Rāhu there would be defeat; thus Rāhu is declared.
Viṣṭi is in the southeast on the full moon; Karāṇī is the third in the east;
123.14
Ghorā in the south on the seventh; on the tenth, situated in the northeast and north;
on the fourteenth in the northwest; on the fourth stationed in the west;
123.14.p1
[Footnote]
123.14.p2
[Note:] Manuscript jha reads "arvudānyarvudaṃ kramāt".
123.14.p3
[Note:] Manuscript jha reads "saptarasāṃllikhet".
123.14.p4
[Note:] Manuscript ga reads "viṣṭirvahnau".
123.15
on the eighth of the bright fortnight in the south, and on the eleventh, one should completely avoid [it].
Raudra, and likewise Śveta, Maitra, as well as Sārabhaṭa,
123.16
Sāvitrī, and Virocana, Jayadeva, likewise Abhijit,
Rāvaṇa, and Vijaya, Nandī, and Varuṇa,
123.17
Yama, Saumya, and Bhava at the end: these are the fifteen muhūrtas.
During Raudra one should perform fierce deeds; during Śveta one should undertake bathing and the like.
123.18
During Maitra, the marriage of a maiden and the like [should be done]; one should perform auspicious acts during Sārabhaṭa;
during Sāvitra, installation and the like; during Virocana, royal rites.
123.19
During Jayadeva one should achieve victory; during Rāvaṇa, warfare;
during Vijaya, agriculture and commerce; and during Nandin, crowning [with a turban].
123.20
During Varuṇa, [excavating] ponds and the like; during Yama, one should perform destructive rites;
during Saumya, one should do gentle acts; the ascendant occurs day and night.
123.21
Yogas are discordant by name, or yogas are auspicious by their very name.
Rāhu [travels] from the east to the northwest, from the northwest to the south, from the south to the northeast,
123.22
from the northeast to the west, from the west to the southeast, from the southeast to the north, then three [steps],
and then strikes the transit, wandering for four ghaṭikās.
123.22.p1
The Rāhu Diagram
123.23
Caṇḍī, Indrāṇī, Vārāhī, Muśalī, Girikarṇikā,
Balā, and Atibalā, Kṣīrī, Mallikā, Jāti, Yūthikā—
123.24
one should wear them as available; and white arka, Śatāvarī,
Guḍūcī, Vāgurī—these divine herbs, worn, lead to victory.
123.24.p1
[Footnote]
123.24.p2
[Note:] The reading beginning with "spandanam" up to "jayadevobhijittathā" is missing in manuscript gha.
123.24.p3
[Note:] Manuscript kha reads "jīvakarma ca".
123.24.p4
[Note:] Manuscript gha reads "vāyoryāmyaṃ tataḥ śivam".
123.24.p5
"Oṃ, obeisance to Bhairava who holds a sword and an axe in his hands! Oṃ hrūṃ, to the destroyer of obstacles! Oṃ hrūṃ phaṭ!"
123.25
One who ties the crest-lock and so forth with this very mantra wins victory;
and likewise [using it for] the frontal mark, collyrium, incense, and ointment.
123.26
Listen next to the baths, potions, oils, and magical dusts. / Realgar, orpiment, combined with lac-resin,
123.27
mixed with the milk of a young woman [used as] a mark on the forehead, brings subjugation. / Viṣṇukrāntā, sarpākṣī, sahadevā, and rocanā,
123.28
ground with goat's milk, [makes] a mark that causes subjugation. / Priyaṅgu, saffron, kuṣṭha, mohanī, tagara, and ghee—
123.29
a mark [of these] causes subjugation; as does rocanā, red sandalwood, / turmeric, realgar, orpiment, priyaṅgu, and mustard seeds;
123.30
mohanī, haritā, krāntā, sahadevī, and śikhā, / ground with citron juice [and applied as] a mark on the forehead, causes subjugation.
123.31
The gods with Indra come under subjugation; how much more so petty humans? / Madder, red sandalwood, kaṭkandā, vilāsinī,
123.32
combined with punarnavā: this brilliant ointment is for subjugation. / Sandalwood, nāgapuṣpa, madder, tagara, vacā,
123.33
lodhra, priyaṅgu, turmeric, and māṃsī oil bring subjugation.
123.33.p1
Thus ends the one hundred and twenty-third chapter, entitled "Various Magical Formulations," in the great Agni Purāṇa.
123.33.p2
[Notes]
123.33.p3
1 kha and gha read: oṃ namo bhagavate bhairavāya.
123.33.p4
2, 3 kha and ja read: oṃ hūm.
123.33.p5
4 ṅa reads: sahadevā ca.
123.33.p6
5 ka reads: mañjiṣṭhā tagarantathā; cha reads: mañjiṣṭhā bhallakaṃ vacā.
123.33.p8
Now, the one hundred and twenty-fourth chapter.
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