Agnipurana 13
English (machine translation) 13
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13.1
Brahmā was born from the lotus in Viṣṇu's navel; Brahmā's son was Atri; from Atri / [came] Soma; from Soma came Budha; from him was Aila Purūravas.
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From him [came] Āyu; from him King Nahuṣa; from him came Yayāti; / from him Puru; in his lineage [was] Bharata; then King Kuru.
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In his lineage was Śāntanu; from him was Bhīṣma, the son of Gaṅgā; and his two younger brothers, / Citrāṅgada and Vicitravīrya, [born] of Satyavatī and Śāntanu.
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And when Śāntanu went to heaven, Bhīṣma, renouncing a wife, / protected his brother's realm, [for] young Citrāṅgada was slain.
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Two daughters of the king of Kāśi, Ambikā / and Ambālikā, were brought by Bhīṣma, conqueror of enemies, for Citrāṅgada's [brother].
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[They became] the two wives of Vicitravīrya; he passed to heaven from consumption. / By Satyavatī's consent, from Ambikā was born the king,
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Dhṛtarāṣṭra; and from Ambālikā the son Pāṇḍu, through Vyāsa. / From Dhṛtarāṣṭra, on Gāndhārī, [were born] a hundred sons headed by Duryodhana.
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At the hermitage of Śataśṛṅga, since [his] death was destined from union with a wife / due to a sage's curse, Yudhiṣṭhira was born to Pāṇḍu from Dharma on Kuntī.
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From Vāta [was born] Bhīma; Arjuna from Śakra; on Mādrī, from the two Aśvins, / [were born] Nakula and Sahadeva; Pāṇḍu died united with Mādrī.
13.10
Karṇa was born to Kuntī when she was an unmarried maiden; he took refuge with Duryodhana. / Enmity arose indeed between the Kurus and the Pāṇḍavas by the decree of fate.
13.11
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The evil-minded Duryodhana burned the Pāṇḍavas in the house of lac; / but the Pāṇḍavas escaped from the burning house, their mother behind them.
13.12
Then in Ekacakrā, in the dwelling of a brāhmaṇa, / they all stayed disguised as ascetics, having slain the rākṣasa Vaka.
13.13
They went to the Pāñcāla region; at Draupadī's svayaṃvara, / Draupadī was won by the five Pāṇḍavas through shooting the target.
13.14
Then, recognised by Duryodhana and the others, they received half the kingdom, / and [Arjuna received] the divine bow Gāṇḍīva and an excellent chariot from the Fire-god,
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and Kṛṣṇa as his charioteer in battle, inexhaustible arrows, / and the Brahmāstra and other [weapons] from Droṇa; they all became skilled in arms.
13.16
Together with Kṛṣṇa, that Arjuna fully satiated the Fire-god in Khāṇḍava, / the Pāṇḍava warding off Indra's downpour with a shower of arrows.
13.17
The quarters were conquered by the Pāṇḍavas, and Yudhiṣṭhira ruled the kingdom; / he [performed] the Rājasūya sacrifice with abundant gold; Suyodhana could not endure it.
13.18
Urged by his brother Duḥśāsana and by Karṇa, who had gained prosperity, / and with Śakuni acting in the gambling match, through dice he [conquered] Yudhiṣṭhira.
13.19
He won his kingdom, and standing in the assembly, he laughed maliciously. / Defeated, Yudhiṣṭhira went to the forest accompanied by his brothers.
13.20
He spent the twelve years in the forest as promised, / feeding eighty-eight thousand twice-born as before.
13.21
With Dhaumya, and with Draupadī as the sixth, the king went to the court of Virāṭa; / [Yudhiṣṭhira was] Kaṅka, an unknown brāhmaṇa, and Bhīma became the cook.
13.22
With Dhaumya, and Draupadī as the sixth, he then set out for Virāṭa's realm. / [Yudhiṣṭhira became] the twice-born Kaṅka, unknown, a king; then Bhīma, a cook.
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[Variant note on verse 13.22:] 'bāhubhedena' is the reading in the manuscript marked ga.
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[Variant note on verse 13.22:] 'draupadīṃ pañca pāṇḍavāḥ' is the reading in the three manuscripts marked kha, ga, and ṅa.
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[Variant note on verse 13.26:] 'vasupūrṇam' is the reading in the manuscript marked kha; 'ratnapūrṇam' is the reading in the manuscript marked gha.
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[Variant note on verse 13.30:] 'kaṅko dvijo hy abhūcchreṣṭhaḥ' is the reading in the manuscript marked kha. / [Page 34]
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Arjuna became Bṛhannalā; the wife [became] Sairindhrī; likewise the twins / [took] other names; and Bhīmasena slew Kīcaka by night,
13.23
who wished to abduct Draupadī; and Arjuna defeated the Kurus / who were seizing cattle and other [wealth]; then the Pāṇḍavas were recognised by them.
13.24
Subhadrā, the sister of Kṛṣṇa, gave birth from Arjuna / to Abhimanyu; and Virāṭa gave [him] his daughter Uttarā.
13.25
Dharmarāja became the commander of seven akṣauhiṇīs for the battle. / Kṛṣṇa went as an envoy and spoke to the impatient Duryodhana,
13.26
King Duryodhana, who was then the commander of eleven akṣauhiṇīs: / 'Give half the kingdom to Yudhiṣṭhira, or five villages;
13.27
or else fight!' Having heard his words, Suyodhana said to Kṛṣṇa: / 'I will not give even the tip of a needle of land; determined to fight, I shall wage war.'
13.28
Having displayed his unassailable cosmic form, revered by Vidura, / [Kṛṣṇa] went away, and said to Yudhiṣṭhira: 'Make war upon this Suyodhana.'
13.29
Thus in the venerable and primordial Mahāpurāṇa composed by Agni, the thirteenth chapter, entitled 'The Description of the Ādiparvan and Following Books'.
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% Chapter 14
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The description of the battle between the Kurus and the Pāṇḍavas
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Agni said: / Yudhiṣṭhira's army and Duryodhana's army marched to Kurukṣetra. / Seeing Bhīṣma, Droṇa, and the others, [Arjuna] did not fight, thinking them to be his elders.
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- Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi) — Sanskrit
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- Agnipurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit