Agnipurana 15

English (machine translation) 15

Language: English

15.9 — 3 parts
15.14 — 3 parts

15.1

Agni said: / While Yudhiṣṭhira was on the throne, Dhṛtarāṣṭra went from stage of life to stage of life, / going to the forest, and [so did] Gāndhārī and Pṛthā, O twice-born.

15.2

Vidura, consumed by a forest fire, went to heaven. / In this way Viṣṇu lifted the burden of the earth consisting of the Dānavas and others,

15.3

using the Pāṇḍavas as his instrument for the sake of righteousness and the destruction of unrighteousness. / Under the pretext of a brāhmaṇa's curse, he destroyed the lineage with an iron club.

15.4

He consecrated Vajra to the kingdom, [the Yādavas] having become a burden. / At Prabhāsa, leaving the land of the gods, Hari himself discarded his body.

15.5

He is worshipped by the dwellers of heaven in the realm of Indra and the realm of Brahmā. / Balabhadra, of infinite form, went to the subterranean realm and heaven.

15.6

Hari, the Lord, is imperishable; he is indeed to be meditated upon by meditators. / Without him, the ocean submerged the site of Dvārakā.

15.7

Pārtha, having performed the funeral rites for the Yādavas, offering water, wealth, and the like— / the women, wives of Viṣṇu who remained, due to the curse of Aṣṭāvakra,

15.8

were again carried off due to that curse by cowherds armed with clubs. / Disregarding Arjuna, they did so, and Pārtha grieved.

15.9

Consoled by Vyāsa, he thought: “My strength was [only] in the presence of Kṛṣṇa.”

15.9.p2

1 The reading in the manuscript marked kha is mauṣalena.

15.9.p3

2 The reading in the two manuscripts marked kha and ga is svargamāpnuyāt.
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15.9_2

Having arrived at Hastināpura, Pārtha reported everything

15.10

to his brother Yudhiṣṭhira, the protector of men at that time. / That bow, those missiles, that chariot, and those horses—

15.11

without Kṛṣṇa, all that was lost, like a gift given to one not learned in the Veda. / Hearing that, the King of Righteousness installed Parīkṣit on the throne,

15.12

and the wise king set out on the great journey together with Draupadī and his brothers, / knowing the transience of the cycle of existence, reciting the hundred and eight [names] of Hari.

15.13

On the great path fell Draupadī, Sahadeva, / Nakula, Phālguna, and Bhīma; the king was dedicated to sorrow.

Mounted on the chariot brought by Indra, he attained heaven along with his younger brothers. / Seeing Duryodhana and the others, and Vāsudeva, he was overjoyed. / This Mahābhārata has been related to you; whoever recites it shall go to heaven.

15.14.p1

Thus ends the fifteenth chapter, named “The Description of the Mahābhārata,” in the Ādi-Mahāpurāṇa of Agni.

15.14.p3

Now begins the sixteenth chapter.

15.14.p4

Narration of the Buddha and Other Incarnations

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Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi) — Sanskrit

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Agnipurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit