Agnipurana 155
English (machine translation) 155
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Puṣkara said: / Rising at the hour of Brahmā (brāhmamuhūrta), one should remember the deities headed by Viṣṇu. / Facing north, one should pass both urine and feces by day;
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and by night, one should do so facing south; at both twilights, as by day. / One must never do so on a road, in water, in a well, or on grass.
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Having performed purification with earth and sipped water (ācamana), one should use a tooth-stick. / Daily, occasional, motivated, ancillary to rites, and removal of impurities—
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together with bathing for ritual actions as the sixth—bathing is declared to be sixfold. / The work of one who has not bathed bears no fruit; therefore, one should perform the morning bath.
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Water found on the ground is more meritorious than drawn water; spring water is more meritorious than that; / lake water is more meritorious than that; river water is declared to be even more meritorious than that;
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water from a sacred ford (tīrtha) is more meritorious than that, but water from the Gaṅgā is meritorious above all. / Having first washed away impurities and submerged himself in a body of water,
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and having touched water (upaspṛśya), one should then sprinkle oneself with water, / reciting the three verses beginning with 'hiraṇyavarṇāḥ' and also 'śanno devīḥ',
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with the three verses beginning with 'āpo hi ṣṭhā', and likewise 'idam āpaḥ'. / Then, submerged in the reservoir of water, one should perform recitation under water.
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There one should recite the Aghamarṣaṇa hymn, or the Drupadā hymn, / or the hymn 'yuñjate manaḥ', or the Puruṣa hymn (pauruṣasūkta).
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Especially the Gāyatrī. In the Aghamarṣaṇa hymn, / the deity is Bhāvavṛtta, and the sage is Aghamarṣaṇa;
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its metre is anuṣṭubh, and Hari is remembered as Bhāvavṛtta. / Wringing out his garment, he should offer libations (tarpaṇa) to the deities and ancestors.
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With the Puruṣa hymn, he should offer a handful of water. / Then he should perform the fire-oblation (agnihavana), having given a gift according to his ability.
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1 The passage from 'tatrāghamarṣaṇam' to 'devatāpitṛtarpaṇam' is not in manuscript jha.
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2 'tato 'gniharaṇam' in ṅa and cha.
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3 'dīpaṃ datvā' in jha.
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Then he should approach the lord for the sake of prosperity and security (yogakṣema). / One's seat, bed, vehicle, wife, child, and water-pot—
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these are pure for oneself; they are not pure for others. / Way should be given to one laden with a burden, to a pregnant woman, and to elders.
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One should not look at the rising sun, nor at it setting, nor in water; / one should not look at a naked woman, into a well, at a slaughterhouse, or at a heap of sins.
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One should not step on cotton seeds, bones, or ashes, or anything contemptible; / nor enter the royal women's quarters, the house of finance, or undertake another's embassy.
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One should not board a precarious boat, nor climb a tree or a mountain; / one should likewise be curious about treatises dealing with the acquisition of wealth.
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One who crushes clods of earth, tears grass, or bites nails perishes. / One should not make sounds with one's mouth or the like; one should not walk at night without a lamp.
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One should not enter a house except by the door, nor make a distorted face; / one should not interrupt a conversation, nor wear clothes inside out.
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One should say 'auspicious, auspicious', and never mention what is disagreeable. / A seat of palāśa wood is to be avoided; one should walk through the shadow of deities and the like.
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One should not walk between two venerable persons, nor look at the stars or the like while impure with food remnants; / one should not speak of one river while at another, nor scratch with both hands.
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Without satisfying the ancestors and the deities, one should not cross to the other side of a river. / One should not throw excrement or the like into water, nor bathe naked.
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1 'parabhṛto bhaven na hi' in jha.
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2 The passage from 'loṣṭamaddī' to 'na rātrigaḥ' is missing in manuscript ga.
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3 'devādricchāyayā' in kha, cha, and ga.
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4 'malādikṣepayennāpsu' in kha and ṭa.
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Then he should approach the lord for the sake of prosperity and security. / One should not remove a garland oneself; one should discard dust from donkeys and the like.
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One should not mock inferior persons, nor reside with them in an improper place, / or in a place lacking physicians, a king, or a river, or where barbarians, women, or many leaders rule.
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One should not converse with menstruating women or fallen outcasts; one should remember Keśava. / One should not laugh, yawn, or sneeze without covering one's mouth.
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Even if the master shows disrespect, a wise man should conceal his speech. / He should not indulge the senses, nor cause obstruction to the Vedas.
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A disease should not be ignored, nor an enemy even if small, O descendant of Bhṛgu. / One who crosses a street should always sip water; one should not carry fire and water [together].
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One should not utter 'hum' against Śiva or a venerable person; one should not step on foot with foot; / one should not speak unpleasant words to anyone, whether directly or behind their back.
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One should avoid reviling the Vedas, treatises, kings, sages, and gods. / Jealousy should not be felt toward women; in three situations, one should avoid them.
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One should always listen to dharma, take delight in the gods, and practice dharma and the like daily; / one should worship the Moon, and worship brāhmaṇas, gods, and the like on one's birth asterism.
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1 'kuryāddhāsyam' in kha and ṭa.
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2 'ripur vatsopi' in ṅa.
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3 'samācāmet' in cha.
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4 "strīṇāmiccha" in manuscript ka.
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5 "devanatim" in ga, gha, ṅa, ña, and ṭa; / "vedanatim" in kha and cha.
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6 The reading beginning with "bhadraṃ bhadramiti brūyāt" and ending with "kuryāddharmādi nityaśaḥ" is absent in manuscript jha. / [Page 127]
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Likewise, one should avoid anointing oneself with oil on the sixth, fourteenth, and eighth [tithis]. / One should pass urine and feces far from the house, and not practice enmity against superiors.
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Thus ends the one hundred fifty-fifth chapter, titled "Proper Conduct", in the great Agni Purāṇa.
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Now begins the one hundred fifty-sixth chapter.
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