Agnipurana 197

English (machine translation) 197

Language: English

197.7 — 5 parts
197.16 — 6 parts

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Agni said:
I shall speak of the day votive observances; first I state the cow observance.
He who gives a cow facing both ways adorned with abundant gold,

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and observes the milk observance for a day, attains supreme prosperity.
Having observed the milk observance for three days and given a golden wish-fulfilling tree,

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he attains the state of Brahmā; it is known as bestowing the wish-fulfilling tree.
He should give an earth made of gold weighing more than twenty palas,

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and observe the milk observance for a day; the day-observer goes to Rudra.
He who spends three nights in each fortnight eating only a single meal

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attains abundant wealth; the one performing the three-night observance for a day,
eating for three nights month after month, eating a single meal, attains the status of Gaṇeśa.

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He who performs the three-night votive observance dedicated to Janārdana,
taking along a hundred families, goes to the abode of Hari.

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On the ninth day in the bright fortnight in Mārgaśiras,
a man, undertaking the vow, should duly begin the votive observance of three nights.

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[Footnote]

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1. 'He should give more than thirty palas' in gha, ja, and ña.

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2. 'He should cast' in kha, ga, gha, ṅa, and ña.

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3. 'He who should perform one hundred trirātra rites' in ga, gha, and ña.

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4. 'And of Mārgaśiras' in kha, gha, ja, and ña. / [Page 231]

197.8

He should recite ‘Oṃ, obeisance to Vāsudeva’ a thousand or a hundred times.
Eating a single meal on the eighth day, he should fast for three days.

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On the twelfth lunar day he should worship Viṣṇu; in Kārttika he should perform the votive observance.
Having fed the brāhmaṇas, clothes, beds, and seats,

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parasols, sacred threads, and vessels he should give, and pray to the twice-born:
‘In this votive observance, even though hard to perform, whatever was deficient for me,

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let that be made complete by your assent!’
Having experienced worldly pleasures, the performer of the three-night votive observance goes to Viṣṇu.

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I shall state the Kārttika votive observance that bestows worldly enjoyment and liberation.
Consuming the five cow-products on the tenth day, fasting on the eleventh,

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having worshipped Viṣṇu in the bright fortnight of Kārttika, he rides the celestial chariot of the gods.
Eating at night for three nights in Caitra and giving five goats, he is happy.

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Drinking milk for three nights, devoted to fasting for three days
starting from the sixth lunar day in the bright fortnight of Kārttika, this penance is called the Māhendra.

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Having drunk milk for five nights, eating curd, and fasting
on the eleventh lunar day in Kārttika, this penance called Bhāskara yields wealth.

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Barley gruel, barley food, vegetables, curd, milk, ghee, and water [in succession]
starting on the fifth lunar day in the bright fortnight: this is known as the Śāntapana penance.