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Agnipurana 232

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Puṣkara said: / I will explain all expeditions, based upon the duties of kings. / When [a planet] has set, is in its debilitation, is impaired, or is in an enemy sign,

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and when Venus is retrograde or afflicted, one should avoid an expedition; / likewise when Mercury is retrograde, and when the planetary regent of the direction is [adverse].

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And during Vaidhṛta, Vyatīpāta, Nāga, Śakuni, / Catuṣpad, and Kiṃtughna, one should likewise avoid an expedition.

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Under a star of adversity, of death, of enmity, or the star of birth, / during a gaṇḍa, and also on an empty lunar day, one should avoid an expedition.

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The north and the east: their unity is proclaimed; / the west and the south: their unity is likewise stated.

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One should not cross the obstacle arising in the direction of the wind (northwest) or fire (southeast). / The days of the Sun, the Moon, and Saturn are not auspicious.

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[The asterisms] beginning with Kṛttikā belong to the east, those beginning with Maghā to the south, / those beginning with Maitrā (Anurādhā) to the west, and those beginning with Vāsava (Dhaniṣṭhā) to the north.

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All gates are praised; I shall tell you the measurement of shadows: / on Sunday, twenty [aṅgulas] are known; on Monday, sixteen are proclaimed;

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on Tuesday, fifteen are stated; and fourteen on Wednesday;

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1. "Vivarjayet" in manuscripts kha, ga, gha, and ña.

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2. "dik pūrvā yā tathodīcī" in manuscript ja.
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likewise thirteen on Thursday; on Friday, twelve are proclaimed;

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and eleven on Saturday, proclaimed for all undertakings. / A man should not set out during the ascendant of birth, or when Indra's rainbow is in front.

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When an omen and the like is auspicious, he should march for victory, remembering Hari. / Following the deliberation on the circle [of kings], I shall speak of the protection of the king that must be performed.

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The lord, the minister, the fortress, the treasury, and the army, / the ally, and the territory: the kingdom is said to have seven limbs.

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He should destroy those who create obstacles for the seven-limbed kingdom; / and prosperity must be achieved by the ruler of the earth in all circles [of kings].

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One's own circle here is the first circle; / the adjacent rulers are known as the enemies of that circle.

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The one adjoining [the enemy] is known as a friend; beyond that is the enemy's friend; / after that is known the friend's friend; after that is the enemy's friend's friend.

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This is stated regarding the front; understand from me also what is behind: / the rearward enemy is behind, and after him is called the rearward ally.

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The one after him would be the ally of the rearward enemy, and [the next] is called the ally of the rearward ally. / For the conqueror, joined with or freed from an enemy, O twice-born,

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no certainty can be stated here, O best of men! / Capable of punishment and favor, the intermediary is proclaimed.

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Whoever is capable of punishment and favor toward all / is called the neutral king, a powerful ruler of the earth.

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1. The half-verse "maṇḍaleṣu ca sarveṣu sureśvarasamā hi te" occurs before "āsārastu" in manuscript ṭa, but it is unconnected.
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No one is an enemy or a friend [by nature]; enemies and friends exist due to a cause. / This circle of twelve kings has been declared to you.

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Enemies are known to be of three kinds: born of the same family, neighboring, and fabricated; / each preceding one is considered more formidable and more difficult to cure than the next.

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Even an immediate neighbor who is an enemy is also considered by me as fabricated. / The rearward enemy belongs to the enemy, and likewise allies [can become] enemies.

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One should pacify one's own rearward enemy by means of expedients; / the ancients praise the eradication of an enemy by means of an ally.

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And an ally turns into an enemy due to immediately bordering; / if the would-be conqueror is able himself, he should eradicate the enemy.

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When majesty increases through that, no fear arises even from an enemy; / in such a way that the people do not become agitated and trust is established,

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the would-be conqueror, victorious through righteousness, should bring the world under his sway.

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Thus ends the two hundred and thirty-second chapter, named 'Consideration of Expedition, the Maṇḍala, and Other Matters', in the great Agni Purāṇa.

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Now begins the two hundred and thirty-third chapter:

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The Six Measures of Policy

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