Agnipurana 236
English (machine translation) 236
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236.1
Puṣkara said:
Just as a hymn of praise to Śrī was formerly made by Indra for the stability of royal fortune,
even so a king should utter a hymn of praise for the sake of victory.
236.2
Indra said:
I bow to Śrī, the mother of all worlds, born of the ocean,
having eyes like fully blossomed lotuses, dwelling on the chest of Viṣṇu.
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You are accomplishment, you are svadhā, svāhā, [and] nectar, O purifier of the worlds!
Twilight, night, radiance, prosperity, intelligence, faith, Sarasvatī,
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the knowledge of sacrifice, the great knowledge, the secret knowledge, O beautiful one,
and the knowledge of the Self are you, O goddess, the granter of the fruit of complete liberation!
236.5
Logic, the triple Veda, commerce, and the science of politics are you alone;
by you, gentle with gentle forms of the world, this [universe] has been filled, O goddess!
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Who else indeed but you, O goddess, abides upon the body
of the God of gods, the bearer of the mace, which is comprised of all sacrifices and contemplated by yogins?
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When abandoned by you, O goddess, the entire triple world
became almost perished; it has now been made to flourish by you.
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Wives, sons, likewise home, friends, grain, and wealth—
all this comes to men, O highly fortunate one, constantly from your glance.
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[Notes]
236.8.p2
1. "Of all beings" (sarvabhūtānām) in manuscripts gha, ja, and ña.
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2. "Swift, water-born" (javanīmambusambhavām) in manuscript ja.
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236.9
Bodily health, sovereignty, the destruction of enemy factions, [and] happiness,
O goddess, are not difficult to obtain for men who are looked upon by your gaze.
236.10
You are the mother of all beings; the God of gods, Hari, is the father.
By you and by this Viṣṇu, O mother, the world, moving and unmoving, is pervaded.
236.11
Do not abandon [our] honor, treasury, nor granary, not [our] house, not retinue,
not [our] body and wife, O purifier of all!
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Do not abandon sons, nor circle of friends, nor cattle, nor ornaments, / O you whose abode is the chest of my god Viṣṇu!
236.13
Those men whom you abandon, O spotless one, are immediately abandoned / by goodness, truth, and ritual purity, and likewise by virtues such as good conduct.
236.14
Looked upon by you, even men devoid of virtues / are instantly endowed with all virtues such as good conduct, and with noble birth and sovereignty.
236.15
He is praiseworthy, he is virtuous, fortunate, of noble lineage, and wise; / he is brave and valiant, who is looked upon by you, O goddess.
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All virtues, beginning with good conduct, immediately become deficiencies / for him from whom you turn your face away, O sustainer of the world, beloved of Viṣṇu!
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Even the tongue of the Creator is unable to describe your virtues. / Be gracious, O lotus-eyed goddess! Never forsake us!
236.18
Puṣkara said: / Praised in this manner, Śrī granted Indra his desired boon: / enduring stability of his realm, victory in battle, and the like.
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[Footnote]
236.18.p2
1 'kṣayaḥ svayam' in kha, ga, gha, and jha; 'kṣayaḥ śubham' in cha.
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2 'devadevasya' in ṭa.
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3 'vakṣaḥsthalāśraye' in kha, ga, gha, and ña. / [Page 358]
236.19
The hymn to Śrī grants worldly enjoyment and liberation to those who recite or listen to it. / Therefore a man should constantly recite and listen to it.
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Thus in the great Agni Purāṇa, the two hundred and thirty-sixth chapter, named 'The Hymn to Śrī.'
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Now, the two hundred and thirty-seventh chapter.
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Polity spoken by Rāma.
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