Agnipurana 25

English (machine translation) 25

Language: English

25.9 — 5 parts
25.17 — 8 parts
25.27 — 5 parts
25.37 — 5 parts
25.48 — 3 parts
25.50 — 3 parts

25.1

Nārada said: / I shall state the characteristics of the mantras and worship of Vāsudeva and others: / Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna, and Aniruddha;

25.2

with "namo bhagavate" at the beginning, a, ā, aṃ, aḥ are their respective seed-syllables; / they begin with the syllable Oṃ and end with namaḥ; and then "namo nārāyaṇāya";

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"Oṃ tat sat brahmaṇe", and likewise "Oṃ namo viṣṇave namaḥ"; / "Oṃ kṣauṃ oṃ namo bhagavate narasiṃhāya vai namaḥ";

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"Oṃ bhūḥ namo bhagavate varāhāya", O kings; / having the luster of the China rose, dawn, and turmeric, dark blue, blackish, and red,

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having the luster of a cloud, fire, and honey-reddish, the nine beloved leaders [are thus]. / The ancillary limbs of the vowel-seed-syllables, ending with their respective names in due order,

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the heart and the others, should be arranged by those who know the tantras as distinct. / The consonants and others are seed-syllables; their characteristic is otherwise:

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divided by long vowels, ending with namaḥ, / the limbs joined with short vowels are described as the minor limbs.

25.8

The excellent seed-syllable standing at the end of the divided letters of the name, / joined with long and short vowels, with limbs and minor limbs in sequence,

25.9

this is indeed the order of the consonants for the formation of the heart and the other limbs, / distinguished by its own seed-syllable, ending with its own name, by the names of the limbs.

25.9.p2

1. "having the twelve-syllable seed-mantras" is the reading in the manuscript marked kha.

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2. "the highest meaning of the established seed-syllable" is the reading in the manuscript marked kha.

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3. "and joined with long vowels, limb and minor limb in sequence by vowels" is the reading in the manuscript marked kha.

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4. "among the vowel-seeds, ending with names, divided by the names of the limbs" is the reading in the manuscript marked ṅa.
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25.10

Endowed with the heart and others, ending with twelve, beginning from five, / having arranged them, one should recite them in accordance with [the desired] supernatural attainment.

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Heart, head, tuft of hair, armour, eye, and weapon / are the six limbs of the seed-syllables; the root-mantra has twelve limbs:

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heart, head, tuft, armour, and ending with weapon and eye; the belly, / back, arms, thighs, knees, shanks, and feet—he should deposit them in order:

25.13

kaṃ, ṭaṃ, paṃ, śaṃ for Garuḍa; khaṃ, ṭhaṃ, phaṃ, ghaṃ is the mace-mantra; / gaṃ, ḍaṃ, baṃ, saṃ for Puṣṭi; ghaṃ, ḍhaṃ, bhaṃ, haṃ, homage to Śrī;

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vaṃ, śaṃ, maṃ, kṣaṃ for Pāñcajanya; chaṃ, taṃ, paṃ for the Kaustubha gem; / jaṃ, khaṃ, vaṃ for Sudarśana; saṃ, vaṃ, daṃ, caṃ, laṃ for Śrīvatsa;

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Oṃ dhaṃ vaṃ, homage to the garland of forest flowers and to great Ananta. / For word-mantras devoid of seed-syllables, he should construct the limbs by means of words.

25.16

The [mantras] of the heart and the rest are fivefold, ending with the appropriate grammatical ending and combined with the name. / The Praṇava, the heart, and the rest are thus stated to be fivefold:

25.17

The Praṇava is first, followed by the heart; with "to the supreme" [parāya], the head [and] the crest; / with the name and "the Self" [ātmane], the armor; the weapon ends with the name.

25.17.p2

1. "dvādaśārṇāni yatnataḥ" is the reading in the manuscript marked ṅa.

25.17.p3

2. "mahāgadā" is the reading in the manuscript marked ṅa.

25.17.p4

3. "ṭhaṃ ṇaṃ maṃ kṣaṃ" is the reading in the manuscript marked ṅa.

25.17.p5

4. "daṃ bhaṃ pam" is the reading in the manuscript marked kha.

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5. "śrīvatsāya ca pañcamam" is the reading in the manuscript marked ṅa; "śrīvatso vaṃ caṃ daṃ ṭhaṃ laṃ" is the reading in the manuscript marked ga.

25.17.p7

6. "namonantāya vai namaḥ" is the reading in the manuscript marked ṅa.

25.17.p8

7. "nāmnāmunā tu" is the reading in the two manuscripts marked kha and ṅa. / :p 66

Oṃ, the supreme weapon and so forth, composed of one's own name, ending in the dative case and concluding with "namaḥ"— / this is the mantra of that Self, ranging from the single emanation up to the twenty-six emanations.

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One should worship Prakṛti at the tips of the fingers beginning with the little finger and on the body. / The supreme would be the nature of Puruṣa; the two-formed is of the nature of Prakṛti.

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"Oṃ, unto the supreme radiant Self," and also wind and the sun are the two-formed. / Having deposited Agni in the triple form, pervasively upon the hands and body,

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[one should deposit] wind and the sun on the fingers of both the left and other hand, / this [deity] embodied in the heart in the bodily form, in the triple emanation and in the fourth form.

25.22

One should deposit the Ṛgveda pervasively in the hand, the Yajurveda upon the fingers, / the form of the Atharvaveda upon the two palms, ending with the head, heart, and feet.

25.23

Having deposited space pervasively in the hand and on the body as before, / and the wind and the rest upon the fingers, [one deposits them] on the head, heart, genitals, and feet.

25.24

Wind, fire, water, and earth: this is declared as the fivefold emanation. / The mind, ear, skin, eye, tongue, and nose are declared as the sixfold emanation.

25.25

Having deposited the mind pervasively, then in sequence from the thumbs onward, / [and] on the head, mouth, heart, genitals, and feet, the compassionate [Self] is declared.

25.26

The primal form is pervasive everywhere, known as the individual self [jīva]. / Earth, atmosphere, heaven, Maharloka, Janaloka, Tapoloka, and Satyaloka are the sevenfold.

25.27

One should deposit the primary one in the hand and on the body in the sequence from the thumbs onward; / and situated on the palm is the seventh, the lord of the worlds, in sequence on the body.

25.27.p1

25.27.p2

1. "oṃ parāstrādityanāmātmā" is the reading in the manuscript marked gha.

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2. "evaṃ vyūhādiṣaḍviṃśaṃ vyūhāttasyātmano manuḥ" is the reading in the manuscript marked kha.

25.27.p4

3. "agniṃ dvimūrtau" is the reading in the manuscript marked kha.

25.27.p5

4. "talasthaḥ saptamaś caiva" is the reading in the manuscript marked ṅa. / :p 67

25.28

Stationed on the body at the head, forehead, mouth, heart, genitals, and feet / are the Agniṣṭoma, then the Ukthya, the Ṣoḍaśin, the Vājapeya,

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the Atirātra, and the Aptoryāma—the sevenfold embodiment of sacrifice. / Intellect, ego, mind, and sound; then touch, form, and taste;

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and smell: having deposited intellect pervasively on the hands and body in sequence, / one should deposit the rest on the two palms, on the head, forehead, mouth, and heart,

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at the navel, the genitals, and the feet; the eightfold emanation is known as Puruṣa. / The seed, intellect, ego, mind, sound, the attribute of wind,

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form, and taste: this is the ninefold Self, the individual self on the two thumbs, / the remainder in sequence from the forefingers up to the left index finger.

25.33

On the body: at the head, forehead, mouth, heart, navel, genitals, knees, / and the two feet, this tenfold Self, the all-pervading Indra, is situated.

25.34

Fire is on the two thumbs, and the other [entities] on the forefingers and the rest; / on the head, forehead, mouth, heart, navel, genitals, knees,

25.35

and the two feet is the elevenfold Self: mind, ear, and skin, / eye, tongue, and nose, speech, hands, feet, and anus,

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and genitals; the mental all-pervading [Self] [is pervasive], the ear on the two thumbs, / eight in sequence from the forefinger onward, and the remainder on the two palms.

25.37

On the crown of the head, forehead, mouth, heart, navel, then the genitals, / on the two thighs, as well as the shanks, ankles, and feet in sequence:

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25.37.p2

1. "atirātrāptayāmaś ca" is the reading in the manuscript marked kha.

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2. "rasās tathā" is the reading in the manuscript marked kha.

25.37.p4

3. "nyasedante ca" is the reading in the manuscript marked kha; "nyasedaṣṭau ca" is the reading in the manuscript marked ṅa.

25.37.p5

4. "kramāt smṛtaḥ" is the reading in the manuscript marked ṅa. / :p 68

25.38

Viṣṇu, Madhuhara, Trivikrama, and Vāmana, / Śrīdhara, then Hṛṣīkeśa, and likewise Padmanābha,

25.39

Dāmodara, Keśava, Nārāyaṇa next, / Mādhava, and then Govinda—one should deposit Viṣṇu as pervasive.

25.40

On the thumbs and the rest, two on the palm, on the feet, knees, hips, / on the crown of the head, waist, and knees, feet, and so on, one should deposit.

25.41

Thus the twelvefold Self, the twenty-fivefold, and the twenty-sixfold emanation: / Puruṣa, intellect, ego, mind, thought, and sound,

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likewise touch, taste, form, smell, ear, and skin, / eye, tongue, nose, speech, hands, feet, and anus,

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genitals, earth, water, fire, wind, and space: / having deposited Puruṣa as pervasive, one should deposit ten on the thumbs and the rest,

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depositing the remainder on the palms of the hands; on the head, then on the forehead, / mouth, heart, navel, genitals, thighs, knees, and feet, arising from the faculties;

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on the feet, knees, genitals, heart, and head in sequence. / The supreme Self of Puruṣa is at the beginning; in the twenty-sixth, the Supreme is as before.

25.46

Having meditated in a single maṇḍala, the wise one should worship Prakṛti; / in the east, south, west, and north, one should worship the heart and other [limbs];

25.47

the weapon in the corners beginning with the south-east, Vainateya and the rest as before, / and the guardians of the directions; but another procedure applies in the triple emanation, with Agni in the middle,

25.48

adorned with ghee and other offerings to the strength-wealth of the directions beginning with the east; / and the celestial one in the pericarp, while the mental one is stationed in the pericarp.

25.48.p1

25.48.p2

1. "astramagnyādipatreṣu" is the reading in the two manuscripts marked kha and ṅa.

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2. "dikpālāṃś ca vidhistasya" is the reading in the two manuscripts marked ga and gha; "dikpālādau vidhistulyaḥ" is the reading in the manuscript marked ṅa. / :p 69

25.49

One should worship the Cosmic Form for the maintenance of all and for victory over the kingdom, / endowed with all emanations and with the five limbs,

25.50

together with Garuḍa and the others, and Indra and the others; one shall obtain all desires. / One should worship Viṣvaksena by name, with the seed-syllable stationed in the ether.

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:e Thus ends the twenty-fifth chapter, entitled "Exposition of Mantras," in the ancient and great Agni Purāṇa.

25.50.p3

:ś Now the twenty-sixth chapter:

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Description of the Characteristics of Ritual Gestures

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