Agnipurana 260
English (machine translation) 260
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260.1
Puṣkara said: / The application of the Yajur-mantras has been declared; I shall explain the application of the Sāma-chants. / Reciting and offering fire oblations with the Vaiṣṇava collection, one attains all desires.
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Reciting well the metrical collection, one pleases Śaṅkara. / Reciting the Skānda collection and the Pitṛ collection, one attains favor.
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[Footnote]
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1. "bhāgataḥ" thus in manuscripts ka, ga, cha, and ña.
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2. "pravādīśaṃ sopadi" thus in manuscripts kha and cha.
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3. "sarvaśāntikaraṃ tathā" thus in manuscripts gha and ña. / [Page 455]
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“Yata indra bhajāmahe” destroys the sin of violence. / Reciting “agnis tigmā” (“Agni is sharp”), a fallen celibate is freed [from his sin].
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“Pari toyañ ca tāsu ca” is known to remove all sins. / Having sold what is unsellable, one should recite “ghṛtavatī”.
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“Ayā no deva savitaḥ” should be known to destroy nightmares. / With the mantra “abodhhy agniḥ” (“Agni has been awakened”), O Rāma, clarified butter is consecrated according to rule;
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having sprinkled [the woman] with the remainder of the clarified butter, the binding of the girdle is prescribed / for women whose embryos miscarry, O best of the Bhṛgus.
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Immediately afterward, one should tie an amulet on the newborn child. / With this “somaṃ rājānam” (“Soma, the king”), one is fully freed from diseases.
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Employing the Sarpasāma, one incurs no danger from snakes. / A Brahmin, offering a thousand oblations with “mādya tvā vādyatā”,
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and having bound a śatāvarī amulet, incurs no fear from weapons. / Offering with “dīrghatamasorkaḥ”, one obtains abundant food.
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Reciting “svam adhyāyanti”, one does not die of thirst. / Reciting “tvam imā oṣadhīḥ” (“Thou these herbs”), one suffers no illness.
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Reciting the Devavrata on a journey, one is freed from dangers. / “Yad indro munaye tvā”, offered in the fire, increases good fortune.
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Applying collyrium to the eyes with “bhago na citraḥ” is beneficial; / it increases good fortune, O Rāma, there is no doubt about this.
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Reciting the section “japendra” likewise increases good fortune.
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[Footnote]
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[Variant readings:] 1. 'paritoyaṃ yutāyutam' in manuscripts ja and ṭa.
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2. 'pipāsitaḥ' in manuscripts gha and ña.
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One should cause the woman whom one desires to hear [the chant beginning with] 'pari priyā hi vaḥ kāriḥ'.
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She will desire him, O Rāma; no doubt should be entertained here. / The Rathantara and Vāmadevya [sāmans] increase spiritual splendor.
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One should daily feed a child calamus powder drenched in clarified butter, / having recited [the mantra beginning with] 'indramidgāthinaḥ'; he will then retain whatever he hears.
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Having offered oblations and recited the Rathantara, one obtains a son without doubt. / The mantra 'mayi śrīḥ' should be recited to increase fortune.
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Practicing the octad of Vairūpya daily, one attains fortune. / Practicing the seven octads, one attains all desired objects.
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He who, untiring, attends upon cows morning and evening with [the chant beginning with] 'gavyeṣuṇā', / they will always remain in his house.
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[Offering] a droṇa of barley smeared with clarified butter with [the hymn] 'vāta ā vātu bheṣajam', / one duly dispels every sorcerous illusion.
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Offering sesame seeds with [the hymn] 'pra devo dāsena' cuts through malevolent magic. / [With the chant] 'abhi tvā pūrvapītaye' accompanied by the vaṣaṭ-call,
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a thousand sticks of vāsaka firewood offered [into the fire] grants victory in battle. / A wise person should make auspicious effigies of elephants, horses, and men out of flour.
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Specifying those belonging to the enemy as well as their foremost chiefs, / and cutting the well-steamed flour cakes into pieces with a razor,
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the knower of mantras, reciting the mantra 'abhi tvā śūra nonumaḥ', / should smear them with mustard oil and then offer them in the fire with wrath.
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[Footnote]
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[Variant readings:] 1. 'paripriyādeva kāriḥ' in manuscripts kha and cha; 'paripriyādeva kaviḥ' in manuscripts gha and ña.
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2. 'mantreṇa' in manuscripts kha, cha, and ja.
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Having performed this rite, the wise person attains victory in battle. / The Gāruḍa, Vāmadevya, Rathantara, and Bṛhadratha sāmans
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are declared to pacify all sins without doubt. //25
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Thus ends the two hundred and sixtieth chapter, entitled 'The Rules for Sāmans', in the great Agni Purāṇa.
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Now begins the two hundred and sixty-first chapter.
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Rules for the Atharva[veda]
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