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Agnipurana 261

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Puṣkara said: / The ritual procedure for the Sāmans has been declared, and now I shall speak of the Atharvan hymns. / Having offered the Śāntātīya group into the fire, a man attains peace.

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And having offered the Bhaiṣajya group into the fire, he dispels all diseases. / Having offered the Trisaptīya group into the fire, he is freed from all sins.

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And having offered the Abhaya group into the fire, he attains fear nowhere. / Having offered the Aparājita group into the fire, O Rāma, he is never defeated anywhere.

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And having offered the Āyuṣya group into the fire, he averts premature death. / Having offered the Svastyayana group into the fire, he attains well-being everywhere.

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Likewise [offering] the Śarmavarman group, he attains union with the highest good. / Having offered the Vāstoṣpatya group into the fire, he dispels architectural defects of the site.

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Likewise, having offered the Raudra group into the fire, he dispels all afflictions. / One who performs fire oblations tenfold with these [hymns] indeed [succeeds] in the eighteen pacifying rites.

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the Vaiṣṇavī pacification, the Aindrī, the Brāhmī, and likewise the Raudrī,

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the Vāyavyā, the Vāruṇī, the Kauverī, and the Bhārgavī,

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the Prājāpatyā, the Tvāṣṭrī, the Kaumārī, that of the god of fire,

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that belonging to the troop of Maruts, the Gāndhārī, the Nairṛtī among pacifications,

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the Āṅgirasī, the Yāmyā, and the Pārthivī, which grants all desires.

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When recited, [the mantra] 'yastvāṃ mṛtyuḥ' destroys death.

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Having offered oblations with [the mantra beginning with] 'suparṇastvā', one is not afflicted by serpents.

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The [mantra] 'indreṇa dattam' fulfills all desires.

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The [mantra] 'indreṇa dattam' destroys all afflictions.

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And the mantra 'imā devīḥ' is supreme for effecting all peace.

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The [mantra] 'devā marutaḥ' fulfills all desires.

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The [mantra] 'yamasya lokāt' is the supreme pacifier of bad dreams.

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[The mantra beginning with] 'indraś ca pañcabaṇijā' offered into fire increases women's good fortune.

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[The mantra beginning with] 'kāmo me vājī' offered into fire increases women's good fortune.

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Ten thousand oblations should be offered with [the mantra beginning with] 'tubhyameva javīman'.

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The [mantra] 'agne gobhinnaḥ' is supreme for increasing intelligence.

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[The mantra] 'dhruvaṃ dhruveṇa' offered into fire grants the attainment of status.

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The [mantra beginning with] 'alaktajīvā' [recited over] a dog brings profit from agriculture.

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The [mantra] 'ahante bhagnaḥ' increases good fortune.

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Likewise, the [mantra] 'ye me pāśāḥ' brings liberation from fetters.

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With [the mantra beginning with] 'śapantvahan', one destroys enemies through fire oblation and recitation.

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[Footnote]

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[Variant readings:] 1. 'indra vanaṃ vaṇik ca' in manuscripts gha and ja.

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2. 'agne saubhāgya ity etat' in manuscript ja.

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The [mantra beginning with] 'tvamuttamam' increases renown and intellect.

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The [hymn beginning with] "yathā mṛgam" increases the good fortune of women;

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and that [beginning with] "yena ceha" brings about conception.

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"ayaṃ te yoniḥ" brings about the birth of a son;

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"śivaḥ śivābhiḥ" increases good fortune.

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"bṛhaspatir naḥ paripātu pathi" produces safe travel.

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"muñcāmi tvā" is declared to ward off untimely death.

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He who recites the Atharvaśiras is freed from all sins.

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Thus, primarily according to the mantras, a portion of ritual action has been declared to you.

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The prime offering is firewood of sacrificial trees;

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clarified butter, paddy grains, and indeed white mustard seeds,

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unbroken barley grains, sesame seeds, curds, and milk, O descendant of Bhṛgu,

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likewise darbha grass, dūrvā grass, vilva fruits, and lotuses:

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they say that all these substances produce pacification and nourishment.

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O knower of dharma, oil, broken grains, black mustard, blood, poison,

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[and] thorny firewood one should employ in hostile sorcery rites.

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One who knows their ritual application should perform [them with knowledge of] the seer, the deity, and the metre.

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Thus ends the two hundred and sixty-first chapter, entitled "The Atharva Regulations", in the great Agni Purāṇa.

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[Footnote]

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1. "kruddhaṃ bhūpaṃ prasādayet" thus in manuscripts gha, ja, and jha. / [Page 460]

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Now begins the two hundred and sixty-second chapter:

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Pacification of Portents.

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