Agnipurana 265

English (machine translation) 265

Language: English

265.2 — 1 part
265.12 — 4 parts
265.20 — 5 parts

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Puṣkara said: / I shall state the bath that accomplishes everything for those afflicted by Vināyaka. / Vināyaka was appointed for the achievement of obstacles to actions

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and to the overlordship of the gaṇas by Keśava, Īśa, and the Grandfather [Brahmā]. / [One so afflicted] plunges exceedingly into water in dreams and sees shaven-headed men;

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afflicted by Vināyaka, he mounts carnivorous animals, / and while walking, he imagines himself pursued by others;

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he is dejected, his undertakings are fruitless, and he falters without cause; / an unmarried woman finds no groom, and a noble woman bears no child;

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the learned Brahmin does not attain the rank of teacher, and the pupil does not gain study; / the wealthy man obtains no gain, and the cultivator reaps no harvest;

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the king does not attain kingship. One should cause his bath to be performed / under the asterisms Hasta, Puṣya, Aśvayuj, Saumya, or Vaiṣṇava, on an auspicious seat.

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Having rubbed him with a paste of white mustard together with ghee, / and likewise smeared his head with all medicinal herbs and all fragrant substances,

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the bath is performed with four jars; into them he should put all herbs, / and earth from a horse-stable, from an elephant-stable, from an anthill, from a confluence, and from a deep pool.

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He should put earth, rocanā, fragrant perfume, and guggulu into them: / "The thousand-eyed, hundred-streamed [bath], made purifying by the sages:

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with that I consecrate you; may the purifying verses purify you! / May King Varuṇa give you fortune; may Sūrya and Bṛhaspati give you fortune;

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may Indra and Vāyu give you fortune; may the Seven Sages give you fortune! / Whatever ill-fortune is in your hair, in your parting, and on your head,

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on your forehead, your ears, and your eyes, may the waters always destroy that!" / Then the guru, taking a bunch of darbha grass in his left hand,

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[Footnote]

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[Footnote 1: "under Hasta, Puṣya, Aśvayuj, Saumya, and Vaiṣṇava, and on auspicious [occasions]" in manuscripts gha and ña.]

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[Footnote 2: "approached with ghee" in manuscripts ka and cha.]

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[Footnote 3: "these waters" in manuscripts cha and ña. Page 470]

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should offer mustard oil upon the head of the bathed person with a ladle of udumbara wood, / holding the kuśa grasses with the right hand, [saying:]

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"Mita, Sammita, Śālaka, Kaṇṭaka, / Kuṣmāṇḍa, and Rājaputra"—with these [names] accompanied by "svāhā",

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with the names and offering mantras accompanied by obeisance, / having strewn kuśa grass all around in a winnowing basket at a crossroads, he should offer

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cooked and uncooked grains of rice, boiled rice with ground sesamum, / fish from mud as well as raw, flowers of variegated colors, liquor of three kinds,

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radish, fried cakes, sweet breads, garlands of buns, / curd-rice, milk-rice, flour cakes, sweetmeats, and molasses.

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Then he should approach Ambikā, the mother of Vināyaka, / offering a full handful as water offering with dūrvā grass, mustard, and flowers:

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"Grant beauty, grant fame, grant fortune to me, O fortunate goddess! / Grant a son, grant wealth, and grant all desires to me!"

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He should feed Brahmins and give a pair of garments also to the guru. / Having thoroughly worshipped Vināyaka and the planets, he obtains prosperity and the fruit of his deeds.