Agnipurana 270
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270.1
Puṣkara said: / The mantras confer grace on all and accomplish the four goals of life; / the Ṛg, Atharvan, Sāman, and Yajus total one hundred thousand [verses].
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One division is the Sāṅkhyāyana, and the second is the Āśvalāyana; / there are ten hundred mantras, and the Brāhmaṇa [portion] contains two thousand.
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The Ṛgveda is recorded according to standard measure by Dvaipāyana and others; / and nineteen hundred are the mantras of the Yajus.
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There are ten hundred for the brāhmaṇas and eighty-six branches: / the one called Kāṇva, the Mādhyandina, the Kaṭha, and likewise the Mādhyakaṭha,
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and the one named Maitrāyaṇī, the branch called Taittirīya, / the Vaiśampāyanikā, and others established in the Yajurveda.
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Of the Sāmaveda, one is called Kauthuma, and the second is the Ātharvaṇāyani; / there are also four song collections, the Veda, and the Āraṇyaka,
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the ukthas, and the ūha as the fourth; nine thousand / four hundred mantras are recorded as constituting Brahman.
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Twenty-five [thousand] is declared here to be the measure of the Sāmaveda. / Sumantu, Jājali, and Ślokāyani belong to the Atharvaveda,
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as well as Śaunaka, Pippalāda, Muñjakeśa, and others; / it contains ten thousand mantras, one hundred and sixty [hymns], and one hundred Upaniṣads.
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The Blessed One in the form of Vyāsa effected the division of the branches.
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Viṣṇu is the division into branches and the rest; he is the epic and the Purāṇa.
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Having received the Purāṇas and other works from Vyāsa, the Sūta Lomaharṣaṇa, / Sumati, Agnivarcas, Mitrayu, Śiṃśapāyana,
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Kṛtavrata, and Sāvarṇi—these six became his disciples. / Śāṃśapāyana and the others composed the collections of the Purāṇas.
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The eighteen Purāṇas, beginning with the Brāhma, are the wisdom of Hari; / and in this great Agni Purāṇa, Hari resides in the form of sacred wisdom.
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Possessing both cosmic differentiation and transcendence, assuming manifest and unmanifest forms, / by knowing him, worshipping him, and praising him, one attains worldly enjoyment and liberation.
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Viṣṇu is victorious, continually becoming, having the form of Agni, the Sun, and others; / in the form of Agni, Viṣṇu is the mouth of the gods and the supreme goal.
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In the Vedas and Purāṇas he is sung as the embodiment of sacrifice; / and the Purāṇa named after Agni is the superior form of Viṣṇu.
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Janārdana is both the author and the listener of the Agni Purāṇa; / therefore, the great Agni Purāṇa is composed of all the Vedas.
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It is full of all lore, meritorious, full of all knowledge, and supreme; / for it is the very form of Hari, the Self of all, to human beings who read and listen to it.
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To those who desire knowledge it gives knowledge; to seekers of wealth it grants prosperity and riches; / to those who desire kingship it gives a kingdom; and it bestows righteousness upon those who desire righteousness.
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To those desiring heaven it gives heaven; it grants a son to those desiring a son; / to those desiring cattle and the like it grants cows; it grants a village to those desiring a village.
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[Footnote]
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1 Manuscript kha reads: "śiṃśapāyanādayaś cakruḥ".
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2 Manuscript ña reads: "param".
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3 Manuscript ña reads: "śrībalapradam". / [Page 4]
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It grants desires to those seeking their fulfillment, and bestows all good fortune; / it grants virtue and fame to men, and gives victory to those desiring victory.
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It grants everything to those desiring all things; it gives liberation to those desiring liberation; / the Agni Purāṇa indeed destroys the sin of those who commit sin.
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Thus ends the two hundred and seventieth chapter in the Agnipurāṇa, entitled 'The Glorification of the Branches of the Veda and Related Topics'.
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Now begins the two hundred and seventy-first chapter.
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The Greatness of the Gift [of the Purāṇas] and Related Matters
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