Agnipurana 302

English (machine translation) 302

Language: English

302.3 — 1 part
302.14 — 2 parts
302.16 — 3 parts

302.1

Agni said: / When the moon is in the natal asterism and the sun is in the seventh sign, / that is to be known as the time of death; then one should observe the seizure [of death].

302.2

He whose throat and lips move from their place, whose nose is twisted, / and whose tongue is black, his life indeed lasts seven days.

302.3

[By combining the codes for] tāra, meṣa, viṣa, dantī, nara, the long [vowel], vaṇā, and rasa: / to Krūddholka, to Maholka, to Vīrolka, [there] should be the crest-mantra,

302.4

to Dyulkā, to Rāhasolka—this is the eight-syllable mantra of Viṣṇu. / On the joints of the eight fingers starting from the little finger,

302.5

with the tip of the thumb in sequence, one should deposit the eight-syllable mantra on the head. / In the gap of the forefinger, joined to the thumb, and with the middle finger,

302.6

on the palm, on the thumb—having uttered it, one should then deposit the root-seed. / Red, white, smoke-coloured, yellow, golden, and three white:

302.7

one should sequentially deposit these letters having such forms, mentally conceived, / on the heart, face, eyes, head, feet, palate, genitals, hands, and other [limbs].

302.8

And one should deposit the limbs, having deposited the seed-syllables on the hands and body. / As in oneself, so too on the deity, the ritual deposition is to be done, except for the hands.

One should worship the letters located in the places such as the heart with perfumes and flowers. / One should deposit dharma and so forth in the south-east and other [directions], and adharma and so forth on the body, on the pedestal, and on the lotus.

302.10

Where the three maṇḍalas of the sun, moon, and fire pervade the filaments and anthers, / one should deposit them in sequence according to the divisions.

302.11

And the qualities sattva and so forth according to the Tantra, and the powers situated on the filaments: / Vimalā, Utkarṣiṇī, Jñānā, Kriyā, and Yogā in sequence,

302.12

Prahvī, Satyā, likewise Īśānā, Anugrahā, and then in the centre. / Having worshipped the yogic seat and invoked Hari, one should sacrifice.

302.13

Foot-water, water offering, water for sipping, yellow garment, and ornament— / this fivefold offering, everything is presented with the root mantra.

302.14

The four forms, Vāsudeva and the others, are to be worshipped in the cardinal directions. / In the intermediate directions, one should worship Śrī, Sarasvatī, Rati, and Śānti.

302.14.p1

[Footnote]

302.14.p2

[Footnote 1: hṛdāsyanetramūrdhāṅghrijānuguhyakarādiṣviti kha..] [Page 118]

302.15

Conch, discus, mace, lotus, pestle, sword, bow, / together with the garland of wild flowers, one should worship in the cardinal and intermediate directions in order.

302.16

And having worshipped Garuḍa outside, one should worship in front of the deity. / Outside the enclosure, with Viṣvaksena and the Lord of Soma in the middle, / having worshipped with Indra and the other attendants, one attains everything.

302.16.p1

Thus ends the three hundred and second chapter in the great Agni Purāṇa, entitled 'Worship of the Syllables of the Body'.

302.16.p3

Now, the three hundred and third chapter.

302.16.p4

The Worship Mantras Beginning with the Five-Syllable Mantra.

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Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi) — Sanskrit

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