Agnipurana 306

English (machine translation) 306

Language: English

306.1 — 2 parts
306.9 — 1 part
306.19 — 3 parts
306.23 — 1 part
306.26 — 5 parts

306.1

Agni said:
I shall proclaim the mantra that enchants the three worlds, for the attainment of the four goals of life.

Om śrīṃ hrīṃ hrūṃ. Om, obeisance to Puruṣottama, / the counter-image of Puruṣottama, abode of Lakṣmī, agitator of all the world, / cleaver of the hearts of all women, infatuator of the three worlds with passion, / torment, torment the minds of beautiful divine and mortal people; kindle, kindle; wither, wither; slay, slay; / paralyze, paralyze; liquefy, liquefy; attract, attract, O supremely fortunate one, bestower of all good fortune, / bestower of desires; strike, strike such-and-such a person with the discus, with the mace, with the sword, with all […]
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pierce, pierce with arrows; bind, bind with the noose; strike, strike with the elephant goad; quickly, quickly; / why do you wait until my desire is fulfilled? *Hūṃ phaṭ*, obeisance! / Om, O Puruṣottama, infatuator of the three worlds with passion, *hūṃ phaṭ*, obeisance to the heart; draw [them], O one of great might, *hūṃ phaṭ*, to the weapon; O Lord of the three worlds, / strike, strike the minds of all people, tear them open, tear them open, bring them under my control, bring them under my control, *hūṃ phaṭ*, / to the eye; O enchanter of the three worlds, O matchless Hṛṣīkeśa, / attractor of the hearts of all women, come, come, obeisance!

306.1_2

The ritual deposition with the ancillary mantras is declared to be like the root mantra.

306.2

Having worshipped, recited fifty thousand times, and performed consecration by aspersion, / having made a fire in a pit for the deity, one should offer one hundred oblations in the fire:

306.3

separately curd, clarified butter, milk, sacrificial cooked food mixed with ghee, boiled milk, / with the root mantra for twelve oblations, and a thousand oblations of unhusked barley grains and sesamum,

306.4

barley, the three sweets, flowers, fruits, and curd, as one desires. / Having offered the final oblation, one should consume the remaining sacrificial food with ghee.

306.5

Having fed the Brahmins and gratified the preceptor, the mantra becomes efficacious. / Having bathed, sipped water according to the rules, and restrained speech, having gone to the sacrificial pavilion,

306.6

having assumed the lotus posture, one should purify the body according to rule. / First, one should ritually deposit Sudarśana in the cardinal directions to destroy demons and remove obstacles.

306.7

One should meditate on the seed syllable *yaṃ* situated in the center of the navel, smoky in color, consisting of fierce wind, / as separating all impurities from the body.

306.8

Remembering the seed syllable *raṃ* situated in the lotus of the heart, one should burn [the body] with flames; / with these [flames] moving upward, downward, and horizontally, one should then flood the body at the crown of the head,

306.9

meditating on nectars flowing outside and inside along the path of the suṣumnā. / The body thus purified, having controlled the vital breaths three times with the mantra,

306.9.p1

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306.10

one should ritually deposit the power deposited in the hands onto the head, face, / private parts, throat, the directions, heart, armpits, and everywhere on the body.

306.11

Having invoked [the Supreme Self] through the aperture of Brahmā into the heart-lotus from the solar orb / with the praṇava, one should meditate on that Supreme Self possessed of all auspicious marks:

306.12

"We know the Enchanter of the Three Worlds; we meditate on the God of Love; may that Viṣṇu inspire us." / After self-worship, one should sprinkle the sacrificial substances and clean vessels; / having performed worship of oneself according to rule, one should worship him on an altar-mound,

306.13

seated on a lotus upon Garuḍa on a throne constructed of rites and the rest, / handsome in all limbs, endowed with youthful charm and youthfulness,

306.14

with red eyes rolling in intoxication, noble, languishing with love, / adorned with divine garlands, garments, and unguents, with a smiling face,

306.15

Viṣṇu, attended by diverse and numerous attendants, / bestowing grace upon the worlds, gentle, possessing the radiance of a thousand suns,

306.16

bearing five arrows, with eyes full of desire, having two or four arms, / surrounded by divine women, his gaze fixed on the face of the goddess—thus one should recite.

306.17

And one should worship [him] holding a discus, a conch, a bow, a sword, a mace, a pestle, a goad, / and a noose, from invocation through dismissal.

306.18

[And one should worship] Śrī situated on his left thigh and shank, embracing her lord with her hand, / with a lotus and chowrie in her hands, plump, endowed with the Śrīvatsa and Kaustubha,

306.19

wearing a garland and yellow garments, rich in discus and other [weapons]: one should worship Hari:

306.19.p1

“Oṃ, O Sudarśana, king of great discuses, terrifier of the wicked! Cut, cut! Cleave, cleave! / Tear apart, tear apart! Devour, devour other mantras! Consume, consume! Curse, curse the spirits! Hūṃ

306.19.p2

phaṭ! Oṃ, svāhā to the aquatic creature! Sharp as a sword, cleave, cleave! Homage to the sword!

306.19_2

To the Śāraṅga [bow] with arrow, hūṃ phaṭ! We know the aggregate of elements; we contemplate the fourfold; may that Brahman impel us! Destroyer, breath of wind, / crush, crush, hūṃ phaṭ svāhā! O noose, bind, bind! Attract, attract, hūṃ phaṭ! / Strike with the goad, hūṃ phaṭ!” / In due order upon the arms, one should worship the weapons with their respective mantras.

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