Agnipurana 35
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Agni said: / Having sprinkled [them] with oblation-drops, he should perform the preliminary consecration of the sacred cords / over which the Nṛsiṃha mantra has been recited and which are protected with the weapon mantra.
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He should consecrate them with mantras while they are wrapped in cloth and kept in a vessel, / sprinkled with water containing bilva and other leaves, singly or doubly with the mantra.
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Placing them beside the water jar and announcing protection, the ritual master [should place] / a tooth-stick and a chowrie in the east with [the mantra of] Saṅkarṣaṇa;
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with [the mantra of] Pradyumna, ashes and sesame seeds, and cow-dung and earth in the south;
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[Notes]
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1. "svastimudrayā" is the reading in the manuscript marked ṅa.
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2. "pañcavaktraṃśca" is the reading in the manuscript marked ṅa.
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3. "saṅghātāhutināsicya" is the reading in the manuscript marked ṅa.
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4. "mantrāṇāṃ caikadhā dvidhā" is the reading in the manuscript marked kha. / [Page 103]
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in the west with [the mantra of] Aniruddha; and in the north with [the mantra of] Nārāyaṇa.
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And water with darbha grass with the heart mantra; in the southeast, saffron and rocanā; / in the northeast, incense with the head mantra; and with the crest mantra in the southwest;
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celestial root flowers with the armor mantra in the northwest; / and sandalwood water, unbroken grains, yogurt, and dūrvā grass placed in leaf-cups.
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Having enclosed the house with a three-fold cord, he should scatter white mustard seeds again. / Then, according to the order of worship, he should offer the fragrant sacred cord with each respective
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mantra to the door-guardians and others; and on Viṣṇu's jar with this [mantra]: / "O God, born of Viṣṇu's splendor, delightful, destroyer of all sins,
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granter of all desires, I place [this cord] upon your limb!" / Having worshiped with incense, lamps, and the like, he should approach the door.
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He should offer the sacred cord, provided with sandalwood paste, flowers, and unbroken grains, to the universe: / "The sacred cord is Vaiṣṇava splendor, the destroyer of great sins;
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for the accomplishment of righteousness, desire, and worldly wealth, I place it upon my own limb!" / He should offer the sacred cord upon the seat, to the retinue, and to the teacher.
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Having worshiped with perfume and other offerings, endowed with perfume, flowers, unbroken grains, and the like, / he should offer [it] to Hari with the root mantra beginning with "O born of Viṣṇu's splendor!"
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Then, having given [it] to the one situated in the fire, he should pray to the God: / "O Keśava, whose body rests upon the couch of the great serpent in the ocean of milk,
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I shall worship you in the morning; be present here!" / Then, having given the oblation to Indra and the others, and to the attendants of Viṣṇu,
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then [he should place] in front of the deity a jar provided with a pair of cloths, / filled with water containing rocanā, camphor, saffron, perfumes, and other substances;
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having adorned it with fragrant paste, flowers, and the like, he should worship it with the root mantra.
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[Notes]
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1. "pavitraṃ pārśvato nayet" is the reading in the manuscript marked ṅa. / [Page 104]
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Having come outside the pavilion, upon three smeared mandalas,
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the five products of the cow, the sacrificial porridge, and the tooth-stick should be [placed] in order. / Hearing Purāṇas, reciting hymns, and keeping vigil during the night [should be observed].
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For servants of others, children, women, and sensualists, / one should perform immediate preliminary consecration without the fragrant sacred cord.
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Thus ends the thirty-fifth chapter, entitled "The Preliminary Consecration of the Sacred Cord," in the venerable and great Āgneyapurāṇa.
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Now, the thirty-sixth chapter:
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The Rule for the Investiture with the Sacred Cord
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- Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi) — Sanskrit
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