Agnipurana 60

English (machine translation) 60

Language: English

60.4 — 5 parts
60.13 — 6 parts
60.25 — 2 parts
60.35 — 9 parts

60.1

The Lord said: / For the installation of the pedestal, the wise one should divide the inner sanctum into seven parts; / he should install the image in the portion of Brahmā.

60.2

Never [should it be installed] in the portions of the gods, humans, or piśācas; / O bird-born one, abandoning the portion of Brahmā [entirely], or leaning slightly [toward it],

60.3

the pedestal should be installed with effort within the portions of the gods and humans; / on a neuter stone, one should perform the deposition of precious gems.

60.4

Having made fire oblations with the Nṛsiṃha [mantra], [one performs] the deposition of gems with that very [mantra].

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1 Reading in the three manuscripts ga, gha, and ṅa: catasraḥ sthāpayecca gāḥ

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2 Reading in manuscript ga: ghoṣayecca tato makhe

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3 Reading in manuscript ṅa: sthāpayedāśu piṇḍikām

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4 Reading in manuscript ga: varṇanyāsam / :p 173

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Grains of rice, gems, three metals, iron and other [minerals], sandalwood, and the like,

60.5

he should deposit in the nine pits beginning with the east, and in the center according to desire; / then, with the mantras of Indra and the others, the pit is covered with bdellium resin.

60.6

Having performed the rite of depositing gems, the guru should touch the image / with bundles of darbha grass containing splints, combined with sahadevā plants.

60.7

Having consecrated [it] with the exterior rites, he should purify it with the five products of the cow; / he should sprinkle it with darbha water and with water from river tirthas.

60.8

For the sake of the fire oblation, he should make an altar all around with sand, / measuring one and a half cubits, square and very beautiful.

He should also arrange pitchers in the eight directions according to their deposition; / having brought the consecrated fire with the eight-syllabled [mantra] into the [directions] beginning with the east,

60.10

he should offer fuel-sticks with the Gāyatrī [beginning with] "Tvam agne dyubhir"; / with the eight-syllabled [mantra] he should offer one hundred and eight oblations of clarified butter and cause the full oblation to be given.

60.11

Water for pacification consecrated one hundred times with the primary mantra through mango leaves / he should sprinkle upon the head of the deity with this verse: "Śrīś ca te".

60.12

Lifting [it] with the Brahma-vehicle, with the mantra "Uttiṣṭha brahmaṇaspate" / [and] "Tad viṣṇoḥ", he should bring it facing the temple.

60.13

Placing Hari upon a palanquin, he should carry him around the city and other places; / and with the sounds of songs, the Vedas, and the like, he should hold him at the temple gate.

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60.13.p2

1 Reading in the three manuscripts kha, gha, and ṅa: prokṣayed gandhatoyena

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2 Reading in the two manuscripts kha and gha: aṣṭāntenāṣṭaśatakam

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3 Reading in manuscript kha: śāntyudakamājyapātrair

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4 Reading in manuscript ṅa: brahmapātreṇa

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5 Reading in manuscript ṅa: gītavādyādiśabdaiś ca / :p 174

60.14

He should have Hari bathed by women and brāhmaṇas with the eight auspicious water-pots; / then, having worshipped him with perfumes and other offerings using the primary mantra, the preceptor,

60.15

offering clothing and other gifts and the eightfold arghya with the mantra "Ato devā", / should set [the image] upon the pedestal during an auspicious astrological moment with "Devasya tvā".

60.16

"Oṃ, homage be to you who strode across the three worlds, O Trivikrama!"; / having set [the image] on the pedestal, the wise one should make it firm

60.17

with the mantra "Dhruvā dyauḥ" and also "Viśvataścakṣuḥ"; / having bathed it with the five products of the cow and washed it with fragrant water,

60.18

having endowed Hari with all parts, he should worship him along with his limbs and retinue; / he should meditate upon his icon: the earth is his pedestal.

60.19

One should fashion his form out of fiery subtle atoms; / [saying:] "I shall summon the soul residing in the twenty-five principles,

60.20

consciousness, supreme bliss, free from waking and dreaming, / devoid of body, sense organs, mind, intellect, vital breath, and ego,

60.21

dwelling in the hearts [of beings] from Brahmā down to a clump of grass: / from the heart, O supreme Lord, become steadfast in the image."

60.22

"Abiding both outside and within, make this image ensouled; / the person of the measure of a thumb, abiding in the bodily limiting adjuncts,

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radiant light, consciousness, supreme Brahman, one alone without a second." / Having performed the ensouling, one should awaken [him] with the praṇava.

60.24

Touching the heart, one should indeed recite the bringing about of divine presence; / contemplating the Puruṣa-hymn, one should recite this secret mantra:

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"Praise be to you, Lord of the gods, whose self is the power of contentment,

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1. "maṅgalāṣṭaghaṭe" is the reading in the two manuscripts marked kha and ga.

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whose nature is wisdom and knowledge, who follow the splendour of Brahman,

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whose form transcends the qualities, the supreme Soul, the Person, / the imperishable, the ancient: O Viṣṇu, be present here!

60.27

Whatever is your supreme principle, and whatever is your form consisting of knowledge, / let all of that, merged in unity, awaken within this body."

60.28

Having brought about the presence of the Self, one should install the retinue beginning with Brahmā / each with their own name, and the other weapons with their own ritual gesture.

60.29

Observing the festive procession, rain, and the like, Hari is known to be present. / Having bowed and praised [him] with hymns and other prayers, and having recited the eight-syllabled [mantra] and others,

60.30

the guru should go out and worship Caṇḍa and Pracaṇḍa stationed at the door. / Having approached the fire pavilion, he should install and worship Garuḍa.

60.31

Having installed and thoroughly worshipped the regents of the quarters and the gods in each direction, the preceptor / should then install Viṣvaksena and worship the conch, discus, and other [attributes].

60.32

One should also offer an oblation to all the attendants and spirits; / one should give excellent garments, gold, and other gifts as a sacrificial fee to the guru.

60.33

A man should present to the ācārya the articles and materials used in the sacrifice; / he should give a sacrificial fee to the officiating priests equal to half the sacrificial fee of the ācārya.

60.34

He should give a sacrificial fee to the others and then feed the brāhmaṇas. / The guru should indeed confer unimpeded fruits upon the patron of the sacrifice.