Agnipurana 63
English (machine translation) 63
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63.1
The Lord said:
In this manner, the consecration of Tārkṣya, the discus, Brahmā, and Nṛhari
should be performed like [that of] Viṣṇu, each with their own mantra; listen to them:
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"O Sudarśana, O great discus, peaceful one, terror to the wicked!
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Cut, cut! Pierce, pierce! Tear apart, tear apart! Devour, devour the mantras of others! Consume, consume! Protect, protect against spirits! Hūṃ phaṭ, homage to Sudarśana!"
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Having worshipped the discus with this [mantra], one tears apart enemies in battle.
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"Oṃ kṣauṃ, O Narasiṃha of terrible form, blaze, blaze! Flurry brightly, flare brightly! Svāhā!"
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This is the mantra of Narasiṃha; I shall tell you that of the one called Pātāla[-Narasiṃha]:
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"Oṃ kṣauṃ, homage to the Blessed Lord Narasiṃha, who possesses brilliance equal to a thousand crores of blazing suns, whose weapons are adamantine claws and fangs, whose roar is like the kettle-drums of thunderclouds in a great ocean stirred up by the bristles of his clear, frightful, disheveled mane, who extracts all mantras! Come, come, Blessed Lord Narasiṃha! By the truth of the Puruṣa, the supreme and non-supreme Brahman, flash, flash! Expand, expand! Attack! Roar, roar! Emit, emit lion-roars! Tear apart, tear apart! Put to flight, put to flight! Enter,
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1. 'land, gold, cows, food, and the like' is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa.
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2. 'that of the one called Pātāla will be spoken' is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa.
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enter all mantra forms and classes of all mantras! Slay, slay! Cut! Compress, compress! Glide, glide! Tear apart, tear apart! Burst, burst! Shatter, shatter! O you who consist of a dense mass of wreaths of flames! Destroy, destroy all the subterranean regions completely with your discus of adamantine thunderbolts and endless flames! Enclose, enclose all the subterranean regions completely with your cage of adamantine arrows and endless flames! Draw out, draw out the hearts of the demons residing in all the subterranean realms! Quickly burn, burn! Cook, cook! Churn, churn! Dry up, dry up! Sever, sever until they have come under my control! Phaṭ to the subterranean realms! Phaṭ to the demons! Phaṭ to the mantra forms! Phaṭ to the classes of mantras! From doubt, O Blessed Lord in the form of Narasiṃha, O Viṣṇu, protect, protect me from all misfortunes and from all mantra forms! Hrūṃ phaṭ! Homage be to you!"
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This is the spell of Narasiṃha, which takes the form of Hari and grants the attainment of one's goals.
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The Deluder of the Three Worlds should be installed with mantras that delude the three worlds,
with a mace on his right, bringing peace, two-armed or four-armed.
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One should have the discus made in his upper left hand, and the Pāñcajanya [conch] below.
One should make him accompanied by Śrī and Puṣṭi, together with Bala and Bhadrā.
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One should install Viṣṇu in a temple, or in a house, or in a pavilion:
Vāmana, Vaikuṇṭha, Hayāsya, and Aniruddha.
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One should install him resting on the ocean couch, and the incarnations such as the Fish,
Saṅkarṣaṇa, the Universal Form, the liṅga bearing the form of Rudra,
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likewise the Half-Female Lord, Hari-Śaṅkara, the Mothers,
and Bhairava, as well as the Sun, the planets, and Vināyaka;
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1. 'tear, tear' is the reading of the manuscripts marked kha, ga, and ṅa.
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2. 'protect, protect, oṃ phaṭ' is the reading of the manuscript marked kha; 'protect, protect, hrīṃ phaṭ' is the reading of the manuscript marked ga.
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3. 'possessing the form of Hari, bestowing good knowledge' is the reading of both manuscripts marked ga and ṅa.
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Gaurī, [deities] beginning with Indra, whether made of clay or depicted in paintings, strong or weak;
and I shall explain the consecration of books and the rules for copying them.
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Having worshipped on a svastika maṇḍala [the text] resting on a seat of reed leaves,
the text to be copied and the one already copied, the guru should worship Knowledge and Hari.
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The patron, facing east, should meditate upon the lotus-born goddess [Lakṣmī],
having written five verses, worshipping the guru, wisdom, Hari, and the man who serves as the scribe.
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With ink kept in a silver vessel and a golden pen, in Nāgarī script,
he should feed the brāhmaṇas according to his ability and give sacrificial fee according to his means.
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Having thoroughly worshipped the guru, sacred knowledge, and Hari, a man should write the Purāṇa and the rest,
as before, in the maṇḍala and so forth, on an auspicious seat in the northeast.
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Having inspected the book in a mirror, he should sprinkle it with jars as before;
having performed the opening of the eyes, a man should place it upon a bed.
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He should deposit the Puruṣasūkta and the deities beginning with the supreme deity there upon the book;
having performed the animation, and having worshipped and offered the caru oblation into the fire, then,
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having consumed [the remainder], he should feed the Brāhmaṇas beginning with the guru along with sacrificial fees;
and the book should be carried around by men on a chariot or on an elephant.
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Having installed the book in a house, temple, or the like, he should worship it;
wrapped in cloth and other materials, he should worship it at the beginning and the end of the recitation.
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1 "indrādikāṃ japyam" is the reading in the manuscripts marked ga and gha.
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2 "śarayantrāsane sthitam" is the reading in the manuscripts marked kha and gha.
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3 "raupyamayyātha haimyā vā lekhanyatha varākṣaram" is the reading in the manuscript marked ṅa.
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4 "prāṅmukhaḥ padminīṃ dhyāyet likhitvā ca pradāpayet
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brāhmaṇān bhojayecchaktyā śaktyādadyācca dakṣiṇām" is the reading in the manuscript marked ga.
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5 "pūrvamaṇḍapapārśve" is the reading in the manuscript marked ṅa.
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6 "pustakaṃ nara" is the reading in the manuscript marked kha.
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7 "ante sadārcayet" is the reading in the manuscripts marked kha and ga.
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63.18
Having contemplated peace for the world, a man should have the book read;
he should sprinkle the sacrificer and others with water from a jar for one chapter.
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Having given a book to a twice-born, there is no end to the fruit;
they speak of three transcendent gifts: cows, the earth, and Sarasvatī.
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Having given the fruit of the gift of learning—the collection of folios down to the ink—
for as many is the count of the folios and likewise of the letters, O sinless one,
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for that many thousands of years he is exalted in the world of Viṣṇu.
A man who gives the Pañcarātra, the Purāṇas, and the Mahābhārata,
having rescued twenty-one generations, is dissolved into the supreme reality.
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Thus ends the sixty-third chapter, entitled ‘The Account of the Consecration of Deities and Books,’ in the first great Purāṇa, the Āgneya.
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Now, the sixty-fourth chapter.
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The Account of the Consecration of Wells and Other Waterworks
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- Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi) — Sanskrit
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- Agnipurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit