Agnipurana 66

English (machine translation) 66

Language: English

66.10 — 3 parts
66.18 — 1 part
66.19 — 3 parts
66.30 — 6 parts

66.1

The Lord said: / I shall explain collective consecration; it is like that of Vāsudeva: / the Ādityas, Vasus, Rudras, Sādhyas, Viśvedevas, and the two Aśvins,

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and likewise all the ṛṣis—I shall state their particular rule. / Taking the first syllable of whatever is that deity's name,

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and differentiating it with vowels, one should differentiate the long-vowelled limb-mantras. / First one should formulate the seed-syllable with a nasal dot, the praṇava, and an obeisance.

66.4

Worship and consecration of all [deities] are done with their basic mantra. / Of restrictive observances, vows, and penances, of monasteries, bridges, and houses,

of the month-long fast ending on the twelfth lunar day—I shall explain the consecration of these and the like. / Then one should set up a stone, a full jar, bronze [vessels], and ritual paraphernalia.

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Having procured a Brahmā-bundle, the practitioner should cook a barley sacrificial boiled offering / with milk from a tawny cow, reciting 'tad viṣṇoḥ...'

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Having sprinkled it with clarified butter reciting the praṇava, he should stir it with a ladle. / Having cooked it and taken it down, and having worshipped Viṣṇu, he should make fire oblations.

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He should make fire oblations with the sacred utterances, the Gāyatrī, and 'tad viprāsaḥ...', / with the hymns to the all-seeing one, to the altars, and 'to Agni, Bhūḥ!' likewise,

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to Sūrya, to Prajāpati, and to the intermediate space he should make fire oblations: / 'To heaven, svāhā! To Brahmā, svāhā! Earth is the great king;'

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and he should perform the fire oblation to King Soma, and to Indra and the others.

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66.10.p2

1. 'aṅgāni kalpayet' is the reading in both manuscripts marked kha and ṅa.

66.10.p3

2. 'praṇavaṃ gatim' is the reading in the manuscript marked kha. / [Page 194]

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Having offered oblations in this way, he should attentively distribute portions of the sacrificial boiled offering as offerings to the directions.

66.11

Having offered one hundred and eight fuel-sticks of palāśa wood, he should offer clarified butter / with the Puruṣasūkta, 'irāvatī...', and eight offerings of sesame.

66.12

Having made oblations to the followers of the gods Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Īśa, / and having offered oblations to the planets, and then further to the world-guardians,

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and having offered oblations to the mountains, rivers, and oceans, / and offered the sacred utterances, he should offer three full ladles of final oblations,

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with a Vaiṣṇava mantra ending in vauṣaṭ, O grandfather! / Having consumed the pañcagavya and the sacrificial boiled offering, and having given a sacrificial fee to the ācārya,

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a vessel of sesame accompanied by gold, and an adorned cow with a garment, / the wise man should conclude the vow, saying: 'May the Lord Viṣṇu be pleased!'

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I shall state fully another consecration for the month-long fast and the like: / Having gratified the Lord of the gods with a sacrifice, he should cook a Vaiṣṇava sacrificial boiled offering

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with sesame, unhusked rice, wild rice, millet, or barley. / Having sprinkled it with clarified butter and taken it down, he should make fire oblations with the mantras of the icon.

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At the end of that, he should again make fire oblations to Viṣṇu and the other guardians of the months:

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'Oṃ, to Viṣṇu, svāhā! Oṃ, to Viṣṇu Nibhūyapa, svāhā! Oṃ, / to Viṣṇu Śipiviṣṭa, svāhā! Oṃ, to Narasiṃha, svāhā! Oṃ, / to Puruṣottama, svāhā!'

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He should offer twelve sacred fig fuel-sticks soaked in clarified butter,

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and then twelve oblations with the mantra 'viṣṇo rarāṭam...'

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1. 'evaṃ datvā' is the reading in the manuscripts marked kha and ṅa; 'etān datvā' is the reading in the manuscript marked gha.

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2. 'oṃ viṣṇave pravṛṣāya svāhā' is the reading in the manuscript marked gha. / [Page 195]

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With 'idaṃ viṣṇuḥ...' and 'irāvatī...', twelve oblations of the sacrificial boiled offering.

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Having offered oblations of clarified butter in like manner, he should offer with 'tad viprāsaḥ...' / Then, having performed the remaining fire oblations, he should make three full ladles of final oblations.

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Having recited the section beginning with 'yuñjate...', he should indeed consume the sacrificial boiled offering, / having placed it in a vessel of sacred fig wood, with the praṇava following one's own word.

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Then he should feed twelve brahmins representing the lords of the months; / the guru is the thirteenth there, and to them he should give thirteen

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jars filled with sweet water, accompanied by parasols and sandals.

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'May the cows be filled with delight, may they wander rejoicing!' / Having thus dedicated a pasture path, he should erect a sacrificial post there.

66.25

For a water booth, a pleasure grove, a monastery, a bridge, and the like, measuring ten cubits, / and for a house, having thus performed all fire oblations according to rule,

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the householder should enter the house according to the previously stated ritual. / He should provide unhindered food and hospitality in all these [occasions].

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Sacrificial fees should be given to the twice-born by the wise according to their ability. / One who lays out a pleasure grove will dwell long in the Nandana garden.

66.28

From the donation of a monastery, one dwells in heaven, and then in Indra's realm. / From the donation of a water booth, [one reaches] the realm of Varuṇa; by building a bridge, one dwells in heaven.

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One who constructs a brick causeway and creates a path for cows [attains] the world of cows. / One who undertakes restrictive observances and vows becomes Viṣṇu; one who performs penances destroys all sins.