Agnipurana 79

English (machine translation) 79

Language: English

79.5 — 3 parts
79.15 — 9 parts
79.25 — 4 parts
79.28 — 1 part
79.34 — 3 parts
79.41 — 3 parts

79.1

The Lord said: / Now, having risen in the morning, bathed, composed in mind, / having performed the twilight worship, the practitioner of mantras, entering the sacrificial pavilion,

79.2

taking the sacred threads, not having dismissed the deity, / should place them in the north-east in a clean vessel on an executed maṇḍala.

79.3

Then, having dismissed the Lord of the gods and removed the flowers from the previous day, / having performed as before the two daily rites on clean ground,

79.4

he should perform the occasional worship in full detail, particularly / for the sun, the door, the quarter-guardians, the pitcher, Īśāna, Śiva, and the fire.

79.5

Having made satisfaction of the mantras and a hundred and eight expiatory fire oblations with the arrow mantra, / he should slowly offer the full oblation.

79.5.p2

1. 'ādityadvāradikpālān skandeśānau śive 'nale' is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa.

79.5.p3

2. 'śarāṇunā' is the reading of the two manuscripts marked gha and ṅa. / page 238

79.6

Having given a sacred thread to the sun and sipped water, he should give [sacred threads] / to the door, the garland, the quarter-guardians, the pitcher, the vardhanī, and the others.

79.7

Then, having sat on his own seat near Śambhu, / he should give a sacred thread to the Self, to the host [of attendants], to the guru, and to the fire:

79.8

'Oṃ, O God in the form of Time, whatever in my ritual was pointed out [by you], / whatever was done afflicted, omitted, done secretly, or done [imperfectly],

79.9

let that which is afflicted become unafflicted, and what was performed defective and unconsecrated [become complete], / in every way by means of this sacred thread through your will, O Śambhu!'

79.10

'Oṃ, fulfill the vow of the sacrifice! Svāhā to the Lord of Observance!' / In the self-principle ending in nature, protected by the Lotus-born [Brahmā],

79.11

uttering the basic mantra ending in dissolution, he should worship Śiva with the sacred thread. / And in the knowledge-principle ending in knowledge, protected by Viṣṇu as the cause,

79.12

uttering [the mantra] ending in Īśvara, he should mount the sacred thread. / In the Śiva-principle ending in Śiva, protected by Rudra as the cause,

79.13

uttering the mantra ending in Śiva, the sacred thread is to be given unto him. / For all the protectors of the causes, uttering 'Śiva', one of good vows,

79.14

uttering the basic mantra ending in dissolution, should offer the descent of the Gaṅgā. / The sacred thread is declared for those desiring liberation through the Self, knowledge, and Śiva;

79.15

for those desiring worldly enjoyment, it is prescribed in order through Śiva, knowledge, and the Self. / He should pronounce their mantra ending in either svāhā or namaḥ:

79.15.p1

'Oṃ hāṃ svāhā to Śiva, the regent of the self-principle!'

79.15.p3

"You are the Lord in my ritual" is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa.

79.15.p4

"where the offering has been consecrated with vaṣaṭ" is the reading of the manuscript marked ṅa.

79.15.p5

"O observant one, regarding all the principles" is the reading of the three manuscripts marked kha, ga, and ṅa.

79.15.p6

"He should present the descent of the limbs" is the reading of the manuscript marked kha.

79.15.p7

Oṃ hāṃ svāhā to Śiva, the regent of the principle of wisdom.

79.15.p8

Oṃ hauṃ svāhā to Śiva, the regent of the principle of Śiva.

79.15.p9

Oṃ hauṃ svāhā to Śiva, the regent of all principles.

79.16

Having bowed, one should indeed pray with folded hands to Him who brought down the Gaṅgā: / "You are the refuge of all beings; You are their abode in the moving and unmoving.

79.17

Moving within all beings, You are their observer, O Supreme Lord! / In deed, mind, and speech, I have no refuge other than You.

Whatever has been performed devoid of mantras, devoid of ritual actions, and devoid of ritual substances, / and [whatever] has continually been done by me for You devoid of recitation, fire oblations, and worship,

79.19

or left undone, or defective in spoken word, make that complete, O Maheśvara! / You are exceedingly pure, O Supreme Lord, a sacred purifier destroying sin.

79.20

By You the entire world, moving and unmoving, has been purified. / Whatever votive observance has been broken by me, O God, due to distraction,

79.21

may all that become unified, strung together by the thread of Your command!" / Having presented the recitation to the God, and having offered praise with devotion,

79.22

and having bowed, a man should undertake the observance instructed by the guru, / for four months, or three months, or three days, or even just one day.

79.23

Having bowed and begged forgiveness of the Lord, the votary, going to the vicinity of the fire-pit, / should likewise offer four sacred threads to Śiva residing in the fire,

79.24

investing [him] and worshipping [him] with flowers, incense, unbroken grains, and the like; / he should offer the internal oblation and the sacred thread to Rudra and the others.

79.25

Having entered inside, having praised Śiva, he should beg his forgiveness with a prostration.

79.25.p1

[Gap in text]

79.25.p2

"O wanderer within all beings" is the reading of the manuscript marked ga.

79.25.p3

"Make it complete for me" is the reading of the manuscript marked ga.

79.25.p4

"You are immortal, O Supreme Lord" is the reading of the manuscript marked ga.

79.25_2

Having performed the fire oblation for expiation, and having offered rice boiled in milk,

79.26

having slowly given the final oblation, he should discharge Śiva residing in the fire. / Having performed the fire oblation with the mystic utterances, he should restrain the fire with the Niṣṭhurā [mantra].

79.27

He should then offer four oblations to Agni and the others; / then he should present the external oblation along with the sacred thread to the guardians of the directions.

79.28

He should present the sacred thread of proper size to the Siddhānta book: / "Oṃ hāṃ svāhā to the earth! Oṃ hāṃ svāhā to the atmosphere! Oṃ hāṃ / svāhā to heaven! Oṃ hāṃ svāhā to earth, atmosphere, and heaven!" / Having performed the fire oblation with the mystic utterances and offered the four oblations:

79.28.p1

"Oṃ hāṃ svāhā to Agni! Oṃ hāṃ svāhā to Soma! Oṃ hāṃ / svāhā to Agni and Soma! Oṃ hāṃ svāhā to Agni Sviṣṭakṛt!"

79.29

Having worshipped the guru like Śiva with an abundance of clothes, ornaments, and the like, / the entire annual cycle of ritual action and the rest becomes fruitful for him

79.30

with whom the guru is fully satisfied; thus spoke the Supreme Lord. / Thus having invested the guru with the sacred thread that hangs to the heart,

79.31

having fed the twice-born, he should offer clothes and the like with devotion: / "By this gift, O Lord of gods, may Śiva ever be pleased with me."

79.32

Having performed bathing and other rites in the morning with devotion, he should remove [the offerings] from Śambhu; / having worshipped him with the eight flowers, he should dismiss the sacred threads.

79.33

Having performed the regular and occasional rites in detail as before, / having invested the sacred threads and bowed, he should worship Śiva in the fire.

79.34

Then, having offered expiation with the Astra [mantra], he should offer the final oblation.

79.34.p1

[Gap in text]

79.34.p2

"having then given to the guardians of the directions" is the reading of the manuscript marked kha.

79.34.p3

"having then performed with the Astra [mantra]" is the reading of the manuscript marked gha.

79.34_2

One who desires worldly enjoyment should then make an offering of the ritual action to Śiva:

79.35

"By Your grace, may not this ritual action become a producer of results [for me]!" / But one who desires liberation [should say]: "O Lord, may not this ritual action bind me!"

79.36

Through the channel of the subtle veins, he should unite Śiva residing in the fire with Śiva [within]. / Having placed the collection of fires in the heart, he should dismiss the fire.

79.37

Having sipped water and entered inside, having united the protective deities accompanying the water-pot / into Śiva, he should dismiss [him] respectfully, saying, "Forgive me."

79.38

Having dismissed the world-protectors and the others, and having taken the sacred thread from the Lord, / if Caṇḍeśvara is present, having performed worship and given the sacred thread,

79.39

he should offer him the remains of the offering together with the sacred thread; / or else he should worship Caṇḍa on a bare mound of earth according to the rule as before:

79.40

"Whatever annual ritual action has been performed by me, deficient or excessive, / may that be made complete for me, O Lord Caṇḍa, by your command!"

79.41

Having thus petitioned the Lord of gods, having bowed and praised him, he should dismiss him. / Having discarded the remains of the offering, purified, having bathed, he should worship Śiva. / Even if he resides five yojanas away, [he should present] the sacred thread in the presence of the guru.

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