Agni Purana [sanskrit]

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This Sanskrit edition of the Agnipurana. It is one of the traditional eighteen Mahapuranas presented as an encyclopedia of ancient Indian history and knowledge. It contains either 382 or 383 chapters and over 10.000 verses (Sanskrit Shlokas).

Chapter 14

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agniruvāca |
yaudhiṣṭhirī dauryodhanī kurukṣetraṃ yayau camūḥ |
bhīṣmadroṇādikān hṛṣṭvā nāyudhyata guruniti || 1 ||
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pārthaṃ hyuvāca bhagavānnaśocyā bhīṣmamukhyakāḥ |
śarīrāṇi vināśīni na śarīrī vinaśyati || 2 ||
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ayamātmā paraṃ brahma ahaṃ brahmāsmi viddhi tam |
siddhyasiddhyoḥ samo yogī rājadharmmaṃ prapālaya || 3 ||
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kṛṣṇoktothārjuno'yudhyadrathastho vādyaśabdavān |
bhīṣmaḥ senāpatirabhūdādau dauryodhane bale || 4 ||
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pāṇḍavānāṃ śikhaṇḍī ca tayoryuddhaṃ babhūva ha |
dhārttarāṣṭrāḥ pāṇḍavāṃśca jaghnuryuddhe sabhīṣmakāḥ || 5 ||
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dhārttarāṣṭrān śikhaṇḍyādyāḥ pāṇḍavā jaghnurāheve |
devāsurasamaṃ yuddhaṃ kurupāṇḍavasenayoḥ || 6 ||
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babhūva svaḥ sthadevānāṃ paśyatāṃ prītibarddhanam |
bhīṣmostraiḥ pāṇḍavaṃ sainyaṃ daśāhobhirnyapātayat || 7 ||
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daśame hyarjunau bāṇairbhiṣmaṃ vīraṃ vavarṣa ha |
śikhaṇḍī drupadotto'strairvavarṣa jalado yathā || 8 ||
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hastyaśvarathapādātamanyonyāstranipātitam |
bhīṣmaḥ svacchandamṛtyuśca yuddhamārgaṃ pradarśya ca || 9 ||
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vasūkto vasulokāya śaraśayyāgataḥ sthitaḥ |
uttarāyaṇamīkṣaṃśca dhyāyan viṣṇuṃstuvan sthitaḥ || 10 ||
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duryodhane tu śokārtte droṇaḥ senāpatistvabhūt |
pāṇḍave harṣite sainye dhṛṣṭadyumnaścamūpatiḥ || 11 ||
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tayoryuddhaṃ babhūvograṃ yamarāṣṭravivardhanam |
virāṭadrupadādyāśca nimagnā droṇasāgare || 12 ||
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dauryodhanī mahāsenā hastyaśvarathapattinī |
dhṛṣṭadyumnādhipatitā droṇaḥ kāla ivābabhau || 13 ||
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hatośvatthāmā cetyukte droṇaḥ śastrāṇi cātyajat |
dhṛṣṭadyumnaśarākrāntaḥ patitaḥ sa mahītale || 14 ||
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pañcamehani durddharṣaḥ sarvakṣatraṃ pramathya ca |
duryodhane tu śokārte karṇaḥ senāpatistvabhūt || 15 ||
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arjunaḥ pāṇḍavānāñca tayoryuddhaṃ babhūva ha |
śastraśastri mahāraudraṃ devāsuraraṇopamam || 16 ||
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karṇārjunākhye saṅprāme karṇorīnavadhīccharaiḥ |
dvitīyehani karṇastu arjunena nipātitaḥ || 17 ||
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śalyo dinārddhaṃ yuyudhe hyabadhīttaṃ yudhiṣṭhiraḥ |
yuyudhe bhīmasenena hatasainyaḥ sayodhanaḥ || 18 ||
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bahūn hatvā narādīṃśca bhīmasenamathābrabīt |
gadayā praharantaṃ tu bhīmastantu nyapātayat || 19 ||
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gadayānyānujāṃstasya tasminnaṣṭādaśehani |
rātrau saṣuptañca balaṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ nyapātayat || 20 ||
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akṣauhiṇīpramāṇantu aśvatthāmā mahābalaḥ |
draupadeyān sāpañcālān dhṛṣṭadyunnañca so'vadhīt || 21 ||
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putrahīnāṃ draupadīṃ tāṃ rudantīmarjunastataḥ |
śiromaṇiṃ tu jagrāha aiṣikāstreṇa tasya ca || 22 ||
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aśvatthāmāstranirddagdhaṃ jīvayāmāsa vai hariḥ |
uttarāyāstato garbhaṃ sa parīkṣidabhūnnṛpaḥ || 23 ||
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kṛtavarmmā kṛpo drauṇistrayo muktāstato raṇāt |
pāṇḍavāḥ sātyakiḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sapta muktā na cāpare || 24 ||
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striyaścārttāḥ samāśvāsya bhīmādyaiḥ sa yudhiṣṭhiraḥ |
saṃskṛtya prahatān vīrān dattodakadhanādikaḥ || 25 ||
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bhīṣmācchāntanavācchrutvā dharmmān sarvāṃśca śāntidān |
rājadharmmānmokṣadharnmāndānadharmmān nṛpo'bhavat || 26 ||
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aśvamedhe dadau dānaṃ brāhmaṇebhyorimarddanaḥ |
śrutvārjunānmauṣaleyaṃ yādavānāñca saṅkṣayam |
rājye parīkṣitaṃ sthāpya sānujaḥ svargamāptavān || 27 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Chapter 14

The Agni Puranam (Anandashram Edition)
by Shri Chimna Apate (श्री चिमणा आपटे) (1987)

Publisher: Anandashram, Pune; 633 pages; Title: अग्निपुराणम्;

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Agni Purana with Hindi Translation
by Tarinish Jha and Dr. Ghanshayam Tripathi (तारिणीश् झा और डॉ. घनश्याम त्रिपाठी) (2007)

Publisher: Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, Allahabad; 1199 pages; Title: अग्निपुराणम् (संस्कृत एवं हिन्दी अनुवाद);

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Agni Purana (Two Volumes)
by M. N. Dutt (2023)

Publisher: Parimal Publication Pvt. Ltd.; Editor: K. L. Joshi.; ISBN-10: 8171101690; ISBN-13: 9788171101696; 1070 pages.

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Agni-Purana (Set of 4 Volumes)
by N. Gangadharan (2006)

Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.; ISBN: Part I 8120803590 (9788120803596); Part II 8120803604 (‎9788120803602); Part III 8120801741 (9788120801745); Part IV 812080306X (9788120803060); 1271 pages.

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