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 223

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[English text for this chapter is available]

puṣkara uvāca |
grāmasyādhipati kuryyāddaśagrāmādhipaṃ nṛpaḥ |
śatagrāmādhipañcānyaṃ tathaiva viṣayesvaraṃ || 1 ||
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teṣāṃ bhogavibhāgaśca bhavet karmmānurūpataḥ |
nityameva tathā kāryyaṃ tetaṣāñcāraiḥ parīkṣaṇaṃ || 2 ||
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grāme doṣān samutpannān grāmeśaḥ praśamaṃ nayet |
aśakto daśapālasya sa tu gatvā nivedayet || 3 ||
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śrutvāpi daśapālo'pi tatra yuktimupācaret |
vittādyāpnoti rājā vai viṣyāttu surakṣaitāt || 4 ||
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dhanavāndharmmamāpnoti dhanavān kāmamaśnute |
ucchidyante vinā hyarthai1 kriyā grīṣme saridyathā || 5 ||
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viśeṣo nāsti lokeṣu patitasyādhanasya ca |
patitānna tu gṛhṇanti daridro na prayacchati || 6 ||
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dhanahīnasya bhāryyāpi naikā syādupavarttitī || 2 ||
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rāṣṭrapīḍākaro rājā narake vasate ciraṃ || 7 ||
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nityaṃ rājñā tathā bāvyaṃ garbhiṇī sahadharmiṇī |
yathā svaṃ sukhamutsṛjya garbhasya sukhamāvahet3 || 8 ||
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kiṃ yajñaistapasā tasya prajā yasya na rakṣitāḥ |
surakṣitāḥ pracajā yasya svargastasya gṛhopamaḥ || 9 ||
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arakṣitāḥ prjā yasya narakaṃ tasya mandiraṃ |
rājā ṣaḍ bāgamādatte sukṛtād duṣkṛtādapi || 10 ||
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dharmmāgamo rakṣaṇācca pāpāpnotyarakṣaṇāt |
subhagā viṭabhīteva rājavallabhataskaraiḥ || 11 ||
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bhakṣyamāṇāḥ prajā rakṣyāḥ kāyasthaiśca viśeṣataḥ |
rakṣatā tad bhayebhyastu rājño bhavati sā prajā4 || 12 ||
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arakṣitā sā bhavati teṣāmeveha bhojanaṃ |
duṣṭasammarddanaṃ kuryyācchāstroktaṃ karamādadet5 || 13 ||
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koṣe prveśayedarddhaṃ nityañcārddhaṃ dvije dadet || 6 ||
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nidhiṃdvijāttamaḥ prāpya gṛhṇīyātsakalaṃ tathā || 14 ||
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caturthamaṣṭamaṃ bhāgaṃ tathā ṣoḍaśamaṃ dvijaḥ |
varṇakameṇa dadyācca nidhiṃ pātre tu dharmmataḥ || 15 ||
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anṛtantu vadan daṇḍyaḥ7 suvittasyāṃśamaṣṭamaṃ |
praṇaṣṭasvāmikamṛk thaṃ rājā tryavdaṃ nidhāpayet || 16 ||
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arvāk tryabdāddharet svāmī pareṇa nṛpatirharet |
mamedamitiyā brūyāt so'rthayukto yathāvidhi || 17 ||
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sampādya rūpasaṅkhyādon svāmī tad dravyamarhati |
bāladāyādikamṛkthaṃ8 tāvadrājānupālapet || 18 ||
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yāvatsyātsa samāvṛtto yāvadvātītaśaiśavaḥ |
bālaputrāsu caivaṃ syādrakṣaṇaṃ niṣkulāsu ca || 19 ||
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pativratāsu ca strīṣu vidhabāsvaturāsu ca |
jīvantīnāntu tāsāṃ ye saṃhareyuḥ svavāndhavāḥ || 20 ||
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tāñ chiṣyāccauradaṇḍena dhārmmikaḥ kṛthivīpatiḥ |
sāmānyato hṛtañcauraistadvai dadyāt svayaṃ nṛpaḥ || 21 ||
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caurarakṣādhikāribyo rājāpi hṛtamāpnuyāt |
ahṛte yo hṛtaṃ brūyānniḥ sāryo daṇḍya eva saḥ || 22 ||
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na tadrājñā pradātavyaṃ gṛhe yad gṛhagairhṛtaṃ |
srāṣṭrapaṇyādādadyādrājā viṃśatimaṃ dvija || 23 ||
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śulkāṃśaṃ paradeśācca kṣayavyayaprakāśakaṃ |
jñātvā saṅkalpayecchulkaṃ lābhaṃ vaṇigyathāpnuyāt || 24 ||
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viṃśāṃśaṃ lābhamādadyāddaṇḍanīyastato'nyayā |
strīṇāṃ pravrajitānāñca taraśulkaṃ vivarjayet || 25 ||
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tareṣu dāsadoṣeṇa naṣṭaṃ dāsāstu dāpayet |
śūkadhānyeṣu ṣaḍ bhāgaṃ śimbidhānye tathāṣṭamaṃ || 26 ||
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rājā vanyārthamādadyāddeśakālānurūpakaṃ |
pañcaṣaṅbhāgamādadyād rājā paśuhiraṇyayoḥ || 27 ||
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gandhauṣadhirasānāñca bhāṇḍānāṃ sarvasyāsmamayasya ca |
patraśākatṛṇānāñca vaṃśavaiṇavacarmmaṇaṃ || 28 ||
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vaidalānāñca bhāṇḍānāṃ sarvasyāśmamayasya ca |
ṣaḍ bhāgameva cādadyānmadhumāṃsasya sarṣipaḥ || 29 ||
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mriyannapi na cādadyād brāhmaṇebhyastathā karaṃ |
yasya rājñastu viṣaye śrotriyaḥ sīdati kṣudhā || 30 ||
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tasya sīdati tadrāṣṭraṃ vyādhidurbhikṣatastaraiḥ |
śrutaṃ vṛttantu vijñāya vṛttiṃ tasya prakalpayet || 31 ||
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kṣecca sarvatastvenaṃ pitā putramivaurasaṃ |
saṃrakṣyamāṇo rājñā yaḥ kurute dharmamanvahaṃ || 32 ||
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tenāyurvarddhate rājño draviṇaṃ rāṣṭrameva ca |
karmma kuryurnnarendrasya māsenaikañca śilpinaḥ || 33 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Chapter 223

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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