Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.223
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3.223.1
गुरुभिर्नियमैर्युक्तो भरतो नाम पार्थिव ।
अग्निः पुष्टिमतिर्नाम तुष्टः पुष्टिं प्रयच्छति ॥ ३.२२३.१ ॥
O king, Bharata, endowed with venerable teachers and observances — Agni named Puṣṭimati, being pleased, bestows nourishment.
3.223.2
सततं भरतश्रेष्ठ पावकोयं महाप्रभः ।
अग्निर्यश्च शिवो नाम शक्तिपूजायनिश्च सः।
दुःखार्तानां स सर्वेषां शिवकृत्सततं शिवः ॥ ३.२२३.२ ॥
O best of the Bharatas, this Pāvaka of great splendor, named Śiva, who goes to the worship of power — he is Śiva, who always brings welfare to all who are afflicted with sorrow.
3.223.3
तपसस्तु फलं दृष्ट्वासंप्रवृत्तं तपोमयम् ।
उद्धर्तुकामो मतिमान्पुत्रो जज्ञे पुरंदरः ॥ ३.२२३.३ ॥
Seeing the fruit of austerity arisen in a form made of austerity, the wise son who wished to raise it up was born — Purandara.
3.223.4
उष्मा चैवोष्मणो जज्ञे सोऽग्निर्भूतेषु लक्ष्यते ।
अग्निश्चापि मनुर्नाम प्राजापत्यं सकारणम् ॥ ३.२२३.४ ॥
Heat itself was born from heat; that Agni is perceived among beings. The Agni named Manu also belongs to Prajāpati, together with its cause.
3.223.5
शंभुमग्निमथ प्राहुर्ब्राह्मणा वेदपारगाः ।
आवसथ्यं द्विजाः प्राहुर्दीप्तमग्निं महाप्रभम् ॥ ३.२२३.५ ॥
The brahmins who have crossed to the far shore of the Vedas call Agni Śambhu; the twice-born call the blazing Agni of great splendor āvasathya.
3.223.6
ऊर्जस्करान्हव्यवाहान्सुवर्णसदृशप्रभान् ।
अग्निस्तपो ह्यजनयत्पञ्च यज्ञसुतानिह ॥ ३.२२३.६ ॥
Agni, by austerity alone, produced here five sacrificial sons — bearers of oblations, givers of strength, with splendor like gold.
3.223.7
प्रततोऽग्निर्महाभाग परिश्रान्तो गवांपतिः ।
असुराञ्जनयन्घोरान्मर्त्यांश्चैव पृथग्विधान् ॥ ३.२२३.७ ॥
O greatly fortunate one, Agni, the lord of cows, wearied with austerity, begot terrible asuras and mortals of various kinds.
3.223.8
तपसश्च मनुं पुत्रं भानुं चाप्यङ्गिराः सृजत् ।
बृहद्भानुं तु तं प्राहुर्ब्राह्मणा वेदपारगाः ॥ ३.२२३.८ ॥
And from austerity Aṅgiras also created the son Manu and Bhānu; the brahmins who have mastered the Vedas call him Bṛhadbhānu.
3.223.9
भानोर्भार्या महाराज बृहद्भासा तु सोमजा ।
षट्पुत्राञ्जनयामास तदा सा कन्यया सह।
भानोराङ्गिरसस्याथ शृणु तस्य प्रजाविधिम् ॥ ३.२२३.९ ॥
O great king, Bṛhadbhāsā, the daughter of Soma, the wife of Bhānu, then bore six sons together with a daughter. Now hear the manner of the progeny of Bhānu, the Aṅgiras.
3.223.10
दुर्बलानां तु भूतानामसून् यः संप्रयच्छति ।
तमग्निं बलदं प्राहुः प्रथमं भानुजं सुतम् ॥ ३.२२३.१० ॥
Of the weak creatures he who bestows life-breaths — him they call Agni, the giver of strength, the first son born of Bhānu.
3.223.11
यः प्रशान्तेषु भूतेषु मन्युर्भवति दारुणः ।
अग्निः स मन्युमान्नाम द्वितीयो भानुजः सुतः ॥ ३.२२३.११ ॥
He who in pacified creatures causes dreadful wrath — that Agni, named Manyumān, is the second son of Bhānu.
3.223.12
दर्शे च पौर्णमासे च यस्येह हविरुच्यते ।
विष्णुर्नामेह योऽग्निस्तु धृतिमान्नाम सोङ्गिराः ॥ ३.२२३.१२ ॥
That Agni for whom oblations are offered here at new moon and full moon is known by the name Viṣṇu; he is the Aṅgiras named Dhṛtimān.
3.223.13
इन्द्रेण सहितं यस्य हविराग्रयणं स्मृतम् ।
अग्निराग्रयणो नाम भानोरेवान्वयस्तु सः ॥ ३.२२३.१३ ॥
He whose first oblation (āgrayaṇa) is recorded together with Indra is Agni, named Āgrayaṇa; he is indeed of the lineage of Bhānu.
3.223.14
चातुर्मास्येषु नित्यानां हविषां यो निरग्रहः ।
चतुर्भिः सहितः पुत्रैर्भानोरेवान्वयस्तु सः ॥ ३.२२३.१४ ॥
He who first receives the regular oblations in the cāturmāsya rites is accompanied by four sons; he too is indeed of the lineage of Bhānu.
3.223.15
निशा त्वजनयत्कन्यामग्नीषोमावुभौ तथा ।
मनोरेवाभवद्भार्या सुषुवे पञ्च पावकान् ॥ ३.२२३.१५ ॥
Niśā bore a daughter, and likewise Agni and Soma both; she became the wife of Manu and bore five fires.
3.223.16
पूज्यते हविषा योऽग्रे चातुर्मास्येषु पावकः ।
पर्जन्यसहितः श्रीमानग्निर्वैश्वानरस्तु सः ॥ ३.२२३.१६ ॥
He who is first honored with oblation in the cāturmāsya rites, together with Parjanya, the glorious fire — that is Vaiśvānara.
3.223.17
अस्य लोकस्य सर्वस्य यः प्रभुः परिपठ्यते ।
सोऽग्निर्विश्वपतिर्नाम द्वितीयस्तापसः सुतः ॥ ३.२२३.१७ ॥
He who is declared lord of this entire world is the fire named Viśvapati; he is the second son of the ascetic (Tāpasa).
3.223.18
कन्या या हरिणी नाम हिरण्यकशिपोः सुताः। ॥ ३.२२३.१८ ॥
The maiden named Hariṇī belonged to the sons of Hiraṇyakaśipu.
3.223.19
कर्मणाऽसौ बभौ भार्या स वह्निः स प्रजापतिः ।
प्राणानाश्रित्य यो देहं प्रवर्तयति देहिनाम्।
तस्य सन्निहितो नाम शब्दरूपस्य साधनः ॥ ३.२२३.१९ ॥
By his deed he shone as a wife; he is fire, he is Prajāpati. He who, relying on the breaths, sets the body of embodied beings in motion—his name is Sannihita, the means of the form of sound.
3.223.20
शुक्लं कृष्णं वपुर्देवो यो बिभर्ति हुताशनः ।
अकल्मषः कल्मषाणां कर्ता क्रोधाश्रितस्तु सः ॥ ३.२२३.२० ॥
The god Hutāśana, who bears a white and a black form, is stainless yet the maker of things that are stained; he rests upon anger.
3.223.21
कपिलं परमर्षिं च यं प्राहुर्यतयः सदा ।
अग्निः स कपिलो नाम साङ्ख्ययोगप्रवर्तकः ॥ ३.२२३.२१ ॥
He whom ascetics always call Kapila, the supreme sage—that is Fire; by the name Kapila he is the originator of Sāṅkhya and Yoga.
3.223.22
योऽन्तर्यच्छति भूतानि येन चेष्टन्ति नित्यदा ।
कर्मस्विह विचित्रेषु सोऽग्रणीर्वह्निरुच्यते ॥ ३.२२३.२२ ॥
He who restrains beings from within, by whom they are always active in these varied actions—he is called the foremost leader, Vahni.
3.223.23
इमामन्यान्समसृजत्पावकान्प्रथितौजसः ।
अग्निहोत्रस्य दुष्टस्य प्रायश्चित्तार्थमुल्बणान् ॥ ३.२२३.२३ ॥
He also created other famed, mighty purifying fires—terrible ones, for the expiation when the Agnihotra is defiled.
3.223.24
संस्पृशेयुर्यदाऽन्योन्यं कथंचिद्वायुनाऽग्नयः ।
इष्टिरष्टाकपालेन कार्या वै शुचयेऽग्नये ॥ ३.२२३.२४ ॥
When the fires somehow touch one another through the wind, an offering of eight potsherds should be made to the pure Fire, Śuci.
3.223.25
दक्षिणाग्निर्यदा द्वाभ्यां संसृजेत तदा किल ।
इष्टिरष्टाकपालेन कार्या वै वीतयेऽग्नये ॥ ३.२२३.२५ ॥
When the southern fire comes into contact with the two, then indeed an offering with an eight-potsherd cake must be made to the fire Vītaya.
3.223.26
यद्यग्नयो हि स्पृश्येयुर्निवेशस्था दवाग्निना ।
इष्टरष्टाकपालेन कार्या तु शुचयेऽग्नये ॥ ३.२२३.२६ ॥
If the fires established in the dwelling are touched by a forest fire, then an offering with an eight-potsherd cake must be made to the pure fire.
3.223.27
अग्निं रजस्वला वै स्त्री संस्पृशेदाग्निहौत्रिकम् ।
इष्टिरष्टाकपालेन कार्या वसुमतेऽग्नये ॥ ३.२२३.२७ ॥
If a menstruating woman touches the household fire of the sacrificer, then an offering with an eight-potsherd cake must be made to the fire Vasumat.
3.223.28
मृतः श्रूयेत यो जीवन्परासुरशुचिर्यथा ।
इष्टिरष्टाकपालेन कार्या सुरभिमतेऽग्नये ॥ ३.२२३.२८ ॥
For one who, though living, is heard of as dead, lifeless and impure, an offering with an eight-potsherd cake must be made to the fire Surabhimat.
3.223.29
आर्तो न जुहुयादग्निं त्रिरात्रं यस्तु ब्राह्मणः ।
इष्टिरष्टाकपालेन कार्या तन्तुमतेऽग्नये ॥ ३.२२३.२९ ॥
If a brahmin, afflicted with grief, does not offer into the fire for three nights, then an offering with an eight-potsherd cake must be made to the fire Tantumat.
3.223.30
दर्शश्च पौर्णमासश्च यस् तिष्ठेत्प्रतिष्ठितम् ।
इष्टिरष्टाकपालेन कार्या पथिकृतेऽग्नये ॥ ३.२२३.३० ॥
Where the new-moon and full-moon rites continue duly established, an offering with an eight-potsherd cake must be made to the fire Pathikṛt.
3.223.31
सूतिकाग्निर्यदा चाग्निं संस्पृशेदाग्निहौत्रिकम् ।
इष्टिरष्टाकपालेन कार्या चाग्निमतेऽग्नये ॥ ३.२२३.३१ ॥
When the birth-fire touches the sacred fire of the agnihotra, an iṣṭi should be performed for Agni, the fire-possessor, with a cake baked on eight potsherds.