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 221

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ekaviṃśatyadhikadviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ |
puṣkara uvāca |
bhṛtyaḥ kuryāttu rājājñāṃ śiṣyavatsacchriyaḥ pateḥ |
na kṣipedvacanaṃ rājño anukūlaṃ priyaṃ vadet || 1 ||
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rahogatasya vaktavyamapriyaṃ yaddhitaṃ bhavet |
na niyukto haredvittaṃ nopekṣettasya mānakaṃ || 2 ||
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rājñaśca na tathākāryyaṃ veśabhāṣāviceṣṭitaṃ |
antaḥpuracarādhyakṣo vairabhūtairnnirākṛtaiḥ || 3 ||
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saṃsarga na vrajedbhṛtyo rājño guhyañca gopayet |
pradarśya kauśalaṃ kiñcidrājānantu viśeṣayet || 4 ||
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rājñā yacchrāvitaṃ guhyaṃ na talloke prakāśayet |
ājñāpyamāne bānyasmin kiṅkaromīti vā vadet || 5 ||
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vastraṃ ratnamalaṅkāraṃ rājñā dattaṃ ca dhārayet || 1 ||
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nānirddiṣṭe2 dvāri viśennāyogye bhuvi rājadṛka || 6 ||
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jṛmbhānniṣṭhīvanaṅkāsaṃ kopaṃ paryyantikāśrayaṃ |
bhṛkuṭīṃ vātamudgāraṃ tatsamīpe visarjayet3 || 7 ||
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svaguṇākhyāpane yuktyā parāneva prayojayet || 4 ||
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śāṭhyaṃ laulyaṃ sapaiśūnyaṃ nāstikyaṃ kṣudratātathā || 8 ||
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cāpalyañca parityājyaṃ nityaṃ rākajānujīvinā |
śrutena vidyāśilpaiśca saṃyojyātmānamātmanā || 9 ||
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rājasevāntataḥ kuryād bhūtaye bhūtivarddhanaḥ || 5 ||
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namaskāryāḥ sadā cāsya putravallabhamantriṇaḥ || 10 ||
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sacivairnnāsya viśvāso rājacittapriyañcaret |
tyajedviraktaṃ raktāttu vṛttimīheta rājavit || 11 ||
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apṛṣṭaścāsya na brūyāt kāmaṃ kuryyāttathāpadi |
prasanno vākyasaṅgrāhī rahasye na ca śaṅkate || 12 ||
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kuśalādiparipraśnaṃ samprayacchati cāsanaṃ |
tatkathāśravaṇāddhṛṣṭo apriyāṇyapi nandate || 13 ||
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alpaṃ dattaṃ pragṛhṇāti smaret kathāntareṣvapi |
iti raktasya karttavyaṃ sevāmanyasya varjayet || 14 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Chapter 221

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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