Agni Purana · Chapter 227

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe daṇḍapraṇayanaṃ nāma
ṣaḍviṃśatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ ||
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:ś atha saptaviṃśatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
yuddhayātrā
puṣkara uvāca
yadā manyeta nṛpatirākrandena balīyasā /AP_227.001ab/
pārṣṇigrāho 'bhibhūto me tadā yātrāṃ prayojayet

puṣtā yodhā bhṛṭā bhṛtyāḥ prabhūtañca balaṃ mama /AP_227.002ab/
mūlarakṣāsamartho 'smi tair gatvā(2) śivire vrajet

śatrorvā vyasane yāyāt daivādyaiḥ pīḍitaṃ paraṃ /AP_227.003ab/
bhūkampo yāndiśaṃ yāti yāñca keturvyadūṣayat

vidviṣṭanāśakaṃ sainyaṃ sambhūtāntaḥprakopanaṃ(3) /AP_227.004ab/
śarīrasphuraṇe dhanye tathā susvapradarśane

nimitte śakune dhanye jāte śatrupuraṃ vrajet /AP_227.005ab/
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1 punarjitveti ga.. , gha.. , ja.. ca
2 tair vṛtvā iti sādhuḥ
3 sambhūtāntaḥkopadamiti kha.. , cha.. ca
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padātināgabahulāṃ senāṃ prāvṛṣi yojayet

hemante śiśire caiva rathavājisamākulāṃ /AP_227.006ab/
caturaṅgabalopetāṃ vasante vā śaranmmukhe(1)

senā padātibahulā śatrūn jayati sarvadā /AP_227.007ab/
aṅgasakṣiṇabhāge tu śastaṃ prasphuraṇaṃ bhavet

na śastantu tathā vāme pṛṣṭhasya hṛdayasya ca /AP_227.008ab/
lāñchanaṃ piṭakañcaiva vijñeyaṃ sphuraṇaṃ tathā