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अग्निदो गरदश्चैव शस्त्रपाणिर्धनापहः।
क्षेत्रदारापहारी च षडेते ह्याततायिनः॥

The one who sets fire, the one who gives poison, one who holds a weapon (to kill), a plunderer of wealth, and one who seizes a field or a wife—these s...

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अग्निना भस्मना चैव स्तम्भेन च जनेन च।
अद्वारेणैव मार्गेण पङ्क्तितदोषो न विद्यते॥

If separation (in a dining line) is caused by a fire, by ashes, by a pillar, by people passing through, or by a path that is not a door, the fault of ...

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अग्निरापः स्त्रियो मूर्खाः सर्पा राजकुलानि च।
नित्यं यत्नेन सेव्यानि सद्यः प्राणहराणि षट्॥

Fire, water, women, fools, snakes, and royal families—these six should always be approached with great care, for they can instantly take away one's li...

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अग्निर्गुरुर्द्विजातीनां वर्णानां पार्थिवो गुरुः।
कुलस्त्रीणां गुरुर्भर्ता सर्वस्याभ्यागतो गुरुः॥

Fire is the guru for the twice-born; the king is the guru for the social classes. For a family woman, her husband is the guru; and for everyone, a gue...

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अग्निर्दहति तापेन सूर्यो दहति रश्मिभिः।
राजा दहति दण्डेन तपसा ब्राह्मणो दहेत्॥

Fire burns with its heat; the sun burns with its rays. A king burns with his power of punishment (daṇḍa), and a Brahmin burns with his ascetic power (...

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अग्निर्देवो द्विजातीनां मुनीनां हृदि दैवतम्।
प्रतिमास्वल्पबुद्धीनां सर्वत्र समदर्शिनः॥

The god of the twice-born is fire. For sages, the divine is in their hearts. For those of little intellect, it is in idols. For one with equal vision,...

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अग्निर्हि देवताः सर्वाः सर्वणं च तदात्मकम्।
तस्मात् सुवर्णं ददता दत्ताः सर्वाः स्म देवताः॥

Fire embodies all the gods, and gold has its nature. Therefore, by giving gold in charity, it is as if offerings have been made to all the gods. This...

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अग्निष्टोमादिभिर्यज्ञैर् विविधैराप्तदक्षिणैः।
न तत् फलमवाप्नोति तीर्थार्थे गमनेन यत्॥

One does not obtain that fruit from various sacrifices like Agniṣṭoma with their plentiful payments, which one obtains by going on a pilgrimage (tīrth...

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अग्निश्तेजो महल्लोके गूढस्तिष्ठति दारुषु।
न चोपयुङ्क्ते तद्दारु यावन्नो दीप्यते परैः॥

Fire, a great splendor in the world, remains hidden in wood. It does not consume that wood until it is ignited by an external force. This is the firs...

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स एव खलु दारुभ्यो यदा निर्मथ्य दीप्यते।
तदा तच्च वनं चान्यन् निर्दहत्याशु तेजसा॥

When that very fire, having been churned from the wood, is ignited, then it quickly burns down that wood and the rest of the forest with its splendor....

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