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एवमेव कुले जाताः पावकोपमतेजसः।
क्षमावन्तो निराकाराः काष्ठेऽग्निरिव शेरते॥

In the same way, those born in noble families, possessing a splendor like fire, remain forgiving and unassuming, resting like the fire in the wood. T...

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अग्निहोत्रं गृहं क्षेत्रं गर्भिर्णीं वृद्धबालकौ।
रिक्तहस्तेन नोपेयाद् राजानं देवतां गुरुम्॥

One should not approach with empty hands: the sacred fire, one's home, a field, a pregnant woman, the elderly and a child, a king, a deity, and a guru...

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अग्निहोत्रं त्रयो वेदास् त्रिदण्डं भस्मगुण्ठनम्।
बुद्धिपौरुषहीनानां जीविकेति बृहस्पतिः॥

Agnihotra sacrifice, the three Vedas, the triple staff, and smearing ash—these are the livelihood for those who lack intelligence and enterprise, says...

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अग्निहोत्रफला वेदाः शीलवृत्तफलं श्रुतम्।
रतिपुत्रफला दारा दत्तभुक्तफलं धनम्॥

The fruit of the Vedas is the fire-sacrifice. The fruit of learning is good character. The fruit of a wife is pleasure and sons. The fruit of wealth i...

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अग्निहोत्रमधीतं वा दानाद्याश्चाखिलाः क्रियाः।
भजन्ते तस्य वैफल्यं यस्य वाक्यमकारणम्॥

The agnihotra sacrifice, one's studies, and all other actions like charity become fruitless for him whose speech is baseless. This verse teaches that...

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अग्निहोत्रेषु विप्राणां हृदि देवो मनीषिणाम्।
प्रतिमास्वल्पबुद्धीनां सर्वत्र विदितात्मनाम्॥

For Brahmins, the divine is in the agnihotra fire. For the wise, it is in the heart. For those of little intellect, it is in idols. For those who have...

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अग्नेर्यथा दारुवियोगयोगयोर् अदृष्टतोऽन्यत्र निमित्तमस्ति।
एवं हि जन्तोरपि दुर्विभाव्यः शरीरसंयोगवियोगहेतुः॥

Just as for fire, its association and dissociation with wood has no cause other than the unseen (fate), so too for a living being, the cause of its un...

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अग्नौ क्रियावतां देवो दिवि देवो मनीषिणाम्।
प्रतिमास्वल्पबुद्धीनां योगिनां हृदये हरिः॥

For the ritualists, the divine is in the fire. For the wise, in heaven. For those of little intellect, in idols. For yogis, Hari (Vishnu) is in the he...

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अग्नौ दग्धं जले मग्नं हृतं तस्करपार्थिवैः।
तत्सर्वं दानमित्याहुर् यदि क्लैब्यं न भाषते॥

That which is burnt in a fire, sunk in water, or stolen by thieves and kings—all that is called 'charity', provided one does not complain with helples...

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अग्नौ प्राप्तं प्रधूयेत यथा तूलं द्विजोत्तम।
तथा गङ्गावगाढस्य सर्वं पापं प्रधूयते॥

O best of the twice-born, just as cotton is burnt up upon reaching a fire, so too is all sin of one who has bathed in the Ganga shaken off. This is a...

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