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Karma Vipaka Samhita · Chapter 10
भरणी नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
This chapter covers Bharani 3rd pada, the third quarter of Bharani. The book tells of a rich merchant of Kakutstha town who loaded a bull too heavily on the road.
Classical view, not medical advice.
He and his wife later reach heaven through the power of a holy place. The remedy is a gold bull of five pala, worshipped and given to a wise man. Then comes a lakh of japa of Namah Shivaya.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
भरणी नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥एको वणिग्जनो देवि काकुत्स्थनगरे शुभे ॥अग्निकोणे शिवपुरो योजनार्द्धप्रमाणके ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: A merchant lived, O Goddess, in the good town of Kakutstha. It lay to the southeast, half a yojana (a measure of distance) from Shivapura.
भरणी नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
धनाढ्यो ह्यवसद्देवि वैश्यवृत्तिरतः सदा ॥विक्रयं कुरुते देवि गुडमन्नं रसादिकम् ॥ २ ॥
He was rich and always busy with a merchant's trade, O Goddess. He sold jaggery, grain, juices and the like.
भरणी नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
एकस्मिन् समये देवि गुडमादाय चाध्वनि ॥वृषभं भारसंपन्नं करोति स वरानने ॥ ३ ॥
Once, O Goddess, he took jaggery along the road. He loaded a bull with a heavy burden, O fair-faced one.
भरणी नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
भारेण पीडितोऽनड्वान् स वै पथि गतः शिवे ॥न ज्ञातं तेन वै पापं वृषभार्तिसमुद्भवम् ॥ ४ ॥
The ox, crushed by the load, went along the road, O Parvati. He did not know the sin that came from the bull's pain.
भरणी नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
एवं बहुतिथे काले विल्वमङ्गलके पुरे ॥वैश्यस्य मरणं जातं सरय्वां सह भार्यया ॥ ५ ॥
After much time, in the town of Bilvamangalaka, the merchant died with his wife, at the Sarayu river.
भरणी नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
स्वर्गलोके गतौ द्वौ च तौ तु क्षेत्रप्रभावतः ॥षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि स्वर्गे भुक्तं शुभं फलम् ॥ ६ ॥
Both went to heaven through the power of the holy place. They enjoyed the good fruit in heaven for sixty thousand years.
भरणी नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
ततः पुण्यक्षये जाते मर्त्यलोके वरानने ॥अवन्तीनगरे जातौ धनधान्यसमन्वितौ ॥ ७ ॥
When their merit ran out, O fair-faced one, they were born in the mortal world. They were born in the town of Avanti, with wealth and grain.
भरणी नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
मध्यदेशे विशालाक्षि पूर्वकर्मफलेन हि ॥पुत्रो न जायते देवि गर्भपातस्तथा शिवे ॥ ८ ॥
In the middle country, O large-eyed one, through the fruit of past deeds, no son is born, O Goddess. There is a miscarriage too, O Parvati.
भरणी नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
कन्यका वै प्रजायेत वारं वारं वरानने ॥शरीरे च ज्वरोत्पत्तिर्मध्यमा च प्रजायने ॥ ९ ॥
Daughters are born again and again, O fair-faced one. Fever rises in the body, of a middling kind.
भरणी नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
प्रायश्चित्तं प्रवक्ष्यामि पूर्वपापविशुद्धये ॥सुवर्णस्य वृषं शुभ्रं पलपञ्चमितं तथा ॥ १० ॥
I will tell the prayashchitta (remedy for a past wrong) to wash away the past sin. Make a shining bull of gold, of five pala (a unit of weight).
भरणी नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
प्रतिमां कारयेद्देवि वृषमेकं विभूषितम् ॥प्रपूज्य शिवमन्त्रेण वैदिकेन यथाविधि ॥ ११ ॥
Have an image made, O Goddess: one adorned bull. Worship it by the rule with a Shiva mantra (sacred words) from the Vedas.
भरणी नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
प्रदद्याद्विदुषे तस्मै ज्ञानिने शुद्धबुद्धये ॥नमः शिवाय मन्त्रेण लक्ष्यजाप्यं प्रयत्नतः ॥ १२ ॥
Give it to a learned, wise one with a pure mind. Do japa (repeating a mantra) of the mantra (sacred words) 'Namah Shivaya' 100,000 times with care. 'Namah Shivaya' means 'Salutation to Shiva'.
भरणी नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
रोगतो मुच्यते देवि नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥ १३ ॥
He is freed from disease, O Goddess. Have no doubt about it.
Verse 10.10 gives a bull of gold weighing five pala. Verses 10.11 and 10.12 add worship with a Shiva mantra, a gift to a learned person and a lakh of Namah Shivaya japa.
Verse 10.12 says Namah Shivaya means Salutation to Shiva. The chapter asks for it to be repeated 100,000 times with care.