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Karma Vipaka Samhita · Chapter 100
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
This chapter of Karma Vipaka Samhita is for purva bhadrapada 1st pada. In the story, a vegetable seller in Mathura trades with the wealth of his family priest.
Classical view, not medical advice.
The book says poison is given to the brahmin during a meal, and the man leaves for Prayaga. Shiva then gives the remedy: holy works, three mantras and three hundred thousand japa. A four-cornered fire pit, a brahmin image and a Sunday vow follow.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥मथुरापुरि मध्ये तु शूद्र एको हि तिष्ठति ॥शाकादीनां च सततं विक्रयं तु सदाऽकरोत् ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: In the middle of Mathura city lived one shudra (servant class). He always sold vegetables and the like.
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
विष्णुभक्तिरतः शान्तः पुण्यात्मा साधुसंमतः ॥सेवादास इति ख्यातस्तस्य पत्नी तु राधिका ॥ २ ॥
He loved Vishnu, was peaceful and pure of heart, and was approved by the good. He was known as Sevadasa, and his wife was Radhika.
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
कुलाचारे रतः साधुर्द्विजसेवासु तत्परः ॥वाणिज्यं कुरुते साधुः पुरोहितधनेन च ॥ ३ ॥
He kept the family ways, was good, and was devoted to serving brahmins. The good man traded with the wealth of the family priest.
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
बहुवर्षे गते देवि ब्राह्मणोऽपि तदागतः ॥आदरं बहुधा कृत्वा कलत्रेण तदा शिवे ॥ ४ ॥
Many years passed, O Goddess. Then the brahmin came too. He and his wife showed the brahmin great respect, dear one.
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
विषं दत्तं चतुर्थेऽह्नि भोजनान्तर्विधानतः ॥न जानाति तदा साधुस्तद्वृत्तं ब्राह्मणस्य तु ॥ ५ ॥
On the fourth day, poison was given during the meal. The good man did not then know what had happened to the brahmin.
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
मरणं वै ततो जातं ब्राह्मणस्य सुरेश्वरि ॥ब्राह्मणस्य वधे जाते हाहाकारो गृहे गृहे ॥ ६ ॥
Death came to the brahmin, O queen of the gods. When the brahmin was killed, cries of woe rose in every house.
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
श्रुत्वा तच्च पुरीं त्यक्त्वा प्रयागे साधुरागतः ॥देहं त्यक्त्वा तदा साधुर्हठं कृत्वा वरानने ॥ ७ ॥
Hearing of it, the good man left the city and came to Prayaga. He gave up his body there, firm in his resolve, O fair-faced one.
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
पश्चात्तत्रैव सा गत्वा पत्नी प्राणांस्ततोऽत्यजत् ॥प्रयागे मथुरां त्यक्त्वा तदुद्देशेन शोभने ॥ ८ ॥
Afterwards his wife went there too and gave up her life. She left Mathura for Prayaga for his sake, O lovely one.
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
बहुवर्षसहस्राणां स्वर्गवासस्ततोऽभवत् ॥ततः पुण्यक्षये जाते मानुषत्वं ततोऽभवत् ॥ ९ ॥
He lived in heaven for many thousands of years. Then, when his merit was used up, a human birth came.
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
शूद्रयोनिं विशालाक्षि देहजस्य कुले तदा ॥पुनर्विवाहिता पत्नी पूर्वजन्मप्रसङ्गतः ॥ १० ॥
He was born in a shudra (servant class) womb, O large-eyed one, in the family of his son. His wife is married for the second time, through the link with the past birth.
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
धनधान्यसमायुक्तो विद्यावान् कुलपूजितः ॥गौराङ्गो नीचजातीनां मतज्ञो लब्धवान् स्वयम् ॥ ११ ॥
He has wealth and grain, is learned, and is honoured by his family. Fair of body, he himself gained knowledge of the views of the lower castes.
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
पूर्वजन्मनि भो देवि ब्राह्मणाय विषं ददौ ॥भार्या तस्य विशालाक्षि तत्पापेनैव पातकी ॥ १२ ॥
In the past birth, O Goddess, he gave poison to a brahmin. His wife, O large-eyed one, became a sinner by that same sin.
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
मासि पुष्पं ततस्तस्याः संतानं नैव जायते ॥अस्य पापस्य वै शान्तिं शृणु देवि सुशाभने ॥ १३ ॥
She has her monthly flow, but no child is born. Listen, O Goddess, O beautiful one, to the remedy for this sin.
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
गृहवित्ताष्टमं भागं पुण्यकार्यं च कारयेत् ॥गायत्रीजातवेदाभ्यां त्र्यम्बकेण वरानने ॥ १४ ॥
Let him have good works done with one eighth of his house and wealth. Let him use the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant), "Jatavedase" and Tryambaka mantras, O fair-faced one.
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
लक्षत्रयं जपं देवि कारयामास यत्नतः ॥हरिवंशश्रुतिं देवि भार्यया सहितस्तदा ॥ १५ ॥
He carefully had japa (repeating a mantra) done three hundred thousand times, O Goddess. He heard the Harivamsha (a sacred book about Krishna), together with his wife.
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
होमं वै कारयामास कुण्डे शुद्धे सुदारुणे ॥चतुष्कोणे विशालाक्षि योनिपल्लवशोभिते ॥ १६ ॥
He had homa (fire offering) done in a clean, strong fire pit, O large-eyed one. It was four-cornered, adorned with its leaf-shaped yoni (the lip on one side of a fire pit).
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
दशांशं विधिवद्देवि तर्पणं मार्जनं ततः ॥ब्राह्मणस्य ततो मूर्तिं दशपञ्चपलात्मिकाम् ॥ १७ ॥
By the rule, with a tenth part, there was tarpana (water offering to the ancestors and gods) and sprinkling. Then an image of a brahmin, of ten and five pala (a unit of weight),
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
विधिवत्कारयेद्देवि पूजयेच्चैव बुद्धिमान् ॥वस्त्रालंकारशय्याभिर्भूषणैर्विविधैस्तथा ॥ १८ ॥
It should be made by the rule, O Goddess. The wise man should worship it with clothes, ornaments, a bed and many kinds of jewels.
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
मन्त्रेणानेन देवेशि गन्धपुष्पैः पृथक् पृथक् ॥सर्वकारणकर्ता त्वं साक्षीभूतो जगत्रये ॥ १९ ॥
With this mantra (sacred words), O Queen of the gods, one by one with scent and flowers: You are the maker of every cause, the witness in the three worlds.
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
पापं ब्रह्मवधं घोरं हर मे भुवनाधिप ॥ॐ चक्रधराय नमः । ॐ त्र्यम्बकाय नमः ।ॐ शङ्खहस्ताय नमः । ॐ सनकसनत्कुमारसन-न्दनसनातनेभ्यो नमः ॥ २० ॥
Take away my terrible sin of killing a brahmin, O lord of the world. Om chakradharaya namah, Om, salutation to the holder of the discus. Om tryambakaya namah, Om, salutation to Tryambaka. Om shankhahastaya namah, Om, salutation to the holder of the conch. Om, salutation to Sanaka, Sanatkumara, Sananda and Sanatana.
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
पूजयामास विविधैर्मोदकैश्च फलैरपि ॥प्रतिमां पूजितां तां तु सुविप्राय प्रदापयेत् ॥ २१ ॥
He worshipped with many kinds of sweet balls and with fruits. Let him give the worshipped image to a good brahmin.
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
दशवर्णां सवृषभां पट्टवस्त्रविभूषिताम् ॥दद्याद्विप्राय विदुषे श्रोत्रियाय तपस्विने ॥ २२ ॥
A dashavarna (a gift of ten colours) with a bull, adorned with silk cloth, should be given. Give it to a learned brahmin, expert in the Vedas, who practises austerity.
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
सप्तम्यां रविवारे च व्रतं कुर्याद्विधानतः ॥एवं करोति देवेशि पुत्रयुग्मं प्रजायते ॥ २३ ॥
Let him keep a vrata (vow of fasting and worship) by the rule. Let it be on a seventh lunar day that falls on a Sunday. If he does this, O Queen of the gods, a pair of sons is born.
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
कन्या नैव वरारोहे रोगं सर्वं विनश्यति ॥ २४ ॥
No daughter is born, O fair-hipped one. All disease is destroyed.
Verse 100.15 says three hundred thousand times.
Verse 100.16 says it was clean and strong, four-cornered and adorned with a leaf-shaped yoni.