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Karma Vipaka Samhita · Chapter 101
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
This chapter of Karma Vipaka Samhita is for purva bhadrapada 2nd pada. In the story, a brahmin of Kapilya has gold stolen while his daughter and her son are visiting.
Classical view, not medical advice.
People say the grandson took it, and the grandson, full of anger, passes away. The book says the brahmin is born again as a wise king's minister. Shiva then gives the remedy: three Vedic verses, each with a hundred thousand japa, and gifts.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥धर्मेण जायते पुत्रो धर्मेण लभते श्रियम् ॥धर्मेण व्याधिनाशः स्यात्तस्माद्धर्मपरो भवेत् ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: By right living a son is born. By right living one gains wealth. By right living illness is destroyed. So one should hold to right living.
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
कापिल्ये नगरे देवि ब्राह्मणस्तत्र तिष्ठति ॥स वेदपाठनिरतो धनाढ्यश्च बहूद्यमी ॥ २ ॥
In the city of Kapilya, O Goddess, there lived a brahmin. He loved reciting the Vedas. He was rich and worked hard.
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
तस्य पत्नी वरारोहे पतिसेवासु तत्परा ॥एकदा चागता कन्या ब्राह्मणस्य किलानघे ॥ ३ ॥
His wife, O fair one, was devoted to serving her husband. Once, O sinless one, the brahmin's daughter came to visit.
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
पुत्रेण सह देवेशि चादरस्तेन वै कृतः ॥ततो बहुदिने जाते तस्य स्वर्णं च चोरितम् ॥ ४ ॥
She came with her son, O Lady of the gods. The brahmin gave them great honour. After many days his gold was stolen.
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
कन्यापुत्रेण स्वर्णं हि हृतं चेति तदा शिवे ॥वदन्ति बहवस्तत्र जनास्तु ब्राह्मणं प्रति ॥ ५ ॥
Then, O Shiva's wife, many people there said it. They told the brahmin that the daughter's son had taken the gold.
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
ततो रोषपरीतात्मा पौत्रो भवति वै शिवे ॥विषं भुक्तं तदा तेन बहुरोषाकुलेन तु ॥ ६ ॥
Then the grandson, filled with anger, ate poison. He was full of rage, O Shiva's wife.
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
मरणं तस्य वै जातं पौत्रस्यैव वरानने ॥ततो बहुदिने जाते ब्राह्मणस्य तदा मृतिः ॥ ७ ॥
So the grandson died, O fair-faced one. After many days the brahmin died too.
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
तस्य पत्नी सती जाता सत्यलोकेऽवसत्तदा ॥ततः पुण्यक्षये जाते मर्त्यलोके सुरेश्वरि ॥ ८ ॥
His wife became a sati (a wife who dies with her husband). She then lived in Satyaloka (the world of truth). When that merit was used up, O Queen of the gods, came the world of mortals again.
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
मानुषत्वं ततो जातमयोध्यानगरे शिवे ॥धनधान्यसमायुक्तो राजमन्त्री विचक्षणः ॥ ९ ॥
Then, O Shiva's wife, he was born as a man in the city of Ayodhya. He was a wise king's minister, rich in wealth and grain.
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
पौत्रस्तस्य मृतो देवि तदुद्देशेन भो शिवे ॥ १० ॥
His grandson died on his account, O Goddess, O Shiva's wife.
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
अतः पुत्रो न जायेत कन्या चैव प्रजायते ॥शरीरे सततं चोग्रो ज्वरो जातः सुदारुणः ॥ ११ ॥
So a son is not born to him. Only a daughter is born. A fierce, terrible fever stays in his body.
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
शत्रवो बहवः सन्ति न सौख्यं लभते क्वचित् ॥पुण्यं शृणु वरारोहे पूर्वपापस्य संक्षयः ॥ १२ ॥
He has many enemies. He finds happiness nowhere. O fair one, now hear how the past wrong is ended.
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
गृहवित्तषडंशेन पुण्यकार्यं च कारयेत् ॥गायत्री त्र्यम्बकं चेति श्रीश्च ते इति ऋक्त्रयम् ॥ १३ ॥
He should do holy works with one sixth of his household wealth. He uses three Vedic verses. They are the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant) and the Tryambaka verse (the verse to three-eyed Shiva). The third is 'Shrish cha te'.
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
प्रतिमन्त्रे जपेल्लक्षं दशांशं हवनं ततः ॥दशांशतर्पणं देवि मार्जनं तद्दशांशतः ॥ १४ ॥
With each verse he should do 100,000 japa (repeating a mantra). Then comes a homa (fire offering) of one tenth of that. Then, O Goddess, a tarpana (water offering to the ancestors and gods) of one tenth of that. Then a sprinkling with water of one tenth of that.
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
गोदानं तद्दशांशं च तद्दशांशं च भोजयेत् ॥ब्राह्मणान् चैव देवेशि श्रद्धाभक्तिसमन्वितः ॥ १५ ॥
Then he gives cows, one tenth of that number. He feeds brahmins, one tenth of that again, O Queen of the gods. He does it with faith and devotion.
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
कूष्माण्डं नारिकेरं च पञ्चरत्नसमन्वितम् ॥गङ्गामध्ये प्रदातव्यं पूर्वपापविशुद्धये ॥ १६ ॥
A pumpkin and a coconut, together with five jewels, should be given in the middle of the Ganga. This is to clear the past wrong.
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
वृषभस्तरुणः शुभ्रो घण्टाचामरशोभितः ॥ब्राह्मणाय प्रदातव्यः शय्यादानं विशेषतः ॥ १७ ॥
A young white bull, shining with bells and fly-whisks, should be given to a brahmin. A gift of a bed is especially needed.
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
एवं कृते वरारोहे शीघ्रं पुत्रः प्रजायते ॥रोगस्यैव निवृत्तिः स्याज्ज्वरस्तस्य न जायते ॥ १८ ॥
When this is done, O fair one, a son is soon born. The illness goes away. He has no more fever.
Verse 101.13 names the Gayatri, the Tryambaka verse and the verse Shrish cha te.
Verse 101.1 teaches that right living brings a son and wealth and ends illness, so one should hold to right living.