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Karma Vipaka Samhita · Chapter 109
रेवती नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
This chapter of Karma Vipaka Samhita is for revati 2nd pada. In the story, a brahmin trader honours his teacher's son for a month.
Classical view, not medical advice.
The teacher's son hands him two golden images and goes on to Haridvar, and the brahmin sells the images. Shiva then gives the remedy: the Harivamsha, praise of Gopala and 200,000 japa. A tulasi garden is planted, cows are given, a hundred brahmins are fed and a gold Vishnu image is worshipped.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
रेवती नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥श्रीपुरे नगरे देवि द्विज एकोऽवसत्पुरा ॥पुत्रपौत्रयुतो देवि धनधान्यसमन्वितः ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: In the city of Shripura, O Goddess, a brahmin once lived. He had sons and grandsons, and was rich in wealth and grain.
रेवती नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
वैश्यकर्मरतो नित्यं क्रयविक्रयतत्परः ॥महिषीं वृषभं वस्त्रं चामरं गजवाजिनौ ॥ २ ॥
He was always busy with a trader's work, buying and selling. He dealt in she-buffaloes, bulls, cloth, fly-whisks, elephants and horses.
रेवती नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
प्रत्यहं विक्रयं कृत्वा कृतश्च धनसंग्रहः ॥एकदा तस्य वै गेहे गुरुपुत्रः समागतः ॥ ३ ॥
By selling every day he piled up wealth. Once his teacher's son came to his house.
रेवती नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
आदरं बहुधा कृत्वा मासे याते ततः शिवे ॥गमनं च हरिद्वारे स्नानार्थं कृतवांस्तथा ॥ ४ ॥
He honoured him greatly. When a month had passed, O Shiva's wife, the teacher's son went to Haridvar to bathe.
रेवती नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
गुरुपुत्रेण भो देवि स्वर्णमूर्तिद्वयं तथा ॥ब्राह्मणाय तु दत्तं वै ततो वै गमनं कृतम् ॥ ५ ॥
The teacher's son, O Goddess, handed two golden images to the brahmin. Then he went on his way.
रेवती नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
हरिद्वारं ततो गत्वा तत्र प्राणमथात्यजत् ॥मूर्तिद्वयं गुरोश्चैव विक्रीतं तद्व्ययः कृतः ॥ ६ ॥
He went on to Haridvar and gave up his life there. The brahmin sold the teacher's two images and spent the money.
रेवती नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
एवं बहुगते काले मरणं ब्राह्मणस्य च ॥यमाज्ञया महादूतैर्नरके नाम कर्दमे ॥ ७ ॥
After much time the brahmin died. Great messengers acted on the order of Yama (the god of death). They threw him into the hell named Kardama (the hell of mud).
रेवती नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
निक्षिप्तो वै ततो देवि षष्टिवर्षसहस्रकम् ॥नरकान्निःसृतो देवि व्याघ्रयोनिस्ततोऽभवत् ॥ ८ ॥
He was thrown in, O Goddess, for sixty thousand years. Coming out of hell, O Goddess, he was born as a tiger.
रेवती नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
तीर्थे पुण्यतमे देवि कौसलायां सुरेश्वरि ॥बिडालस्य ततो योनिं मानुषत्वं ततोऽभवत् ॥ ९ ॥
At a most holy place in Kosala, O Queen of the gods, he was born as a cat. Then he became a man.
रेवती नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
ब्राह्मणस्य कुले जन्म ज्ञानवान् प्रियदर्शनः ॥देवताराधने प्रीतिः परस्त्रीलम्पटस्तथा ॥ १० ॥
He was born in a brahmin family. He is learned and pleasing to look at. He loves worshipping the gods, and he also craves other men's wives.
रेवती नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
तस्यापत्यत्रयं देवि कन्यका पुत्रकौ तथा ॥तेषां वै मरणं जातं पुनः पुत्रो न जायते ॥ ११ ॥
He had three children, O Goddess: a daughter and two sons. They died. A son is not born again.
रेवती नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
काकवन्ध्या भवेद्भार्या गौराङ्गी सुन्दरी तु सा ॥तन्वङ्गी दीर्घकेशी च स्वपतौ प्रियभाषिणी ॥ १२ ॥
His wife is a kakavandhya (a woman who has only one child). She is fair, beautiful, slender and long-haired. She speaks sweetly to her husband.
रेवती नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
तस्य पापक्षयं वक्ष्ये पुनः पुत्रो यतो भवेत् ॥हरिवंशश्रुतिं कुर्याद्गोपालस्य तु कीर्तनम् ॥ १३ ॥
I will tell how his wrong is ended, so that a son is born again. He should hear the Harivamsha (a sacred book about Krishna) and sing the praise of Gopala.
रेवती नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
वंशगोपालमन्त्रस्य गायत्रीमन्त्रकस्य च ॥लक्षद्वयं वरारोहे जपं वै कारयेत्सुधीः ॥ १४ ॥
The wise man should have 200,000 japa (repeating a mantra) done, O fair one. It is for the Vamsha-Gopala mantra (sacred words). It is also for the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant).
रेवती नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
हवनं तद्दशांशेन तर्पणं मार्जनं तथा ॥तुलसीवाटिकां कृत्वा तन्मूले विष्णुपूजनम् ॥ १५ ॥
Then comes a homa (fire offering) of one tenth of that. Then come tarpana (water offering to the ancestors and gods) and marjana (sprinkling). He should plant a tulasi (holy basil) garden. He should worship Vishnu at its root.
रेवती नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
दशवर्णगवां दानं शय्यादानं विशेषतः ॥ब्राह्मणान्भोजयेत्पश्चाच्छतसंख्यान्द्विजोत्तमान् ॥ १६ ॥
He should give cows of ten colours, and a gift of a bed especially. Afterwards he should feed a hundred of the best brahmins.
रेवती नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
विष्णोश्च प्रतिमां कृत्वा सौवर्णीं दशभिः पलैः ॥पूजयित्वा विधानेन ब्राह्मणाय प्रदापयेत् ॥ १७ ॥
He should make a golden image of Vishnu of ten pala (a unit of weight). He should worship it by the rules and give it to a brahmin.
रेवती नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
एवं कृते न संदेहो वंशो भवति नान्यथा ॥ १८ ॥
When this is done, there is no doubt. A family line is born. It is not otherwise.
Verse 109.15 says a tulasi (holy basil) garden, with Vishnu worshipped at its root.
Verse 109.16 says a hundred of the best brahmins.