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Karma Vipaka Samhita · Chapter 11
भरणी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
This chapter covers Bharani 4th pada, the fourth quarter of Bharani. The book tells of Lokasharma, a brahmin who lived as a hunter north of Ayodhya and killed deer and birds.
Classical view, not medical advice.
After death he passes through hell and the births of a pig, a cat and a vulture. The remedy is a lakh of Vamshagopala japa, a homa and a feast for a hundred brahmins. It adds gold deer and silver birds given to a learned brahmin.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
भरणी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
॥ ईश्वर उवाच ॥शृणु देवि वरारोहे नृणां कर्म विपाकजम् ॥प्रवक्ष्यामि न संदेहो यदि ते श्रवणे मतिः ॥ १ ॥
Ishvara (Shiva) said: Listen, O Goddess of fine hips, to what men's deeds bring. I will tell it. There is no doubt, if you wish to hear.
भरणी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
उत्तरे चाप्ययोध्यायास्ततः क्रोशत्रयोपरि ॥तत्र तस्थौ च भो देवि लोकशर्मेति नामतः ॥ २ ॥
North of Ayodhya, three krosha (a measure of distance) away, O Goddess, there lived a man named Lokasharma.
भरणी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
तस्य पत्नी शुभाङ्गी वै लीलानाम्नीति विश्रुता ॥ब्राह्मणः कर्मविभ्रष्टो व्याधरूपो वरानने ॥ ३ ॥
His wife was fair-bodied and known as Lila. The brahmin had fallen from his duties and lived as a hunter, O fair-faced one.
भरणी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
मृगान् सबालकान् हत्वा पक्षिणो विविधानपि ॥बुभुजे पत्नीयुक्तस्तु तुतोष बहुधा तदा ॥ ४ ॥
He killed deer with their young, and birds of many kinds. He ate them with his wife and was very pleased.
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तस्य पत्नी महादुष्टा मुखरा चञ्चला तथा ॥परपुंसि रता नित्यं धर्मकर्मविवर्जिता ॥ ५ ॥
His wife was very wicked, loud and fickle. She always loved other men and kept no righteous acts.
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एवं सर्वं वयो जातं वृद्धे सति वरानने ॥मरणं तस्य वै देवि स्वपुरे सर्पतस्तथा ॥ ६ ॥
So his whole life passed. When he was old, O fair-faced one, he died in his own town, from a snake.
भरणी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
पत्नी चैव तदा तस्य दुष्टा वै व्यभिचारिणी ॥उभौ च नरके यातौ स्वकर्मवशतः प्रिये ॥ ७ ॥
His wife too was wicked and unfaithful. Both went to hell, dear one, by the power of their own deeds.
भरणी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
कुम्भीपाके महाघोरे नानानरकयातनाम् ॥भुक्त्वा बहु सहस्राणि पुनर्जातश्च सूकरः ॥ ८ ॥
In Kumbhipaka, a very terrible hell, they suffered the pains of many hells for many thousands of years. Then he was born again as a pig.
भरणी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
योनिं च शूकरीं भुक्त्वा बिडालत्वं पुनः प्रिये ॥ततो बिडालयोनिं च भुक्त्वा गृध्रस्ततोऽभवत् ॥ ९ ॥
After the pig birth, dear one, he became a cat. After the cat birth, he became a vulture.
भरणी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
पुनः कर्मवशाद्देवि मानुषत्वं ततोऽभवत् ॥इह लोके वरारोहे पूर्वकर्मप्रभावतः ॥ १० ॥
Again by his deeds, O Goddess, he became human. In this world, O fair-hipped one, through the power of past deeds,
भरणी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
मृतवत्सा भवेन्नारी पुत्रश्चैव न जीवति ॥बहुरोगो भवेद्देवि ज्वरेणैव प्रपीडितः ॥ ११ ॥
the woman becomes a mritavatsa (one whose children die young), and the son does not live. He has many diseases, O Goddess, and is racked by fever.
भरणी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
पूर्वजन्मकृतं पापमिह जन्मनि भुज्यते ॥इह लोके कृतं कर्म जन्मजन्मनि भुज्यते ॥ १२ ॥
The sin done in a past birth is suffered in this birth. The deed done in this world is suffered birth after birth.
भरणी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
अथ शान्तिं प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणु त्वं गिरिजे मम ॥वंशगोपालमन्त्रेण लक्षजाप्यं वरानने ॥ १३ ॥
Now I will tell the remedy. Listen to me, Parvati. Do japa (repeating a mantra) 100,000 times with the Vamshagopala mantra (sacred words), O fair-faced one.
भरणी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
दशांशहोमः कर्तव्यो विप्राणां भोजनं शतम् ॥मन्त्रं च संप्रवक्ष्यामि येन पुत्रमवाप्स्यसि ॥ १४ ॥
A homa (fire offering) of one tenth of that count is to be done. Feed a hundred brahmins. I will tell the mantra (sacred words) by which you will get a son.
भरणी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
मन्त्रः । ॐ देवकीसुत गोविन्द वासुदेव जगत्पते ॥देहि मे तनयं कृष्ण त्वामहं शरणं गतः ॥ १५ ॥
The mantra (sacred words): Om devakisuta govinda vasudeva jagatpate, dehi me tanayam krishna tvam aham sharanam gatah. This means: 'Om, son of Devaki, Govinda, Vasudeva, lord of the world, give me a son, Krishna. I have come to you for shelter.'
भरणी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
ततो वै स मृगान् कृत्वा मृगबालान् सपक्षिणः ॥स्वर्णपञ्चपलेनैव मृगान् कृत्वा सबालकान् ॥ १६ ॥
Then he should make deer, young deer and birds. With five pala (a unit of weight) of gold he should make the deer with their young,
भरणी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
रौप्यस्यैवं वरारोहे पक्षिणः पञ्च कारयेत् ॥पूजनं विधिवत् कृत्वा संप्रार्थ्य परमेश्वरम् ॥ १७ ॥
and make five birds of silver, O fair-hipped one. Worship by the rule, and pray to the Supreme Lord:
भरणी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
स्रष्टा त्वं सर्वलोकानां सर्वकामप्रदः सताम् ॥देवदेव जगन्नाथ शरणागतवत्सल ॥ १८ ॥
You are the maker of all worlds, the giver of every wish to the good. God of gods, lord of the world, kind to those who come for shelter,
भरणी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
त्राहि मां कृपया देव पूर्वकर्मविपाकतः ॥एवं संपूज्य देवेशं ततो विप्रं प्रपूजयेत् ॥ १९ ॥
save me with mercy, O God, from the ripening of past deeds. Having worshipped the Lord of gods this way, he should then worship a brahmin.
भरणी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
सुवर्णेन वरारोहे अश्वादिवाहनेन वै ॥प्रतिमामर्पयेद्देवि विप्राय ज्ञानरूपिणे ॥ २० ॥
He should give the image to a brahmin full of knowledge, O fair-hipped one. He should give it with gold and with a horse or other vehicle.
भरणी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
वापिकां कूपखातं च पथि मध्ये वरानने ॥प्रकरोति यदा देवि तदा पुत्रः प्रजायते ॥रोगात्प्रमुच्यते देवि जीवेत् पुत्रो न संशयः ॥ २१ ॥
He makes a stepwell and a dug well in the middle of the road, O fair-faced one. Then a son is born. He is freed from disease. The son will live. There is no doubt.
Verses 11.13 and 11.14 give 100,000 Vamshagopala japa, a homa of a tenth part and a feast for a hundred brahmins. Verses 11.16 and 11.17 add gold deer and silver birds.
Verse 11.4 names killing deer with their young, and birds of many kinds. The book tells it as the life of Lokasharma, a brahmin who lived as a hunter.