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Karma Vipaka Samhita · Chapter 14
कृत्तिका नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
This chapter covers Krittika 3rd pada, the third quarter of Krittika. The book tells of Udyotasharma, a brahmin of a Kanyakubja family who lived in poverty.
Classical view, not medical advice.
At a solar eclipse an oil-presser gave him a gift of gold coins. He spent it at home and gave none of it away. After death he passes through hell and several births. The remedy is 300,000 japa, a homa with sesame, the Harivamsha and a gift of land.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
कृत्तिका नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥तृतीयं तस्य वै देवि चरणं वदतः शृणु ॥कान्यकुब्जकुले कश्चिन्नगरे सूर्यसंज्ञके ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: Hear of its third charana (quarter of a star) as I tell it, O Goddess. In a Kanyakubja family, in a town called Surya,
कृत्तिका नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
उद्योतशर्मा विख्यातस्तस्य स्त्री गिरिजाभवत् ॥वेदपाठरतो नित्यं दारिद्र्येणैव पीडितः ॥ २ ॥
a man named Udyotasharma was well known. His wife was Girija. He was always devoted to Vedic recitation and was crushed by poverty.
कृत्तिका नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
कर्कशा भामिनी तस्य निष्ठुरं वदती स्मृता ॥एकदा सूर्यग्रहणे तैलकारस्तदागतः ॥ ३ ॥
His wife was harsh and rude, known for sharp talk. Once, at a solar eclipse, an oil-presser came.
कृत्तिका नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
गङ्गामध्ये ततो दानं तस्मै विप्राय वै शिवे ॥प्रददौ लक्षसंख्यां वै स्वर्णमुद्रां तु दक्षिणाम् ॥ ४ ॥
In the middle of the Ganga the oil-presser gave a gift to that brahmin, O Parvati. It was 100,000 gold coins as the priest's fee.
कृत्तिका नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
प्रतिगृह्य ततो दानं गृहं गत्वा द्विजस्तदा ॥व्ययं करोति स्म तदा भार्यापुत्रेण चैव हि ॥ ५ ॥
The brahmin took the gift, went home, and spent it with his wife and son.
कृत्तिका नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
वेदपाठं ततस्त्यक्त्वा प्रत्यहं ससुखं प्रिये ॥मरणं वृद्धसमये गृहे शय्योपरि स्थिते ॥ ६ ॥
He gave up Veda recitation and lived at ease every day, dear one. He died in old age, lying on a bed in his house.
कृत्तिका नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
स्वर्णमध्ये च दानं वै न दत्तं गिरिनन्दिनि ॥स गतो नरके घोरे यमराजेन प्रेरितः ॥ ७ ॥
He gave no gift out of the gold, O Parvati. He went to a terrible hell, driven by King Yama (the god of death).
कृत्तिका नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
भुङ्क्ते नरकजं दुःखं स्त्रीपुत्रेण च संयुतः ॥युगमेकं वरारोहे प्रेतत्वं काकतां गतः ॥ ८ ॥
He suffered hell's pain with his wife and son. For one yuga (an age), O fair-hipped one, he was a preta (ghost) and then a crow.
कृत्तिका नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
ततः शृगालयोनिं च मानुषत्वं ततो गतः ॥पूर्वजन्मकृतं कर्म इह लोके प्रभुज्यते ॥ ९ ॥
Then he took a jackal birth, and then he became a man. The deed of a past life is suffered in this world. (Our text is unclear here: one letter after the word for jackal is blotted, and we kept the reading its shape best fits.)
कृत्तिका नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
पाठयामास वै वेदान् ब्राह्मणेभ्यो वरानने ॥तत्संचितफलाद्देवि महदैश्वर्यमाप्नुयात् ॥ १० ॥
He had taught the Vedas to brahmins, O fair-faced one. From that stored fruit he gets great wealth.
कृत्तिका नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
भार्या मृता ततः पुत्रो द्वितीया च विवाहिता ॥शरीरे बहवो रोगाः सुखं तस्य न जायते ॥ ११ ॥
His wife died. Then there was a son, and a second wife was married. His body has many diseases. He has no happiness.
कृत्तिका नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
वृद्धे सति वरारोहे पुत्रः शत्रुर्भवेदिति ॥मृतवत्सा भवेन्नारी पूर्वजन्मविपाकतः ॥ १२ ॥
When he is old, O fair-hipped one, his son becomes his enemy. The woman becomes a mritavatsa (one whose children die young) from the ripening of past lives.
कृत्तिका नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
तस्य पुण्यमहं वक्ष्ये यतो रोगो निवर्तते ॥पुनः पुत्रो भवेद्देवि कन्यका नैव जायते ॥ १३ ॥
I will tell the merit-making rite by which the disease goes. A son is born again, O Goddess, and no daughter is born.
कृत्तिका नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
जातवेदादिमन्त्रेण जपं वै कारयेद्बुधः ॥लक्षत्रयं प्रयत्नेन ततो होमं तिलादिभिः ॥ १४ ॥
The wise one should have japa (repeating a mantra) done 300,000 times, with care. It is done with the Jatavedas mantra (sacred words) and the like. Then comes a homa (fire offering) with sesame and the like.
कृत्तिका नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
चतुरस्रे शुभे कुण्डे हरिवंशश्रवणं ततः ॥भूदानं विधिवत्कुर्याच्छायां पात्राय दापयेत् ॥ १५ ॥
This is in a good square fire pit. Then he should hear the Harivamsha (a sacred book about Krishna). He should give land by the rule. He should have the chhaya (shadow) gift given to a worthy man.
कृत्तिका नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
एवं कृते न संदेहो रोगनाशो भविष्यति ॥पुत्रश्च जायते देवि नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥ १६ ॥
When this is done, there is no doubt, disease will end. A son is born, O Goddess. Have no doubt about it.
Verse 14.14 gives 300,000 japa with the Jatavedas mantra and a homa with sesame. Verse 14.15 adds the Harivamsha, a gift of land and the chhaya gift.
Verses 14.4 to 14.7 tell of a gift of gold coins received at a solar eclipse. The book says he spent it at home with his family and gave nothing out of it.