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Karma Vipaka Samhita · Chapter 16
रोहिणी नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
This chapter covers Rohini 1st pada, the first quarter of Rohini. The book tells of Dropa, a brahmin of the Antarvedi land who gave up a brahmin's work and turned to theft.
Classical view, not medical advice.
After death he passes through the mud hell, then the birth of a cock, and then a human birth. The remedy is 100,000 japa of Om namah Shivaya and an earthen image. A homa, a gift of gold to the teacher, a well and a garden follow.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
रोहिणी नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
॥ महादेव उवाच ॥अथातः संप्रवक्ष्यामि ब्रह्मनक्षत्रजं फलम् ॥रोहिण्याः प्रथमे पादे यस्य जन्म च जायते ॥ १ ॥
Mahadeva (Shiva) said: Now I will tell the result of the Brahma nakshatra (star). It is for the one born in the first charana (quarter of a star) of Rohini.
रोहिणी नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
तस्य कर्म पुरा देवि संचितं संब्रवीम्यहम् ॥अन्तर्वेद्यां द्विजः कश्चिद्द्रोपनामावसत्प्रिये ॥ २ ॥
Dear one, I will tell the deeds that person stored up in a past life. O Goddess, a brahmin named Dropa lived in the Antarvedi land.
रोहिणी नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
ब्रह्मकर्मविहीनश्च चौरकर्मरतः सदा ॥सार्द्धं चौरेण भो देवि बहु द्रव्यमुपार्जितम् ॥ ३ ॥
He gave up a brahmin's work. He was always given to theft. O Goddess, together with a thief he gathered much wealth.
रोहिणी नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
परस्त्रीलम्पटो देवि स्वां भार्यां परिमुच्य च ॥एवं बहुगते काले कालवश्यस्ततोऽभवत् ॥ ४ ॥
O Goddess, he lusted after other men's wives and left his own wife. Much time passed. Then he came under the power of death.
रोहिणी नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
यमः कर्मप्रभावेण नरके नाम कर्दमे ॥वासयामास भो देवि षष्टिवर्षसहस्रकम् ॥ ५ ॥
O Goddess, Yama (the god of death) made him live in a hell called Kardama, the mud, for his deeds. He stayed there sixty thousand years.
रोहिणी नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
नरकान्निःसृतो देवि कुक्कुटत्वं प्रजायते ॥ततो यातो महादेवि नरयोनिं च दुर्लभाम् ॥ ६ ॥
O Goddess, he came out of hell and was born as a cock. Then, O Great Goddess, he reached a human birth, which is hard to get.
रोहिणी नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
पाण्डुरोगेण संयुक्तः पुत्रो नैव प्रजायते ॥वेश्याः कन्याः प्रजायन्ते पुत्रस्य मरणं भवेत् ॥ ७ ॥
He is struck by pandu, the pale disease. No son is born to him. His daughters become harlots. A son dies.
रोहिणी नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
तस्योपदानं वक्ष्यामि तत्सर्वं शृणु मे प्रिये ॥ॐ नमः शिवाय मन्त्रेण लक्षजाप्यं च कारयेत् ॥ ८ ॥
Dear one, I will tell the remedy. Listen to all of it. Let him have 100,000 japa (repeating a mantra) done. The mantra (sacred words) is Om namah Shivaya, which means Om, salutation to Shiva.
रोहिणी नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
पार्थिवं तिलपिष्टेन गोमयेन तथा प्रिये ॥पूजयामास विधिवद्भक्तियुक्तेन चेतसा ॥ ९ ॥
Dear one, let him make an earthen image from sesame paste and cow dung. Let him worship it by the rules, with a mind full of devotion.
रोहिणी नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
होमं वै कारयेद्देवि षडंशं दक्षिणां ततः ॥आचार्याय सुवर्णं च पूर्वपापविशुद्धये ॥ १० ॥
O Goddess, let him have a homa (fire offering) of one sixth part done. Then he gives the fee. He gives gold to the teacher to cleanse the old sin.
रोहिणी नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
कूपं खातं ततो देवि वाटिकां चैव कारयेत् ॥एवं कृते न संदेहो रोगनाशो भवेदनु ॥ ११ ॥
O Goddess, let him have a well dug and a garden made. When this is done, there is no doubt. The illness goes away after that.
रोहिणी नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
कन्यका न भवेद्देवि पुत्रश्चैव प्रजायते ॥मृतवत्सा लभेत्पुत्रं चिरंजीविनमुत्तमम् ॥ १२ ॥
O Goddess, no daughter is born, and a son is born. A mritavatsa (one whose children die young) gets a fine son who lives long.
Verse 16.8 gives 100,000 japa of Om namah Shivaya. Verses 16.9 to 16.11 add an earthen image, a homa, gold for the teacher, a well and a garden.
Verse 16.8 says it means Om, salutation to Shiva. The chapter asks for it to be repeated 100,000 times.