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Karma Vipaka Samhita · Chapter 17
रोहिणी नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
This chapter covers Rohini 2nd pada, the second quarter of Rohini. The book tells of Vasudeva, a Veda master of Vaimanika city on the north bank of the Ganga.
Classical view, not medical advice.
He enjoyed wealth his wife gained through sin, and both reach heaven for a time. The remedy is 100,000 japa with the Tryambaka mantra and a gold image of Shiva. It ends with a feast for a hundred brahmins and a bath at Prayaga in Magha.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
रोहिणी नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥द्वितीयचरणं देवि रोहिण्याः शृणु विस्तरम् ॥गङ्गाया उत्तरे कूले पुरं वैमानिकं शुभम् ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: O Goddess, listen in full to the second charana (quarter of a star) of Rohini. On the north bank of the Ganga is a fine city called Vaimanika.
रोहिणी नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
वासुदेवश्च नाम्ना हि ब्राह्मणो वेदपारगः ॥लीलावर्ती पवित्रा च तस्य पत्नी शुभा तथा ॥ २ ॥
A brahmin named Vasudeva lived there, a master of the Vedas. His wife was Lilavati, pure and fair.
रोहिणी नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
युवती रूपसंपन्ना स्वैरिणी च सदा प्रिये ॥बहु द्रव्यं तया लब्धं परपुंसप्रसंगतः ॥ ३ ॥
Dear one, she was young and beautiful, and always did as she pleased. She got much wealth through being with other men.
रोहिणी नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
पापादुपार्जितं द्रव्यं भुज्यते पतिना सह ॥गङ्गार्यां मरणं तस्य विप्रस्य भार्यया सह ॥ ४ ॥
The wealth gained by sin was enjoyed by her husband too. That brahmin died in the Ganga with his wife.
रोहिणी नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
स्वर्गवासो हि दम्पत्योः षष्टिवर्षसहस्रकम् ॥ततः पुण्यक्षये जाते मर्त्यलोके वरानने ॥ ५ ॥
The couple lived in heaven for sixty thousand years. Then their merit ran out. O lovely one, they came to the world of mortals.
रोहिणी नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
धनधान्यसमायुक्तो धर्मे मतिरथाधिका ॥पुत्राश्च बहवस्तेषां मरणं चैव जायते ॥ ६ ॥
He is rich in money and grain, and his mind leans more toward duty. Many sons are born to them, and they die.
रोहिणी नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
कन्यका विविधास्तासां मृत्युश्चैव प्रजायते ॥पुनश्च तस्य हानिश्च बहुरोगः प्रजायते ॥ ७ ॥
Many daughters are born, and they die too. Then he suffers loss again, and he has much illness.
रोहिणी नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
तस्य शान्तिं प्रवक्ष्यामि यत्कृतं पूर्वजन्मनि ॥त्र्यम्बकेति च मन्त्रेण लक्षजाप्यं च कारयेत् ॥ ८ ॥
I will tell the remedy for what he did in his past life. Let him have 100,000 japa (repeating a mantra) done with the Tryambaka mantra (sacred words).
रोहिणी नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
देवस्य प्रतिमां कृत्वा पूजयेच्चैव शास्त्रतः ॥सुवर्णस्य शिवं कुर्यात् पलपञ्चप्रमाणकम् ॥ ९ ॥
Let him make an image of the god and worship it by the rules. Let him make a Shiva of gold, weighing five pala (a unit of weight).
रोहिणी नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
धूपैर्दीपैश्च नैवेद्यैर्मन्त्रेणानेन पूजयेत् ॥ ॐ ह्रौंह्रीं जूं सः हराय नमः इति प्रतिमास्थापनम् ॥रौप्यपात्रे ॐ ह्रौं ह्रीं जूं सः महेश्वराय नमः ॥जूं सः पिनाकधृते नमः इति स्पृश्यावाहनं च ॥आवाहये महादेव देवदेव सनातन ॥ इमां पूजांगृहाण त्वं मम पापं व्यपोहतु ॥ ॐ ह्रौं ह्रीं जूंसः यं रं लं वं शं षं सं हं क्षं सोऽहं शङ्करस्य सर्वे-न्द्रियवाङ्मनश्चक्षुःश्रोत्रजिह्वाघ्राण इहागत्य इहजीवस्थितिं सुखं चिरं तिष्ठन्तु इति प्राणप्र-तिष्ठां विधाय शिवं ध्यायन् पूजयेत् ॥ ॐ ह्रौंह्रीं जूं सः पशुपतये नमः इति पंचामृतेन स्ना-नम् ॥ ॐ ह्रौं ह्रीं जूं सः शिवाय नमः इति चन्द-नादिभिः पूजनम् ॥ ॐ ह्रौं ह्रीं जूं सः महादेवायनमः ॥ इति विसर्जनम् ॥गोदानं च ततः कुर्यात्कृष्णां च कपिलां ततः ॥विप्राय वेदविदुषे सुवर्णं दक्षिणां ततः ॥ १० ॥
Let him worship with incense, lamps and food offerings, using this mantra (sacred words). To set up the image he says: Om hraum hrim jum sah haraya namah. This means: Om, salutation to Hara. In a silver bowl he says: Om hraum hrim jum sah maheshvaraya namah. This means: Om, salutation to the Great Lord. He gathers the incense and other things and sets them down. Touching the image, he calls the god: Om hraum hrim jum sah pinakadhrite namah. This means: Om, salutation to the holder of the bow. Then he says: Come, O Mahadeva, god of gods, the eternal one. Take this worship, and wipe out my sin. Then he says: Om hraum hrim jum sah yam ram lam vam sham sham sam ham ksham soham. Let all the senses of Shankara, his speech, mind, eye, ear, tongue and nose, come here. Let life stay here in comfort for a long time. Having given the image life in this way, he thinks of Shiva and worships. For the bath with the five nectars he says: Om hraum hrim jum sah pashupataye namah. This means: Om, salutation to the Lord of beasts. For worship with sandalwood and the rest he says: Om hraum hrim jum sah shivaya namah. This means: Om, salutation to Shiva. For the farewell he says: Om hraum hrim jum sah mahadevaya namah. This means: Om, salutation to Mahadeva. Then let him give cows, a black one and a tawny one. Then let him give gold as the fee to a brahmin who knows the Vedas. (Our text is unclear here: one word in the life-giving line may be read another way.)
रोहिणी नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
प्रदक्षिणां ततः कुर्याद्विप्रस्येशानरूपिणः ॥शतसंख्यद्विजांश्चैव भोजयित्वा विसर्जयेत् ॥ ११ ॥
Then let him walk around the brahmin, who stands as Shiva. Let him feed one hundred brahmins and then send them off.
रोहिणी नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
प्रयागे मकरे माघे पत्न्या सह वरानने ॥स्नानं कुर्याच्च भो देवि व्रतमेकादशीं चरेत् ॥ १२ ॥
O lovely one, in Prayaga, in the month of Magha, when the Sun is in Capricorn, he bathes. His wife bathes with him. O Goddess, let him keep the vrata (vow of fasting and worship) of Ekadashi (the eleventh lunar day).
रोहिणी नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
एवं कृते न संदेहो रोगनाशश्च जायते ॥पुत्रं चापि लभेद्देवि चिरंजीविनमुत्तमम् ॥ १३ ॥
When this is done, there is no doubt. The illness goes away. O Goddess, he also gets a fine son who lives long.
रोहिणी नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
यद्येवं न प्रकुरुते सप्तजन्मस्वपुत्रकः ॥ १४ ॥
If he does not do this, he has no son for seven births.
Verse 17.8 gives 100,000 Tryambaka japa, and verse 17.9 a gold Shiva of five pala. Verses 17.11 and 17.12 add a feast for a hundred brahmins and a bath at Prayaga in Magha.
Verse 17.12 names Prayaga in the month of Magha, when the Sun is in Capricorn. The wife bathes with the husband, and the Ekadashi vrata is kept.