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Check free →Then Shiva tells the story of Narahari, a brahmin who killed a friend for gold. After death he passes through hell and several births, and the book links this to his later troubles. Parvati asks how deeds can be known, and Shiva lists many deeds with the results the book gives them.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
अश्विन्याः प्रथमे पादे यदा जन्म प्रजायते ॥तदा ब्राह्मणवर्णोऽयं मध्यदेशसमुद्भवः ॥ १ ॥
When birth happens in the first charana (quarter of a star) of Ashvini, this one is of the brahmin class. He is born in the Middle Country.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
द्वितीयचरणे देवि पुरा क्षत्री न चान्यथा ॥अयोध्यापुरतः पूर्वे पुत्रकन्याविवर्जितः ॥ २ ॥
In the second charana (quarter of a star), O Goddess, he was a kshatriya (warrior class) in the past. It is not otherwise. East of the city of Ayodhya, he is without son or daughter.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
Verse 2.20 says deeds bring bad, good or mixed fruit. Verse 2.21 places the mixed fruit in the world of mortals.
Verse 2.6 names Narahari, the son of a learned brahmin, and verse 2.7 says he fell from a brahmin's duties. Verse 2.9 says he killed a brahmin friend and his son from greed for gold, and the book links this deed to his later birth.
In the third charana (quarter of a star), O Goddess, he is born of the vaishya (trader class). He is sick and of a poor complexion. He is mritavatsa (one whose children die young) and impotent.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
चतुर्थचरणे देवि यदा भवति मानवः ॥तदा शूद्रं विजानीयाद्रोगवान् मृतवत्सकः ॥श्यामलः पुष्टदेहश्च कुष्ठरोगेण पीडितः ॥ ४ ॥
In the fourth charana (quarter of a star), O Goddess, a man is born. Know him to be a shudra (servant class). He is sick, and his children die. He is dark and well built. He is troubled by a skin disease.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
॥ शिव उवाच ॥अथ कर्म प्रवक्ष्यामि यत्कृतं ब्राह्मणादिभिः ॥एको ब्राह्मणवेदज्ञो गुणरूपसमन्वितः ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: Now I will tell the deed done by brahmins and others. There was one brahmin, learned in the Vedas, with good qualities and looks.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
तस्य पत्नी विशालाक्षी पुंश्चली क्षत्रवंशजा ॥तस्यां पुत्रो भवेद्देवि नाम्ना नरहरिस्तदा ॥ २ ॥
His wife was wide-eyed, unfaithful, born of a warrior family. O Goddess, a son was born of her, named Narahari.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
ब्रह्मकर्मपरिभ्रष्टो व्याधिभिः पीडितः सदा ॥तस्य मित्रं द्विजोऽप्येको धनपुत्रैश्च संयुतः ॥ ३ ॥
He fell from a brahmin's duties and was always troubled by illness. He had a friend, also a brahmin, who had wealth and sons.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
नामतो लग्नशर्मेति निकटे तस्य चागतः ॥आदरं बहुधा कृत्वा स्वर्णं दृष्ट्वा प्रहर्षितः ॥ ४ ॥
The friend, named Lagnasharma, came to him. Narahari treated him with great respect. He saw the gold and was delighted.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
स्वर्णलोभेन तं विप्रं हतवान् पुत्रसंयुतम् ॥स्वर्णं सर्वं हृतं देवि व्ययं कृत्वा दिने दिने ॥ ५ ॥
From greed for gold he killed that brahmin together with his son. O Goddess, he spent all the stolen gold, day by day.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
षडंशैर्गुप्तदानं च गङ्गायमुनसंगमे ॥चकार तद्धनैर्भक्त्या विष्णुप्रीतिकरं तदा ॥ ६ ॥
With a sixth part of that wealth he made a secret gift at the meeting of the Ganga and Yamuna. He did it with devotion, and it pleased Vishnu.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
एवं बहुगते काले पत्नी तस्य मृता पुरा ॥पश्चात्सोऽपि ग्रहग्रस्तो मृत्युं प्राप्नोति दुर्जनः ॥ ७ ॥
After a long time his wife died first. Then that wicked man was also seized by an evil spirit and died.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
निक्षिप्तो नरके घोरे यमदूतैर्यमाज्ञया ॥युगसप्ततिपर्यन्तं भुक्त्वा नरकयातनाम् ॥ ८ ॥
By the order of Yama (the god of death), his messengers threw him into a dreadful hell. He suffered the pains of hell for seventy yugas (ages).
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
नरकान्निःसृतो देवि शृगालो गहने वने ॥तत्स्थो निजफलं भुक्त्वा कृमियोनावभूत्पुनः ॥ ९ ॥
O Goddess, he came out of hell as a jackal in a deep forest. He lived out his fruit there. Then he was born again as a worm.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
पुनर्मानुषयोनिः स तूर्णं च प्रथिते कुले ॥मध्यदेशे शुभे ग्रामे मृतवत्सो ह्यपुत्रकः ॥ १० ॥
Then he took a human birth again, quickly, in a famous family, in a good village of the Middle Country. He is mritavatsa (one whose children die young) and has no son.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
रुग्णो बहुधनाढ्यश्च गौडो मांसप्रियः सदा ॥तस्य भार्या महालुब्धा पुरा लोकमती च या ॥ ११ ॥
He is sick but very rich. He is from the Gauda country and always fond of meat. His wife is very greedy. She was Lokamati before.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
पुनर्विवाहिता देवि पूर्वजन्मप्रसंगतः ॥मासि पुष्पं भवेत्तस्याः संतानं नैव वा भवेत् ॥१२॥
O Goddess, she was married again because of the link from her past life. She has her monthly flow, but she may have no child at all.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
सज्वरा दीर्घनेत्रा सा कुक्षिरोगेण पीडिता ॥
She has fever and long eyes, and she is troubled by a disease of the belly. Hearing his words, Parvati, beloved of Mahadeva,
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
प्रणम्य पार्वती देवी शङ्करं परमेश्वरम् ॥उवाच वचनं देवं चराचरगुरुं परम् ॥ १४ ॥
bowed to Shankara, the supreme lord. She spoke to the god, the supreme teacher of all that moves and does not move.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
प्राणिनां केवलं कर्म तव मायाविचेष्टितम् ॥शुभमेवाऽशुभं चैव कथं जानामि पूर्वजम् ॥ १५ ॥
The deeds of beings are only the play of your maya (the power of illusion). How can I know the good and bad from the past?
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
तत्सर्वं कृपया देव वद मे परमेश्वर ॥॥ ईश्वर उवाच ॥त्रिविधं प्राणिनां कर्म नृणां चैव स्वभावजम् ॥अनिष्टमिष्टं मिश्रं च त्रिविधं कर्मणः फलम् ॥१६॥
O Lord, supreme master, tell me all that by your grace. Ishvara said: People's deeds are of three kinds, born of their own nature. Their fruit is bad, good, or mixed.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
अनिष्टं नागलोके च नरके विविधे तथा ॥इष्टं स्वर्गे फलं देवि मिश्रं मर्त्ये प्रजायते ॥ १७ ॥
The bad fruit is in the world of the serpents and in the many hells. O Goddess, the good fruit is in heaven. The mixed fruit is born in the world of mortals.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
रोगतश्चेष्टया देवि ज्ञेयं सर्वं शुभाशुभम् ॥राजयोगी भवेद्यस्तु ब्रह्महा पूर्वजन्मनि ॥ १८ ॥
Know all good and bad from the illness and from the person's acts. A man with consumption was a killer of a brahmin in his past life.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
पुत्रकन्याविहीनो यो गोत्रहा गुरुहा भवेत् ॥पाण्डुरोगी नरो यस्तु देवपूजनवर्जितः ॥ १९ ॥
One without sons and daughters killed a kinsman or his teacher. A man with a pale-skin sickness never worshipped the gods.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
कन्यापत्यं भवेद्यस्य वेदनिन्दा कृता तदा ॥कन्याघाती पक्षिघाती तस्य भार्या न जीवति ॥२०॥
One who has only daughters once spoke against the Vedas. One who killed a girl or a bird: his wife does not live.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
भ्रातृहा यः पुरा देवि स ज्वरेण प्रपीडितः ॥घण्टावादित्रहारी च कररोगी नरो भवेत् ॥ २१ ॥
One who killed a brother earlier, O Goddess, is tormented by fever. A thief of bells and musical instruments becomes a man with a hand disease.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
भगिनीनाशनं देवि कृतं यैः पूर्वजन्मनि ॥तेन पापेन भो देवि ते ज्वरेण प्रपीडिताः ॥ २२ ॥
O Goddess, those who killed a sister in a past life are tormented by fever because of that sin.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
मित्रद्रोही बालघाती पशुघाती तथैव च ॥तत्फलेन महादेवि मृतवत्सश्च रोगवान् ॥ २३ ॥
A betrayer of friends, a killer of children, and a killer of animals: from that fruit, O Great Goddess, he is mritavatsa (one whose children die young) and sick.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
कायाघाती गर्भपाती धनपुस्तकहारकः ॥जन्मान्धो जायते देवि नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥२४॥
One who kills a living body is born blind. So is one who causes a miscarriage, and one who steals wealth and books. There is no need to doubt this.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
वस्त्रहा भूमिहारी च परनिन्दापरस्तथा ॥तेन पापेन भो देवि दरिद्रो जायते नरः ॥ २५ ॥
A thief of clothes, a thief of land, and one who speaks ill of others: by that sin, O Goddess, a man is born poor.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
गोत्रदारापहारी च दीर्घरोगी भवेन्नरः ॥महिषीपुत्रघाती च कम्परोगी प्रजायते ॥ २६ ॥
One who takes a kinsman's wife has a long illness. One who kills the calf of a buffalo is born with a trembling disease.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
निर्बीजं वृषभं यो वै प्रकरोति नराधमः ॥षण्ढः संजायते देवि मूत्रकृच्छ्री भवेत्ततः ॥ २७ ॥
A vile man who makes a bull unable to breed is born impotent, O Goddess. After that he has painful passing of urine.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
मातृहा पितृहा देवि महाकुष्ठी नरो भवेत् ॥अगम्यागमनं यस्तु वीरयोषागमं तथा ॥ २८ ॥
A killer of his mother or father, O Goddess, becomes a man with a severe skin disease. One who goes to a forbidden woman, or to a hero's wife,
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
करोति योऽधमस्तस्य शरीरं ज्वरपीडितम् ॥गोवधी जायते देवि श्वेतकुष्ठी नरः सदा ॥ २९ ॥
that low man's body is tormented by fever. A cow-killer is always born with white patches on the skin.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
कन्यकागमनं यस्तु करोति हठतः पुरा ॥तेन पापेन भो देवि रोगवान् धनवर्जितः ॥ ३० ॥
One who in the past forced himself on a maiden: by that sin, O Goddess, he is sick and has no wealth.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
पुष्पगन्धापहारी च मुखे तस्य विगन्धता ॥घृतहारी भवेत्कुष्ठी तस्मात् भ्रष्टः कृमिर्भवेत् ॥३१॥
A thief of flowers and perfumes has foul breath from the mouth. A thief of ghee has a skin disease. Fallen from that, he becomes a worm.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
वृक्षगन्धापहारी च काकः संजायते नरः ॥वापीकूपापहारी च दद्रुरोगी भवेन्नरः ॥ ३२ ॥
A thief of trees and perfumes becomes a crow. A thief of wells and stepwells gets a ringworm disease.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
देवयात्रापहारी च कण्ठरोगी भवेन्नरः ॥सारंगगीतघाती च वने दावाग्निदाहकः ॥ ३३ ॥
A thief of a god's procession gets a throat disease. One who kills the sarang (deer) lured by song, and one who sets a forest on fire,
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
अक्षिरोगी नासिकायां व्रणी कृमिसमाकुलः ॥तैलहारी भवेत्तैली गुडहारी ज्वरी सदा ॥ ३४ ॥
gets an eye disease and a sore in the nose, and is full of worms. A thief of oil becomes an oil-presser. A thief of jaggery is always feverish.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
स्वर्णरौप्यापहारी च नरो भवति पुत्रहा ॥दासदासीहरो यस्तु नरो भवति कर्णरुक् ॥ ३५ ॥
A thief of gold and silver becomes a killer of his own son. One who steals slaves and maidservants gets pain in the ear.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
लोहमौल्यापहारी च पाण्डुरोगी भवेन्नरः ॥दधिदुग्धहरो यस्तु कुक्षिरोगी भवेन्नरः ॥ ३६ ॥
A thief of the price of iron gets a pale-skin sickness. One who steals curd and milk gets a disease of the belly.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
मार्गग्राही वस्त्रहारी बाहुरोगी प्रजायते ॥मयूरकुक्कुटानां च कच्छपानां च बाधकः ॥ ३७ ॥
A highway robber and thief of clothes is born with an arm disease. One who harms peacocks, hens and tortoises
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
वातरोगी च खञ्जश्च जन्म जन्म नपुंसकः ॥मद्यपी मांसभोगी च मत्स्यभोजी तथैव च ॥ ३८ ॥
gets a wind disease and lameness, and is impotent birth after birth. A drinker of wine, an eater of meat, and an eater of fish
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
तेन पापप्रभावेण चर्मकारो हि जायते ॥अन्नहा जलहा चैव दन्तरोगी भवेन्नरः ॥ ३९ ॥
is born a leatherworker by the force of that sin. A thief of food or water gets a tooth disease.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
ब्राह्मणस्य गृहं यस्तु धनधान्यसमन्वितम् ॥हरणं तस्य वै कुर्यान्मृगीरोगी भवेन्नरः ॥ ४० ॥
One who robs a brahmin's house, rich in wealth and grain, gets epilepsy.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
एवं बहुविधो रोगो नराणां चैव जायते ॥पूर्वकर्मफलं चैव भुज्यते खलु मानवैः ॥ ४१ ॥
In this way many kinds of illness come to people. Humans reap the fruit of their past deeds.