Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 2 · Ashvini and the Four Quarters
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
सज्वरा दीर्घनेत्रा सा कुक्षिरोगेण पीडिता ॥इति श्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य महादेवप्रिया शिवा ॥ १३ ॥
She has fever and long eyes, and she is troubled by a disease of the belly. Hearing his words, Parvati, beloved of Mahadeva,
Classical view, not medical advice.
प्रणम्य पार्वती देवी शङ्करं परमेश्वरम् ॥
bowed to Shankara, the supreme lord. She spoke to the god, the supreme teacher of all that moves and does not move.
प्राणिनां केवलं कर्म तव मायाविचेष्टितम् ॥
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?
तत्सर्वं कृपया देव वद मे परमेश्वर ॥
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…