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Karma Vipaka Samhita · Chapter 20
मृगशिरा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
This chapter covers Mrigashira 1st pada, the first quarter of Mrigashira, the Moon's star. The book tells of Vedasharma, a Veda teacher in the Middle Country.
Classical view, not medical advice.
A blacksmith left gold with him, and he never gave it back. After death he enjoys the Sun's world for a time before a human birth. The remedy is 100,000 Gayatri japa, Durga worship, gifts of land and a Gaya shraddha.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
मृगशिरा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥यत्कृतं मानुषैः पूर्वं तच्छृणुष्व वरानने ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: Now, O Great Goddess, I will tell the result of the Moon's nakshatra (star). O lovely one, hear what people did in the past.
मृगशिरा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
मध्यदेशे पुरे शुभ्रे वसत्येको द्विजः खलु ॥ब्रह्मकर्मरतो नित्यं वेदवेदाङ्गपारगः ॥ २ ॥
In a bright city in the Middle Country lived one brahmin. He always loved the work of a brahmin. He was a master of the Vedas and their limbs.
मृगशिरा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
प्रत्यहं पाठयामास चतुर्वेदान्तविस्तरान् ॥वेदशर्मा द्विजः ख्यातस्तस्य पत्नी सुशीलका ॥ ३ ॥
Each day he taught the four Vedas, in full. The brahmin was known as Vedasharma. His wife was Sushilaka.
मृगशिरा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
प्रत्यहं पाठयेद्वेदं जीविकार्थं वरानने ॥लोहकारस्य मरणं तत्पुरेऽभूद्वरानने ॥ ४ ॥
O lovely one, he taught the Veda each day for his living. A blacksmith died in that city.
मृगशिरा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
न दत्तं तस्य वै स्वर्णं लोहकारस्य संस्थितम् ॥तत्स्वर्णं प्रत्यहं देवि बुभोज सह भार्यया ॥ ५ ॥
He did not give back the gold the blacksmith had left with him. O Goddess, he lived off that gold every day with his wife.
मृगशिरा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
एवं बहुगते काले मरणं ब्राह्मणस्य वै ॥सूर्यलोकोऽभवद्देवि यतः सूर्यस्य सेवकः ॥६॥
Much time passed, and the brahmin died. O Goddess, he went to the world of the Sun, because he served the Sun god.
मृगशिरा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
विंशद्वर्षसहस्राणि सूर्यलोकेऽवसत्प्रिये ॥ततः पुण्यक्षये जाते मर्त्यलोके च मानवः ॥ ७ ॥
Dear one, he lived in the world of the Sun for twenty thousand years. Then his merit ran out, and he became a human in the world of mortals.
मृगशिरा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
पुत्रकन्याविहीनस्तु धनधान्यसमन्वितः ॥लोहकारस्य स्वर्णं हि गृहीतं नैव दत्तवान् ॥ ८ ॥
He has no son or daughter, but he has money and grain. He took the blacksmith's gold and never gave it back.
मृगशिरा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
तेन कर्मविपाकेन लोहकारः सुतोऽभवत् ॥प्रीतिमांश्चैव सर्वेषां पितृमातृप्रियंकरः ॥ ९ ॥
By the ripening of that deed, the blacksmith was born as his son. He is loved by all, and he pleases his father and mother.
मृगशिरा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
युवरूपसमापन्नस्तदा मृत्युर्भवेदनु ॥पुनः पुत्रस्य चाभावः कन्या चैव प्रजायते ॥ १० ॥
When he reaches young manhood, death comes to him. Again there is no son, and a daughter is born.
मृगशिरा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
तत्पापस्य विशुद्ध्यर्थं प्रायश्चित्तमतः शृणु ॥गायत्रीलक्षजाप्येन दुर्गायाः पूजनेन च ॥ ११ ॥
Now hear the prayashchitta (remedy for a past wrong) to clear that sin. It is 100,000 japa (repeating a mantra) of the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant) and worship of Durga.
मृगशिरा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
दशवर्णाप्रदानेन भूमिदानेन पार्वति ॥सर्वं पापं क्षयं याति पूर्वजन्मसमुद्भवम् ॥ १२ ॥
O Parvati, let him give dashavarna (a gift of ten colours) and give land. Then all sin born in the past life is destroyed.
मृगशिरा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
गयाश्राद्धं प्रयत्नेन तदर्थं नियतः प्रिये ॥प्रयागे मकरे मासि स्नानं कुर्यात्प्रयत्नतः ॥ १३ ॥
Dear one, he should keep to the rule and do a Gaya shraddha (rite for the dead ancestors) for this. He should carefully bathe in Prayaga in the month when the Sun is in Capricorn.
मृगशिरा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
ततः पापं क्षयं याति पुनः पुत्रश्च जीवति ॥रोगाः सर्वे क्षयं यान्ति नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥१४॥
Then the sin is destroyed, and the son lives. All illnesses are destroyed. There is no need for doubt here.
Verse 20.11 gives 100,000 Gayatri japa and worship of Durga. Verses 20.12 and 20.13 add a gift of ten colours, land, a Gaya shraddha and a bath at Prayaga.
Verse 20.5 says the brahmin did not give back the gold a blacksmith had left with him. It is the book's story from a past life.