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Karma Vipaka Samhita · Chapter 22
मृगशिरा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
This chapter covers Mrigashira 3rd pada, the third quarter of Mrigashira. The book tells of Karmachandra, a rich potter of Purika on the Narmada.
Classical view, not medical advice.
In old age he took a hundred pieces of gold from a maker of winnowing baskets and spent it. After death he and his wife reach heaven through the holy place. The remedy is 100,000 japa, a homa, a tawny cow, and a gold image and silver basket for a Veda scholar.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
मृगशिरा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥नर्मदादक्षिणे तीरे पुरीका नाम वै पुरी ॥तस्यां पुर्यां विशालाक्षि कुलालो धनवानपि ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: On the south bank of the Narmada is a city named Purika. O large-eyed one, in that city lived a rich potter.
मृगशिरा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
कुलालकर्मतो देवि बहु द्रव्यमुपार्जितम् ॥कर्मचन्द्र इति ख्यातस्तस्य पत्नी च देवकी ॥ २ ॥
O Goddess, he earned much wealth from the potter's work. His name was Karmachandra, and his wife was Devaki.
मृगशिरा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
स्वकर्मनिरतो नित्यं पात्रं कृत्वा दिने दिने ॥एवं सर्वं वयो जातं वृद्धत्वं च ततोऽभवत् ॥ ३ ॥
He was always busy at his own work, making pots day after day. In this way all his youth passed, and then old age came.
मृगशिरा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
वृद्धे जाते तदा देवि दारिद्र्यत्वमजायत ॥शूर्पकारस्य वै द्रव्यं व्यवहारे गृहीतवान् ॥ ४ ॥
O Goddess, when he was old, poverty came. In a business dealing he took money from a maker of winnowing baskets.
मृगशिरा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
शतसंख्यामितं स्वर्णं व्ययं सर्वं कृतं शिवे ॥कुलालस्याभवन्मृत्युः पत्नी तस्य मृता पुरा ॥ ५ ॥
O wife of Shiva, he spent all of it, one hundred pieces of gold. The potter died, and his wife had died before him.
मृगशिरा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
नर्मदायां महादेवि तावुभौ मृत्युमापतुः ॥तत्तीर्थस्य फलाद्देवि स्वर्गलोकं गताबुभौ ॥ ६ ॥
O Great Goddess, the two died in the Narmada. By the merit of that holy place, both went to heaven.
मृगशिरा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
बहुवर्षसहस्राणि ताभ्यां भुक्तं फलं शुभम् ॥ततः पुण्यक्षये जाते मृत्युलोके च जायते ॥ ७ ॥
They enjoyed the good fruit for many thousands of years. Then their merit ran out, and they were born in the world of mortals.
मृगशिरा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
मानुषेऽपि शुभं जन्म धनधान्यसमन्वितः ॥पुनर्विवाहिता नारी पूर्वजन्मप्रसङ्गतः ॥ ८ ॥
Among humans too he has a good birth, rich in money and grain. Through a link from the past life, his wife is a woman married a second time.
मृगशिरा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
ऋणसंबन्धतो देवि पुत्रो जातस्तदा शिवे ॥सूर्पकारो महादेवि वैरुद्ध्यं बालतः कृतम् ॥ ९ ॥
O Goddess, a son was born then, from the link of a debt. O Great Goddess, he is the maker of winnowing baskets. From childhood he acts against his father.
मृगशिरा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
प्रत्यहं वसु यल्लब्धं तत्सर्वं च व्ययं तथा ॥द्यूतवेश्याप्रदानेन धनं सर्वं व्ययं गतम् ॥ १० ॥
Whatever money he gets each day is all spent. All his wealth goes on gambling and harlots.
मृगशिरा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
युवा जातो यदा देवि पुत्रकन्यासमन्वितः ॥मरणं तस्य वै जातं पुनः पुत्रो न जायते ॥ ११ ॥
O Goddess, when he is a young man with sons and daughters, death comes to him. Again a son is not born.
मृगशिरा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
अथ शान्तिं प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणु सर्वं वरानने ॥गायत्रीलक्षजाप्येन त्र्यम्बकेण तथा प्रिये ॥ १२ ॥
Now I will tell the peace rite. Listen to all of it, O lovely one. Let 100,000 japa (repeating a mantra) be done. Do it with the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant), and with the Tryambaka mantra (sacred words) too, dear one.
मृगशिरा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
कर्तव्यं कुण्डमुच्चैस्तु त्रिकोणं विधिवत्प्रिये ॥होमं च कारयेद्देवि दशांशं तर्पणं ततः ॥ १३ ॥
Dear one, a high, three-cornered fire pit must be made by the rules. O Goddess, let a homa (fire offering) of one tenth be done. Then comes the tarpana (water offering to the ancestors and gods).
मृगशिरा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
ततो वै कपिलां दद्याद्धेमशृङ्गीं सहाम्बराम् ॥एवं कृत्वा वरारोहे पुनः पुत्रः प्रजायने ॥ १४ ॥
Then let him give a tawny cow with gold-covered horns, and a cloth. O lovely one, when this is done, a son is born again.
मृगशिरा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
शूर्पकारस्य प्रतिमां पलसप्तदशस्य तु ॥सुवर्णस्यैव भो देवि रचितां वस्त्रच्छादिताम् ॥१५॥
Let him make an image of the basket maker in gold. It weighs seventeen pala (a unit of weight). It is covered with cloth.
मृगशिरा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
शूर्पं रौप्यस्य वै कुर्यात्पलषष्टिप्रमाणतः ॥प्रदद्याद्वेदविदुषे ब्राह्मणाय सुतेजसे ॥ १६ ॥
Let him make a winnowing basket in silver, weighing sixty pala (a unit of weight). Let him give it to a bright brahmin who knows the Vedas.
मृगशिरा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
तस्योद्देशेन भो देवि ऋणबन्धात्प्रमुच्यते ॥पुत्रश्च जायते देवि नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥ १७ ॥
In the name of that man, O Goddess, he is freed from the bond of debt. O Goddess, a son is born. There is no need for doubt here.
Verse 22.12 gives 100,000 japa with the Gayatri and Tryambaka mantras. Verses 22.13 to 22.16 add a homa, a tawny cow, a gold image and a silver winnowing basket.
Verses 22.4 and 22.5 say the potter took a hundred pieces of gold from a maker of winnowing baskets and spent it. The book calls the link a debt.