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Karma Vipaka Samhita · Chapter 24
आर्द्रा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
This chapter covers Ardra 1st pada, the first quarter of Ardra, the star of Rudra. The book tells of Kubera, a dyer of Avanti who left his faithful wife for a brahmin woman.
Classical view, not medical advice.
He gave a little in charity where the Ganga and the Yamuna meet. After death he enjoys Satyaloka for a time. The remedy is a hundred thousand Gayatri japa, a homa and tarpana. A gift goes to a Veda scholar, with a cow the colour of gold.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
आर्द्रा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥अथातः संप्रवक्ष्यामि रौद्रनक्षत्रजं फलम् ॥येन कर्मविपाकेन मृत्युलोके च भुज्यते ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: Now I will tell the result of the Raudra nakshatra (star), the star of Rudra (a fierce form of Shiva). I will tell by what ripening of deeds people reap it in the world of mortals.
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अवन्तीपुर्य्यां भो देवि रङ्गकारश्च तिष्ठति ॥वस्त्राणि रङ्गयन्नित्यं स्वधर्मं पालयेत्सदा ॥ २ ॥
O Goddess, in the city of Avanti lives a dyer. He dyes cloth every day and always keeps his own duty.
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कुबेर इति तन्नाम लीलानाम्नी च तत्प्रिया ॥पतिव्रता च सा देवि रङ्गकारश्च तां त्यजन् ॥ ३ ॥
His name was Kubera, and his beloved was named Lila. O Goddess, she was faithful to her husband, but the dyer left her.
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ब्राह्मणीं रमते चैकां पापप्रीतिं समुद्वहन् ॥त्यक्त्वा पतिव्रता भार्यां ब्राह्मणीं प्रीतितोऽभजत् ॥४॥
He enjoyed one brahmin woman, with a love for sin. He left his faithful wife and went to the brahmin woman out of love.
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द्रव्यं च संचितं तेन रङ्गकारेण वै शिवे ॥भूमिमध्ये च तद्द्रव्यं कृतं तेन च सुन्दरि ॥ ५ ॥
O wife of Shiva, that dyer gathered wealth. O lovely one, he buried that wealth in the ground.
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किञ्चिद्दानं कृतं तेन गङ्गायमुनसंगमे ॥मरणं तस्य वै जातं सा च भार्या विवाहिता ॥ ६ ॥
He gave a little in charity where the Ganga and the Yamuna meet. He died. That wife was his wedded wife.
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तत्पुरे च सती जाता लीलानाम पतिव्रता ॥सत्यलोकं गतः सोऽपि लक्षद्वयमितं प्रिये ॥ ७ ॥
In that city the faithful Lila became a sati (a wife who dies with her husband). Dear one, he too went to Satyaloka (the world of truth) for 200,000 years.
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पुनः पुण्यक्षये जाते मनुष्योऽभूत्सदाशिवे ॥मध्यलोके च विख्यातो धनधान्यसमन्वितः ॥ ८ ॥
When his merit ran out, he became human again, O ever-auspicious one. He is famous in the middle world, rich in money and grain.
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पुत्राश्च बहवो जाताः कोऽपि तेषु न जीवति ॥शरीरे च ज्वरोत्पत्तिः खञ्जत्वं चरणे तथा ॥ ९ ॥
Many sons were born, and not one of them lives. Fever arises in his body, and lameness in his foot.
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ब्राह्मणीगमनं देवि पूर्वजन्मनि वै कृतम् ॥तेन पापेन भो देवि पुत्रस्तस्य न जीवति ॥ १० ॥
O Goddess, going to a brahmin woman was done in a past life. By that sin, O Goddess, his son does not live.
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अस्य शान्तिं प्रवक्ष्यामि तां शृणुष्व वरानने ॥दशायुतं जपेद्देवि गायत्रीं वेदमातरम् ॥ ११ ॥
I will tell the peace rite for this. Listen to it, O lovely one. O Goddess, let him do japa (repeating a mantra) a hundred thousand (ten times ten thousand) times. The mantra is the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant), the mother of the Vedas.
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हवनं तद्दशांशेन तर्पणं मार्जनं तथा ॥षडंशं चैव दानं वै दद्याद्वेदविदे शिवे ॥ १२ ॥
Then the homa (fire offering) is one tenth of it. Add tarpana (water offering to the ancestors and gods) and marjana (sprinkling). O wife of Shiva, let him give one sixth part as a gift to one who knows the Vedas.
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ब्राह्मणान् भोजयेत्पश्चाच्छर्करापायसेन च ॥गामेकां विधिवद्द्याद्धेमवर्णां सुभूषिताम् ॥ १३ ॥
After that let him feed brahmins with sugar and milk-rice. Let him give, by the rules, one cow the colour of gold, well decorated.
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एवं कृते न संदेहो बहुपुत्रश्च जायते ॥रोगस्यैव विमुक्तिः स्यान्नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥१४॥
When this is done, there is no doubt. He gets many sons. He is freed from the illness. There is no need for doubt here.
Verse 24.11 gives a hundred thousand Gayatri japa. Verses 24.12 and 24.13 add a homa of one tenth, tarpana, a gift of one sixth part to a Veda scholar and a feast of milk-rice.
Verse 24.1 calls it the Raudra nakshatra, the star of Rudra. The chapter covers its first quarter.