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Karma Vipaka Samhita · Chapter 26
आर्द्रा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
This chapter covers Ardra 3rd pada, the third quarter of Ardra. The book tells of a brahmin of Mangala town near Avanti who lived by gambling and theft and never gave a gift.
Classical view, not medical advice.
After death he passes through hell, then the births of a cat and a crow. The remedy is japa with three mantras, a homa and tarpana, and 300,000 japa. It adds worship of the tulasi plant and a gift of land.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
आर्द्रा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥अवन्तीनगरी नाम्ना ततः क्रोशद्वयोपरि ॥अग्निकोणे महादेवि मङ्गलं नाम वै पुरम् ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: O Great Goddess, there is a town named Mangala. It is two krosha (a measure of distance) beyond the city of Avanti, to the south-east.
आर्द्रा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
तस्मिन् ग्रामे वसत्येको ब्राह्मणो द्यूततत्परः ॥अन्ये तु बहवस्तत्र वसन्ति सुद्विजोत्तमाः ॥ २ ॥
One brahmin lives in that village. He is devoted to gambling. Many other excellent brahmins live there too.
आर्द्रा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
मद्यपानरतो नित्यं चौरविद्यासु तत्परः ॥परस्त्रीलम्पटो देवि वेश्यायां निरतः सदा ॥ ३ ॥
O Goddess, he is always devoted to drinking and to the arts of thieves. He lusts after other men's wives and is always fond of harlots.
आर्द्रा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
प्रत्यहं स च भो देवि द्विजरूपो नराधमः ॥चौरत्वाद्द्रव्यमुत्पाद्य नैव दानं समाचरेत् ॥ ४ ॥
O Goddess, every day he looks like a brahmin but is the lowest of men. He gets wealth by theft and never gives a gift.
आर्द्रा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
एवं बहुदिने याते तस्य मृत्युर्बभूव ह ॥नरके पातयामास यमदूतो यमाज्ञया ॥ ५ ॥
Many days passed in this way, and he died. By the order of Yama (the god of death), Yama's messenger threw him into hell.
आर्द्रा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
सप्ततिर्वै सहस्राणि रौरवे परिपच्यते ॥महाकष्टं लभेद्देवि क्रमिसूचीमुखादिभिः ॥ ६ ॥
For seventy thousand years he is cooked in Raurava. O Goddess, he suffers great pain from worms, needle-mouthed creatures and others.
आर्द्रा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
पुनः कर्मवशाद्देवि नरकान्निर्गतो यदा ॥बिडालकाकयोनिं च तदा प्राप्तो द्वयं हि च ॥ ७ ॥
By the force of his deeds, O Goddess, he came out of hell. Then he got two births, a cat and a crow.
आर्द्रा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
योनिद्वयफलं भुक्तं मानुषत्वं ततो लभेत् ॥मध्यदेशे वरारोहे ततः पीडा महत्यपि ॥ ८ ॥
He ate the fruit of the two births, and then got a human birth. In the Middle Country, O lovely one, great suffering follows.
आर्द्रा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
वंशच्छेदो भवेद्देवि पूर्वकर्मविपाकतः ॥तस्योपरि विशालाक्षि शांतिं शृणु वरानने ॥ ९ ॥
O Goddess, his family line is cut off, from the ripening of his past deeds. O large-eyed one, now listen to the peace rite for this.
आर्द्रा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
गायत्रीजातवेदाभ्यां त्र्यम्बकेण यथाविधि ॥जपं वै कारयामास हवनं तर्पणं तथा ॥ १० ॥
Let him have japa (repeating a mantra) done by the rules. The mantras are the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant), Jatavedas (a name of the fire god) and Tryambaka. Let the homa (fire offering) and the tarpana (water offering to the ancestors and gods) be done too.
आर्द्रा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
लक्षत्रयं जपेद्देवि पूर्वपापविशुद्धये ॥ततो वै पूजयेद्देवि तुलसीं शुद्धरूपिणीम् ॥ ११ ॥
O Goddess, let him do 300,000 japa (repeating a mantra) to clear the old sin. Then, O Goddess, let him worship the pure tulasi (holy basil) plant.
आर्द्रा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
पूजयेद्विविधैश्चान्नैर्धूपनैवेद्यदीपकैः ॥भूमिदानं ततो देवि यथाशक्ति प्रदापयेत् ॥ १२ ॥
Let him worship with many kinds of food, incense, food offerings and lamps. Then, O Goddess, let him give land as he is able.
आर्द्रा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
एवं कृते महादेवि सर्वरोगक्षयो भवेत् ॥पुत्रश्च जायते देवि वन्ध्यात्वं च प्रणश्यति ॥ १३ ॥
O Great Goddess, when this is done, all illness is destroyed. A son is born, and the state of being a vandhya (a woman who cannot bear children) is destroyed.
Verse 26.10 gives japa with three mantras, a homa and tarpana. Verses 26.11 and 26.12 add 300,000 japa, tulasi worship and a gift of land.
Verse 26.1 sets it in the town of Mangala, two krosha beyond Avanti to the south-east.