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Karma Vipaka Samhita · Chapter 3
अश्विनी नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
This chapter covers Ashvini 1st pada, the first quarter of Ashvini. The book names a past deed behind it: killing a brahmin and his son for gold.
Classical view, not medical advice.
The remedy is japa of the Gayatri and the Tryambaka mantra, five lakh times in all. Then comes a gold image of a brahmin and son, with worship and a homa. Gifts of cows and a bull and a feast for brahmins follow. The book ends with vows kept on certain days.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
॥ ईश्वर उवाच ॥शृणु देवि प्रवक्ष्यामि यत्प्रश्नं भुवि जायते ॥प्रायश्चित्तं नराणां च मेषराशिक्रमादनु ॥ १ ॥
Ishvara said: Listen, O Goddess. I will tell the answer to the question asked on earth. I will give the prayashchitta (remedy for a past wrong) for people, in order from the sign Aries.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
ब्राह्मणं स्वर्णलोभेन हत्वा चैव सपुत्रकम् ॥स्वर्णं भुक्तं सदारेण तत्तापात् पुत्रवर्जितः ॥ २ ॥
He killed a brahmin together with his son, from greed for gold. His wife shared the gold. From that sin he is without a son.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
प्रायश्चित्तं जपं देवि गायत्री त्र्यम्बकं ततः ॥पञ्चलक्षप्रमाणेन ततः पापात् प्रमुच्यते ॥ ३ ॥
The prayashchitta (remedy for a past wrong) is japa (repeating a mantra) of the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant). Then the Tryambaka mantra (sacred words). The count is five lakh (500,000). Then he is freed from that sin.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
ब्राह्मणस्य सपुत्रस्य प्रतिमां कारयेद्बुधः ॥स्वर्णं दशपलस्यैव तां संपूज्य प्रयत्नतः ॥ ४ ॥
The wise one should have an image made of a brahmin with his son. It is of gold weighing ten pala (a unit of weight). He should worship it with care.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
कुण्डं कृत्वा ततो देवि चतुरश्रं प्रसन्नधीः ॥प्रतिमां पूजयेच्चैव मन्त्रेणानेन भोः प्रिये ॥ ५ ॥
Then, O Goddess, with a cheerful mind, he should make a square fire pit. O dear one, he should worship the image with this mantra (sacred words).
अश्विनी नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
ॐ नमो गणाधिपतये गन्धपुष्पादिबलिं समर्प-यामि नमः॥ ॐ इंद्राय नमः॥ ॐ अग्नये नमः॥ॐ यमाय नमः॥ ॐ निर्ऋतये नमः॥ ॐ वरुणायनमः ॥ ॐ कुबेराय नमः ॥ ॐ कालाय नमः ॥ॐ शिवाय नमः ॥ ॐ ब्रह्मणे नमः ॥ ॐ अन-न्ताय नमः॥ ॐ गरुडवाहनाय नमः॥ ॐ विष्णवेनमः ॥ ॐ जयाय नमः ॥ ॐ विजयाय नमः ॥ॐ पुण्यशीलाय नमः ॥ ॐ सुशीलाय नमः ॥ॐ सर्वे देवास्तथा दैत्या ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वराः ॥मत्पापं यत्पुरा जातं तत्सर्वं क्षम्यतां सदा ॥ ६ ॥
Om ganadhipataye namah, gandhapushpadibalim samarpayami namah (Om, salutation to the Lord of the Ganas; I offer perfume, flowers and the like as the offering). Om indraya namah (Om, salutation to Indra). Om agnaye namah (Om, salutation to Agni, the fire). Om yamaya namah (Om, salutation to Yama (the god of death)). Om nirritaye namah (Om, salutation to Nirriti). Om varunaya namah (Om, salutation to Varuna). Om kuberaya namah (Om, salutation to Kubera). Om kalaya namah (Om, salutation to Time). Om shivaya namah (Om, salutation to Shiva). Om brahmane namah (Om, salutation to Brahma). Om anantaya namah (Om, salutation to Ananta). Om garudavahanaya namah (Om, salutation to the one who rides Garuda). Om vishnave namah (Om, salutation to Vishnu). Om jayaya namah (Om, salutation to Jaya). Om vijayaya namah (Om, salutation to Vijaya). Om punyashilaya namah (Om, salutation to Punyashila). Om sushilaya namah (Om, salutation to Sushila). All gods and demons, Brahma, Vishnu and Maheshvara: forgive always all my sin that was done in the past.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
इमां पूजां गृहाणैवं मम पुत्रं प्रयच्छतु ॥अज्ञानाद्वा प्रमादाद्वा यत्कृतं पूर्वजन्मनि ॥ ७ ॥
Accept this worship, and give me a son. Whatever I did in my past birth, from ignorance or from carelessness,
अश्विनी नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
तत्सर्वं क्षम्यतां देव प्रयच्छ शरणं मम ॥ततो नवग्रहाः सर्वे दिक्पालाश्चाप्युपग्रहाः ॥ ८ ॥
forgive all that, O God. Give me shelter. Then may the nine planets, the guardians of the directions, and the minor planets
अश्विनी नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
सर्वे ममापराधान् वै क्षम्यतां पूर्वजन्मनः ॥एवं सर्वे यथान्यायं पूजां कृत्वा विचारतः ॥ ९ ॥
all forgive my offences of the past birth. Having done the worship in this way, by the rule and with thought,
अश्विनी नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
ततो होमं प्रकुर्वीत तिलधान्यादितन्दुलैः ॥दशांशं होमयेद्देवि तर्पणं मार्जनं तथा ॥ १० ॥
He should then make a homa (fire offering) with sesame, grain and rice. O Goddess, he should offer a tenth part in the fire. Then comes tarpana (water offering to the ancestors and gods) and marjana (sprinkling).
अश्विनी नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
गोदानं च ततः कुर्यात् दशवर्णं विशेषतः ॥वृषमेकं प्रदातव्यं स्वर्णशृङ्गं सहाम्बरम् ॥ ११ ॥
Then, above all, he should make a gift of cows: a dashavarna (a gift of ten colours). One bull is to be given, with gold on its horns and with cloth.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
ततो वै ब्राह्मणान्देवि भोजयेद्विधिपूर्वकम् ॥भोजनान्ते ततो दानं सुवर्णं दक्षिणां ततः ॥१२॥
Then, O Goddess, he should feed brahmins by the rule. After the meal he should give a gift of gold as the fee.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
प्रतिमालंकृता देवि वाचकाय प्रदापयेत् ॥एवं कृते महादेवि वंशो भवति नान्यथा ॥ १३ ॥
He should have the decked image given to the reader of the scripture. When this is done, O Great Goddess, a line of descendants arises, not otherwise.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
एकादशीव्रतं चैव सप्तमीं रविसंयुताम् ॥यावत्स्वमरणं देवि कुर्यात्सत्ययुतो नरः ॥ १४ ॥
A man of truth should keep the vrata (vow of fasting and worship) of the eleventh day. He should also keep the seventh day that falls on a Sunday. He should do this until his death.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
पूर्वपापविशुद्धिः स्यात् व्याधिरेवं विनश्यति ॥१५॥
He becomes free from his past sin, and the illness is destroyed in this way.
Verse 3.3 gives japa of the Gayatri and the Tryambaka mantra, five lakh in all. Verses 3.4 to 3.12 add a gold image, a homa, gifts and a feast for brahmins.
Verse 3.2 names killing a brahmin and his son from greed for gold. This is the book's view of the deed, told as a story from a past life.