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Karma Vipaka Samhita · Chapter 30
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
This chapter covers Punarvasu 3rd pada, the third quarter of Punarvasu. The book tells of a barber of Avanti who killed a rich merchant for his gold.
Classical view, not medical advice.
Later he spent a month at Prayaga in Makara, bathing each dawn and giving a cow and a bull. After death he passes through hell and animal births. The remedy is 500,000 japa, the Harivamsha, the Chandi, a homa and a gold image of the merchant.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥पुर्यामवन्तिकायां वै नापितो वसति प्रिये ॥स्वकर्मणः परिभ्रष्टः कृषिकर्मरतः सदा ॥१॥
Shiva said: In the city of Avanti lives a barber, dear one. He fell away from his own work and was always busy at farming.
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
पत्नी तस्य महादेवि परपुंसि रता सदा ॥कर्कशा नाम विख्याता दर्दुरा नाम नामतः ॥ २ ॥
His wife, O great Goddess, was always fond of other men. She was famous as harsh, and was named Dardura.
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
एकस्मिन् दिवसे देवि वैश्यो धनसमन्वितः ॥स्वर्णकोटिं च संगृह्य निकटे तस्य चागतः ॥ ३ ॥
One day a merchant rich in wealth came near him. He had gathered a koti (ten million) of gold.
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
नापितेन ततो देवि वैश्यो धनसमन्वितः ॥अर्द्धरात्रे गते काले ततः खड्गेन वै हतः ॥ ४ ॥
Then, O Goddess, at midnight the barber killed that rich merchant with a sword.
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
द्रव्यं सर्वं गृहीत्वा तु तां पुरीं च ततस्त्यजन् ॥सर्वं स्वर्णं व्ययीकृत्वा न दानं च कृतं क्वचित् ॥५॥
He took all the wealth and left that city. He spent all the gold and gave nothing anywhere.
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
एकदा समये देवि नापितेन सह स्त्रिया ॥प्रयागे मकरे मासि मासमेकं निरन्तरम् ॥ ६ ॥
Once, O Goddess, the barber and his wife were at Prayaga. It was the month of Makara, and they stayed a whole month without a break.
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
प्रत्यहं क्रियते स्नानं प्रातःकाले सदाशिवे ॥गोदानं च कृतं तेन वृषभं स्वर्णभूषितम् ॥ ७ ॥
Every day at dawn, O ever-auspicious one, he bathed. He also gave a gift of a cow and a bull decorated with gold.
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
ततो वै मरणं तस्य नापितस्य सुरेश्वरि ॥निर्जले तस्य भो देवि चोपले पथि मध्यगे ॥ ८ ॥
Then the barber died, O Queen of gods. He died on a stony road with no water, in the middle of the way.
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
यमदूतैर्महादेवि नरके नाम कर्दमे ॥क्षिप्तो यमाज्ञया वर्षसहस्रं षष्टिसंमितम् ॥ ९ ॥
By the order of Yama (the god of death), O Goddess, his messengers threw him into a hell. It is called Kardama (mud). He stayed there sixty thousand years.
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
नरकान्निर्गतो देवि व्याघ्रयोनिस्ततोऽभवत् ॥पुनर्महिषयोनिं च मानुषत्वं ततो गतः ॥ १० ॥
Coming out of hell, he was born a tiger. Then he was a buffalo, and then he reached human birth.
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
ऋक्षे पुनर्वसौ देवि तृतीयचरणे वरे ॥प्रातःस्नानफलं देवि नृपवंशसमुद्भवः ॥ ११ ॥
He was born in the star Punarvasu, in the good third quarter, O Goddess. By the fruit of his morning baths, he came from a royal family.
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
मध्यदेशे वरारोहे सरय्वा उत्तरे तटे ॥महाधनेन संयुक्तश्चौराणां कर्मकारकः ॥ १२ ॥
In the Middle Country, on the north bank of the Sarayu river, O fair one, he has great wealth. He does work for thieves.
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
पत्नी तस्य भवेद्वन्ध्या मृतवत्सा सुतायुता ॥कफरोगसमायुक्ता ज्वरेणैव प्रपीडिता ॥ १३ ॥
His wife is a vandhya (a woman who cannot bear children). Or she is a mritavatsa (one whose children die young), or a mother of a daughter. She has a phlegm disease. Fever presses her.
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
मित्रस्यैव वधः पूर्वं नापितेन यतः कृतः ॥तेन् कर्मफलेनैव महारोगसमुद्भवः ॥ १४ ॥
Because the barber killed a friend before, a great disease arises from the fruit of that deed.
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
पुत्रोऽपि जायते देवि तस्य मृत्युर्भवेत् किल ॥शान्तिं तस्य प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणु देवि समासतः ॥१५॥
A son is born too, O Goddess, but he dies. I will tell the remedy for him. Hear in short, O Goddess.
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
गायत्रीमूलमन्त्रेण पञ्चलक्षजपो यदा ॥तदा पापं क्षयं याति पूर्वजन्मनि यत्कृतम् ॥ १६ ॥
Five hundred thousand japa (repeating a mantra) is done with the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant) root mantra (sacred words). Then the wrong done in the past life is destroyed.
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
हरिवंशस्य श्रवणं चण्डीपाठं शिवार्चनम् ॥विधिवद्देवि कर्तव्यं पापं सर्वं विनश्यति ॥ १७ ॥
He should hear the Harivamsha (a sacred book about Krishna). He should read the Chandi (the sacred text of the Goddess) and worship Shiva, by rule. O Goddess, all wrong is destroyed.
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
चतुरस्रे ततः कुण्डे होमं चैव तु कारयेत् ॥तिलधान्यादिभिर्देवि दशांशजपसंख्यया ॥ १८ ॥
Then a homa (fire offering) in a square pit, with sesame, grain and the like. The count is a tenth of the japa (repeating a mantra).
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
वैश्यस्य प्रतिमां देवि कारयेद्वै सुवर्णतः ॥पञ्चविंशपलेनैव रचितां च प्रयत्नतः ॥ १९ ॥
O Goddess, he should have an image of the merchant made of gold. It is of twenty-five pala (a unit of weight), made with care.
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
ताम्रपात्रे शुभे स्थाप्य पूजयेत्प्रतिमां ततः ॥मन्त्रेणानेन भो देवि गन्धपुष्पाक्षतादिभिः ॥ २० ॥
Set it in a good copper vessel. Then, O Goddess, he should worship the image with this mantra (sacred words). He uses sandal paste, flowers, rice and the rest.
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
ॐ नमस्ते देवदेवेश शङ्खचक्रगदाधर ॥अज्ञानाद्वा प्रमादाद्वा मया पापं कृतं पुरा ॥ २१ ॥
Om. Salutation to you, God of gods, holder of the conch, discus and mace. Through ignorance or carelessness I did wrong in the past.
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
तत्सर्वं क्षम्यतां देव शरणागतवत्सल ॥ॐ चक्रधराय नमः ॐ गोविन्दाय नमः ॐ दा-मोदराय नमः ॐ कृष्णाय नमः ॐ हंसाय नमःॐ परमहंसाय नमः ॐ अच्युताय नमः ॐ हृ-षीकेशाय नमः ॥ॐ चक्रादिनामभिश्चैतैः सर्वदिक्षु प्रपूजयेत् ॥प्रतिमां पूजयित्वा तु तां विप्राय प्रदापयेत् ॥२२॥
Forgive all that, O God who loves those who take refuge. Om, salutation to the discus-holder. Om, salutation to Govinda. Om, salutation to Damodara. Om, salutation to Krishna. Om, salutation to Hamsa. Om, salutation to Paramahamsa. Om, salutation to Achyuta. Om, salutation to Hrishikesha. With these names beginning with Chakra, he should worship in all directions. After worshipping the image, he should give it to a brahmin.
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
ततो गां कृष्णवर्णां तु ब्राह्मणाय प्रदापयेत् ॥पञ्चसंख्यमितं देवि प्रदद्याद्वै कुटुम्बिने ॥ २३ ॥
Then he should give a black cow to a brahmin. He should give five in number to a man with a family.
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
ब्राह्मणान्भोजयेद्देवि यथासंख्यान्वरानने ॥एवं कृते वरारोहे शीघ्रं पुत्रः प्रजायते ॥ २४ ॥
He should feed brahmins in the number he can, O fair-faced one. When this is done, a son is soon born.
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
वन्ध्यात्वं नाशयत्याशु सर्वरोगो विनश्यति ॥ २५ ॥
The state of a vandhya (a woman who cannot bear children) is quickly destroyed, and every disease ends.
Verse 30.16 gives 500,000 japa of the Gayatri root mantra. Verses 30.17 to 30.24 add the Harivamsha, the Chandi, a homa, a gold image and a black cow.
Verse 30.6 and verse 30.7 say the barber stayed a month at Prayaga in Makara, bathing at dawn and giving a cow and a bull. Verse 30.11 says the fruit of the morning baths brought him a royal family.