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Karma Vipaka Samhita · Chapter 31
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
This chapter covers Punarvasu 4th pada, the fourth quarter of Punarvasu. The book tells of Manohara, a rich fisherman of Nandana, west of Avanti.
Classical view, not medical advice.
He stored many jewels and gave little, though he once gave a bull at an eclipse. After death he passes through hell and the births of a jackal and a crow. The remedy is the Harivamsha heard three times, 500,000 japa, a homa and a Sun image with twelve mantras.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥अवन्त्याः पश्चिमे देवि कोशमात्रोपरि प्रिये ॥कैवर्त्तको वसत्येको नन्दने च पुरे शुभे ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: West of Avanti, O Goddess, just over a krosha (a measure of distance) away, is a good town. It is Nandana, dear one. A fisherman lives there.
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
मनोहर इति ख्यातो धनाढ्यो जायते महान् ॥मत्ता तस्याऽभवत्पत्नी पतिशुश्रूषणे रता ॥ २ ॥
He was named Manohara. He was a great man and became rich. His wife was Matta, glad to serve her husband.
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
मत्स्यमांसस्य भो देवि विक्रयं चाकरोत् खलु ॥संचितं बहुरत्नं च न दानं बहुधाकरोत् ॥ ३ ॥
He sold fish and meat, O Goddess. He stored up many jewels and did not give much in gifts.
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
एकदा चन्द्रग्रहणे शतस्वर्णयुतं वृषम् ॥अदाद्विप्राय विदुषे भार्यया सह भक्तितः ॥ ४ ॥
Once, at an eclipse of the Moon, he gave a bull with a hundred gold coins to a learned brahmin. His wife was with him, and he gave with devotion.
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
ततो मृत्युवशं यातो भार्या तस्य मृता पुरा ॥यमदूतैर्महाघोरैर्नरके पातितं पुरा ॥ ५ ॥
Then he fell under the power of death. His wife had died earlier. The very terrible messengers of Yama (the god of death) threw him into hell.
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
यमाज्ञया महादेवि षष्टिवर्षसहस्रकम् ॥नरकान्निःसृतो देवि शृगालो गहने वने ॥ ६ ॥
By the order of Yama (the god of death), O Goddess, he stayed sixty thousand years. Coming out of hell, he became a jackal in a deep forest.
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
पुनः काको वरारोहे ततो भवति मानुषः ॥गुणज्ञो देवताभक्तो वेश्यासुरततत्परः ॥७॥
Then a crow, O fair one. Then he becomes human. He knows good qualities, is devoted to the gods, and is keen on the pleasures of prostitutes.
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
रागी सूक्ष्मतनुर्वक्ता ज्ञानवान् सुतवर्जितः ॥तस्य भार्या भवेत्स्थूला कुरूपा कर्कशा तथा ॥ ८॥
He is passionate, thin, a good speaker, learned, and without a son. His wife is fat, ugly and harsh.
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
पूर्वजन्मप्रसंगाच्च मत्स्यमांसोपभोगिनी ॥मासि पुष्पं भवेद्देवि गर्भस्य पतनं तथा ॥ ९ ॥
Because of the tie of the past life, she eats fish and meat. Her monthly course comes each month, O Goddess, and the child in the womb falls.
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
अस्य शान्तिं प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणु देवि सुशोभने ॥यत्कृतेन वरारोहे शीघ्रं पुत्रमवाप्नुयात् ॥ १० ॥
I will tell the remedy for this. Hear, O fair Goddess. By doing it, he soon gets a son.
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
हरिवंशस्य श्रवणं त्रिवारं च विधानतः ॥गायत्रीमूलमन्त्रेण पञ्चलक्षजपं तथा ॥ ११ ॥
Hearing the Harivamsha (a sacred book about Krishna) three times by the rule. And japa (repeating a mantra) five hundred thousand times with the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant) root mantra (sacred words).
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
दशांशं हवनं देवि दशांशं चैव तर्पणम् ॥मार्जनं च विशेषेण दशांशं चैव कारयेत् ॥ १२ ॥
A homa (fire offering) of a tenth part, O Goddess. Tarpana (water offering to the ancestors and gods) of a tenth part. And especially marjana (sprinkling) of a tenth part also.
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
ततो गां कपिलां दद्याद्दशवर्णां ततः प्रिये ॥सूर्यस्य प्रतिमां देवि स्वर्णैर्दशपणैस्तथा ॥ १३ ॥
Then, dear one, he should give a tawny cow, and dashavarna (a gift of ten colours). He should make an image of the Sun with ten pana (a unit of coin) of gold.
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
भूषितां विविधैर्वस्त्रैः स्वर्णरौप्यविभूषणैः ॥पूजयित्वा विधानेन मन्त्रेणानेन पार्वति ॥ १४ ॥
The image is decorated with many cloths and with ornaments of gold and silver. He should worship it by the rule, O Parvati. He uses this mantra (sacred words).
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
ॐ त्वं ज्योतिः सर्वलोकानां पूज्यस्त्वं सर्वदेहिनाम् ॥पूर्वजन्मकृतं पापं हर मे तिमिरापह ॥ १५ ॥
Om. You are the light of all worlds, and the one all bodied beings worship. Take away the wrong I did in a past life, O remover of darkness.
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
ॐ श्रीसूर्याय नमः ॐ सवित्रे नमः ॐ साक्षिणेनमः ॐ त्रिगुणात्मने नमः ॐ द्वादशात्मने नमःॐ केयूरधारिणे नमः ॐ तीक्ष्णांशुधारिणे नमःॐ कलाकाष्ठादिरूपिणे नमः ॐ विष्णवे नमःॐ ब्रह्मणे नमः ॐ रुद्राय नमः ॐ मार्तण्डाय नमः ॥ॐ मन्त्रैर्द्वादशभिर्देवि पूजयेत्प्रतिमां ततः ॥धूपदीपादिभिश्चैव ताम्बूलैश्च विधानतः ॥ १६ ॥
Om, salutation to the blessed Surya (the Sun god). Om, salutation to Savita (the Sun as giver of life). Om, salutation to the Witness. Om, salutation to the one made of the three qualities. Om, salutation to the one with twelve forms. Om, salutation to the wearer of armlets. Om, salutation to the holder of sharp rays. Om, salutation to the one in the form of the small parts of time. Om, salutation to Vishnu. Om, salutation to Brahma. Om, salutation to Rudra. Om, salutation to Martanda. With these twelve mantras (sacred words), O Goddess, he should worship the image. He should use incense, lamps, betel and the rest, by rule.
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
पूजितां प्रतिमां दद्याद्ब्राह्मणाय वराय च ॥दासीं दासं धनं धान्यं ब्राह्मणाय प्रदापयेत् ॥ १७ ॥
He should give the worshipped image to a good brahmin. He should give the brahmin a maid, a servant, wealth and grain.
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
अश्वदानं रथं वस्त्रं पात्राणि विविधानि च ॥शय्यादिकं वरारोहे वित्तशाठ्यं न कारयेत् ॥ १८ ॥
The gift of a horse, a chariot, cloth, many vessels, a bed and the rest, O fair one. He should not be mean with his money.
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
एवं कृते न संदेहश्चिरंजीविसुतं लभेत् ॥पूर्वजन्मकृतं पापं क्षयं याति न चान्यथा ॥ १९ ॥
When this is done, no doubt, he gets a long-lived son. The wrong done in the past life ends, not otherwise.
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
सप्तम्यां रवियुक्तायां व्रतं कुर्यात्सुरेश्वरि ॥पापं व्याधिः क्षयं याति ज्वरः क्वापि न जायते ॥२०॥
O Queen of gods, he should keep a vrata (vow of fasting and worship). It falls on a seventh lunar day that is a Sunday. The wrong and illness end. Fever never arises.
Verse 31.11 gives the Harivamsha heard three times and 500,000 Gayatri japa. Verses 31.12 and 31.13 add a homa, tarpana, a tawny cow and a gold image of the Sun.
Verse 31.14 says it is decorated with cloths and ornaments and worshipped by the rule. Verse 31.16 gives twelve mantras, with incense, lamps and betel.