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Karma Vipaka Samhita · Chapter 32
पुष्य नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
This chapter covers Pushya 1st pada, the first quarter of Pushya. It opens by saying that wrong and merit done in a past life are felt in this birth.
Classical view, not medical advice.
The book then tells of Hamsaketu, a rich cowherd who sold cows, ghee and buttermilk. A merchant friend was killed for his jewels, and the wealth was buried. The remedy is a sixth share to a brahmin, 200,000 japa, a homa and a gold image.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
पुष्य नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥पापेन जायते व्याधिः पापेनैवासुतो भवेत् ॥पापेन जायते मूर्खः पापेनैव दरिद्रता ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: From wrong comes disease. From wrong comes being without a son. From wrong comes foolishness. From wrong comes poverty.
पुष्य नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
पूर्वजन्मकृतं यत्तु पापं वा पुण्यमेव वा ॥इह जन्मनि भो देवि भुज्यते सर्वदेहिभिः ॥ २ ॥
Whatever wrong or good was done in a past life, O Goddess, all bodied beings feel it in this birth.
पुष्य नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
पुण्येन जायते विद्या पुण्येन जायते सुतः ॥पुण्येन सुन्दरी नारी पुण्येन लभते श्रियम् ॥ ३ ॥
From merit comes learning. From merit comes a son. From merit comes a beautiful wife. From merit one gets wealth.
पुष्य नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
अथातः संप्रवक्ष्यामि पुष्यनक्षत्रजं फलम् ॥तत्सर्वं शृणु मे देवि यत्कृतं पूर्वजन्मनि ॥ ४ ॥
Now I will tell the fruit that is born of the Pushya nakshatra (star). Hear all of it, O Goddess, what was done in a past life.
पुष्य नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
मध्यदेशे वरारोहे धनाढ्यो वल्लवोऽवसत् ॥हंसकेतुरिति ख्यातो भार्या तस्य तु केकयी ॥ ५ ॥
In the Middle Country, O fair one, a rich cowherd lived, known as Hamsaketu. His wife was Kekayi.
पुष्य नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
बहवो वृषभास्तस्य महिष्यो गास्तथा प्रिये ॥धर्मकर्मरतः शूद्रो विक्रयेद्गोवृषादिकम् ॥ ६ ॥
He had many bulls, buffaloes and cows, dear one. A shudra (servant class) keen on religious works, he sold cows, bulls and the like.
पुष्य नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
घृततक्रस्य भो देवि विक्रयं कुरुते सदा ॥एको वैश्यो धनाढ्यो वै तस्य मित्रं तदाभवत् ॥७॥
He always sold ghee and buttermilk, O Goddess. A rich merchant became his friend.
पुष्य नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
महाप्रीतिस्तयोर्जाता बहुवर्षप्रमाणतः ॥एकदा तु निशायां वै शूद्रेण वणिकः प्रिये ॥ ८ ॥
A great love grew between the two over many years. Then one night, dear one, at the hands of the shudra (servant class), the merchant
पुष्य नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
शुभरत्नादिलाभाय कटारेण तदा हृतः ॥द्रव्यं सर्वं गृहीतं तु भूमिमध्ये तथा धृतम् ॥ ९ ॥
was killed with a dagger, for the gain of fine jewels and the like. All his wealth was taken and buried in the ground.
पुष्य नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
तन्मध्ये तु षडंशस्य व्ययं कुर्यादिने दिने ॥बहुवर्षगते काले शूद्रो मृत्युवशोऽभवत् ॥ १० ॥
Out of it, he spent from a sixth part day by day. After many years the shudra (servant class) died.
पुष्य नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
पातयामास घोरे तु यमदूतो यमाज्ञया ॥षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि भुक्त्वा नरकयातनाम् ॥ ११ ॥
By the order of Yama (the god of death), his messenger threw him into the terrible hell. He suffered the pain of hell for sixty thousand years.
पुष्य नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
ततो जातो महादेवि राक्षसो गहने वने ॥पुनः शृगालयोनिं च मानुषत्वं भवेत्पुनः ॥ १२ ॥
Then, O great Goddess, he became a demon in a deep forest. Then a jackal, and then he becomes human again.
पुष्य नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
धनधान्यसमायुक्तो भार्या जाता तु या पुरा ॥वन्ध्या रोगसमायुक्ता कन्यका चैव जायते ॥ १३ ॥
He is rich in wealth and grain. The woman who was his wife before is born again. She is a vandhya (a woman who cannot bear children) and sick. A daughter is born.
पुष्य नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
तस्य रोगो भवेत्पश्चाद्विविधश्च वयोन्तरे ॥पूर्वजन्मनि भो देवि मित्रं च निहतं यतः ॥ १४ ॥
Then various diseases come to him in later age, O Goddess. In the past life he killed a friend.
पुष्य नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
तत्पापेन च भो देवि पुत्रो नैवोपजायते ॥बहुपुत्रप्रघाती च कम्परोगी प्रजायते ॥ १५ ॥
By that wrong, O Goddess, a son is never born. He loses many sons and has a trembling disease.
पुष्य नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
तस्य शान्तिं प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणु देवि सुशोभने ॥षडंशं वै ततो दानं विदुषे ब्राह्मणाय च ॥ १६ ॥
I will tell his remedy. Hear, O fair Goddess. Then a sixth share should be given to a learned brahmin.
पुष्य नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
गां तथा महिषीं दद्याद्विधिवद्भोजयेद्द्विजान् ॥गायत्रीजातवेदाभ्यां द्विलक्षं च जपं ततः ॥ १७ ॥
He should give a cow and a buffalo, and feed brahmins by rule. Then he should do japa (repeating a mantra) two hundred thousand times. He uses the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant) and the Jatavedas (a name of the fire god) verse.
पुष्य नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
कुण्डे कोणत्रये चैव होमं वै कारयेत्ततः ॥जपस्यैव दशांशेन हवनादिकमाचरेत् ॥ १८ ॥
Then he should have a homa (fire offering) done in a pit with three corners. The homa and the rest should be a tenth of the japa (repeating a mantra).
पुष्य नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
ततो वै प्रतिमां कुर्याद्वैश्यस्यैव विधानतः ॥द्वादशेन पलैनैव सुवर्णस्य विशेषतः ॥ १९ ॥
Then he should make an image of the merchant by rule. It is of twelve pala (a unit of weight) of gold, with care.
पुष्य नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
पूजयेत्पूर्वजैर्मन्त्रैस्ततो विप्राय दापयेत् ॥एवं कृते न संदेहो पुत्रो भवति नान्यथा ॥ २० ॥
He should worship it with the mantras (sacred words) told before, and give it to a brahmin. When this is done, no doubt, a son is born, not otherwise.
पुष्य नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
सर्वरोगः क्षयं याति नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥ २१ ॥
Every disease ends. Do not doubt this.
Verse 32.16 gives a sixth share of the wealth to a learned brahmin. Verses 32.17 to 32.20 add a cow and a buffalo, 200,000 japa, a homa and a gold image.
Verse 32.3 says that from merit come learning, a son, a beautiful wife and wealth. Verse 32.2 says wrong and good done earlier are both felt in this birth.