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Karma Vipaka Samhita · Chapter 33
पुष्य नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
This chapter covers Pushya 2nd pada, the second quarter of Pushya. The book says gods and humans first undergo the fruit of sin, then the fruit of merit.
Classical view, not medical advice.
It tells of Hemadasa, a craftsman of Hastinapura who cut down peepal trees every day. After death he passes through hell and the births of a cat and a lizard. The remedy is a fourth of his wealth, 100,000 japa, a gold tree and cows.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
पुष्य नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥अथातः संप्रवक्ष्यामि शृणु देवि विशेषतः ॥आदौ पापफलं देवि भुज्यते देवमानुषैः ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: Now I will tell you in detail. Listen, O Goddess. First, O Goddess, gods and humans undergo the fruit of sin.
पुष्य नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
पश्चात्पुण्यफलं देवि परलोके इहापि वा ॥एकः शिल्पकरो देवि वसते हस्तिनापुरे ॥ २ ॥
Afterwards comes the fruit of merit, in the other world or here. O Goddess, a craftsman lived in Hastinapura.
पुष्य नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
हेमदास इति ख्यातो भार्याद्वयसमन्वितः ॥प्रत्यहं शिल्पकार्यं च करोति व्ययकारणात् ॥ ३ ॥
He was known as Hemadasa. He had two wives. Every day he did his craftwork to meet his expenses.
पुष्य नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
काशीतः पश्चिमे देवि स्वकर्मनिरतः सदा ॥अश्वत्थानां च वृक्षाणां छेदनानि चकार सः ॥ ४ ॥
O Goddess, west of Kashi he was always busy with his own work. He cut down peepal trees.
पुष्य नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
एवं बहुगते काले शिल्पकारो मृतः प्रिये ॥नरके तस्य पतनं षष्टिवर्षसहस्रकम् ॥ ५ ॥
After much time, dear one, the craftsman died. He fell into hell for sixty thousand years.
पुष्य नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
पत्न्या सह वरारोहे यात्तो योनिं विडालकाम् ॥विडालयोनिं वै भुक्त्वा सरटस्तु ततोऽभवत् ॥ ६ ॥
O fair one, he went with his wife into a cat's birth. After living the cat's life, he then became a lizard.
पुष्य नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
पुनः स्यान्मानुषो देवि मध्यदेशे सुपूजितः ॥पूर्वजन्मनि वृक्षाणां छेदनं प्रत्यहं कृतम् ॥ ७ ॥
Then, O Goddess, he became a human again, well honoured in the Middle country. In his past birth he cut trees every day.
पुष्य नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
तेन पापेन भो देवि पुत्रो नैव प्रजायते ॥कन्यकाश्चैव संजाताः स्त्रिया रोगः सुदारुणः ॥ ८ ॥
By that sin, O Goddess, no son is born. Daughters are born. The wife has a very harsh illness.
पुष्य नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
शरीरे महती पीडा रात्रौ निद्रा न लभ्यते ॥कन्यकायाश्च वैधव्यं वृक्षच्छेदनतः प्रिये ॥ ९ ॥
There is great pain in the body. No sleep comes at night. A daughter's widowhood comes from the cutting of trees, dear one.
पुष्य नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
तस्य शांतिं प्रवक्ष्यामि ततः पापनिवर्त्तनम् ॥चतुर्थांशं तु वै दानं ब्राह्मणाय प्रदापयेत् ॥ १० ॥
I will tell the remedy for it, and then the end of the sin. He should have one fourth part of his wealth given to a brahmin.
पुष्य नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
दशायुतं जपं कुर्यात् गायत्रीमूलमन्त्रतः ॥पलपञ्चसुवर्णस्य वृक्षं वै कारयेत्ततः ॥ ११ ॥
He should do a hundred thousand (ten times ten thousand) japa (repeating a mantra). It is of the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant) root mantra (sacred words). Then he should have a tree made of five pala (a unit of weight) of gold.
पुष्य नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
पूजयित्वा यथान्यायं वृक्षं विप्राय दापयेत् ॥पञ्चधेनुं तथा दद्यात् वृषं चाभरणान्वितम् ॥ १२ ॥
He should worship the tree as the rule says and give it to a brahmin. He should also give five cows and a bull with ornaments.
पुष्य नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
कूष्माण्डं नारिकेरं च पञ्चरत्नसमन्वितम् ॥गङ्गामध्ये च दातव्यं ततः पापक्षयो भवेत् ॥ १३ ॥
He should give a pumpkin and a coconut with the five gems, in the middle of the Ganga. Then the sin is destroyed.
पुष्य नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
सर्वव्याधिः क्षयं याति कन्यका च सुखान्विता ॥पुत्रश्चैव प्रजायेत नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥ १४ ॥
All illness goes. The daughter becomes happy. A son is born. Have no doubt about this.
Verse 33.10 gives one fourth of his wealth to a brahmin. Verses 33.11 to 33.13 add 100,000 Gayatri japa, a gold tree, five cows, a bull and a gift in the Ganga.
Verses 33.4 and 33.7 say the craftsman cut down peepal trees every day. The book tells it as a deed from a past life.