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Karma Vipaka Samhita · Chapter 38
आश्लेषा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
This chapter covers ashlesha 3rd pada, the star quarter and the past deed the book links to it. A garland maker kept a trader friend's gold and never gave it back.
Classical view, not medical advice.
The book links this to a home with a daughter and no son. It then names good works and a gold figure as the remedy.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
आश्लेषा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥गङ्गाया उत्तरे कूले मालाकारोऽवसत्पुरा ॥डेलचन्द्रेति विख्यातो महाज्ञानी गुणाकरः ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: On the north bank of the Ganga a garland maker once lived. He was known as Delachandra, very wise, a mine of good qualities.
आश्लेषा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
स्वकर्मनिरतो नित्यं द्विजसेवासु तत्परः ॥तस्य पत्नी विशालाक्षि नाम्ना चन्द्रावती शुभा ॥२॥
He was always busy with his own work and keen to serve brahmins. His wife, O large-eyed one, was named Chandravati, a good woman.
आश्लेषा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
गुरुदास इति ख्यातो वैश्यवर्णेषु पूजितः ॥आसीत्तस्मै तदा तेन स्वर्णं दत्तं प्रियाय वै ॥ ३ ॥
There was a man known as Gurudasa, honoured among the vaishyas (trader class). Then he gave gold to the garland maker, his dear friend.
आश्लेषा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
लक्षत्रयं स्थितं स्वर्णं तस्य वैश्यपतेः प्रिये ॥मालाकारेण तत्सर्वं भूमौ स्थाप्य तदा प्रिये ॥ ४ ॥
That vaishya chief's gold came to three lakh (a lakh is 100,000), dear one. The garland maker then put all of it in the ground.
आश्लेषा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
स्वयं गतः स वैश्येन सार्धं वेण्यां तदा प्रिये ॥माघे नियमतः स्नानं कृते ताभ्यां यथाविधि ॥ ५ ॥
Then, dear one, he himself went with the vaishya to Veni, where the rivers meet. There the two bathed by the rule in the month of Magha, as a fixed practice.
आश्लेषा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
शूद्रस्तु स्वगृहं प्राप्तो वैश्यः काश्यां समागतः ॥तत्र काश्यां विशालाक्षि मरणं तस्य चाभवत् ॥ ६॥
The shudra (servant class), the garland maker, came back to his own house. The vaishya came to Kashi. There in Kashi, O large-eyed one, he died.
आश्लेषा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
अविमुक्ते महातीर्थे देवदानवपूजिते ॥मम पार्श्वं समायातो धर्मक्षेत्रप्रभावतः ॥ ७ ॥
He died in Avimukta, the great holy place honoured by gods and demons. He came to my side. This was by the power of that holy land.
आश्लेषा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
मालाकारस्तु तत्स्वर्णं भुक्त्वा पुत्रस्त्रिया युतः ॥बहुवर्षगते काले मरणं तस्य चाभवत् ॥ ८ ॥
The garland maker lived on that gold with his sons and wife. After many years his death came.
आश्लेषा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
तदा गन्धर्वनगरे बहुवर्षसहस्रकम् ॥पत्न्या सह वरारोहे भुक्तं वै स्वर्गजं फलम् ॥ ९ ॥
Then, fair one, he and his wife were in the city of the gandharvas (heavenly singers). They enjoyed the fruit of heaven for many thousand years.
आश्लेषा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
ततो बहुगते काले मानुषत्वमवाप्तवान् ॥धनाढ्यो गुणवान् भोक्ता देवब्राह्मणतत्परः ॥ १० ॥
After a long time he gained a human birth. He was rich, virtuous, fond of enjoyment, and devoted to the gods and brahmins.
आश्लेषा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
तस्य पत्नी विशालाक्षि पूर्वजन्मप्रसङ्गतः ॥पुनर्विवाहिता देवि पतिसेवासु तत्परा ॥ ११ ॥
His wife, O large-eyed one, because of the link with the past birth, was married to him again. She was devoted to serving her husband.
आश्लेषा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
पुष्पं च जायते देवि मासि मासि निरन्तरम् ॥पुत्रो न जायते देवि कन्यका खलु जायते ॥यतो वैश्यस्य वै स्वर्णं न दत्तं पूर्वजन्मनि ॥ १२ ॥
Her monthly courses come every month without a break. No son is born, but a daughter is born. This is because the vaishya's gold was not given back in the past birth.
आश्लेषा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
तत्कर्मणः फलाद्देवि पुत्रो नैव प्रजायते ॥तस्य शान्तिं प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणु देवि यथार्थतः ॥१३॥
From the fruit of that deed, O Goddess, no son is born. I will tell his remedy. Listen, O Goddess, as it truly is.
आश्लेषा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
गृहद्रव्यषडंशेन पुण्यं कार्यं च कारयेत् ॥हेम्नो दशपलस्यापि वैश्यं कृत्वा प्रयत्नतः ॥ १४ ॥
He should do a good work with a sixth part of the wealth of the house. He should carefully make a vaishya figure of ten pala (a unit of weight) of gold.
आश्लेषा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
पूजयित्वा विधानेन ब्राह्मणाय प्रदापयेत् ॥षडङ्गजातवेदानां जपं वै कारयेत्ततः ॥ १५ ॥
He should worship it by the rule and give it to a brahmin. Then he should have japa (repeating a mantra) done of the Jatavedas mantra (sacred words), with its six limbs. Jatavedas is a name of the fire god.
आश्लेषा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
जीर्णोद्धारं ततो देवि वापिकां कूपमेव च ॥एवं कृते न संदेहः पुत्रो भवति नान्यथा ॥ १६ ॥
Then, O Goddess, he should repair an old holy building, and build a step-well and a well. When this is done, no doubt, a son is born, not otherwise.
आश्लेषा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
रोगस्तस्य निवर्तेत धनं च बहु जायते ॥ १७ ॥
His illness goes away, and much wealth comes.
Verse 38.12 says the trader's gold was not given back in the past birth. The book links this to a home with a daughter and no son.
Verse 38.14 says to do a good work with a sixth part of the house wealth and give a gold figure to a brahmin. Verse 38.16 adds repairing an old holy building and building wells.