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Karma Vipaka Samhita · Chapter 39
आश्लेषा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
This chapter covers ashlesha 4th pada, the star quarter and the past deed the book links to it. A rich fisherman in the town of Lakshmana showed no mercy to living creatures.
Classical view, not medical advice.
The book links this to a family line that does not go on. The remedy is a gift to a brahmin and worship of Vishnu.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
आश्लेषा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥अयोध्या नगरी श्रेष्ठा सर्वदेवसुपूजिता ॥यस्याः प्रवेशमात्रेण सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: Ayodhya is the best of cities, well worshipped by all the gods. Just by entering it, one is freed from all sins.
आश्लेषा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
तस्यास्तु पश्चिमं देवि योजनानां दशोपरि ॥लक्ष्मणाख्यं पुरं यत्र वसंति बहवो जनाः ॥ २ ॥
West of it, O Goddess, more than ten yojana (a measure of distance) away, is a town named Lakshmana. Many people live there.
आश्लेषा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
तन्मध्ये शूद्र एको हि कैवर्तो धनधान्यवान् ॥डालेति नाम विख्यातस्तस्य पत्नी च केशवी ॥३॥
Among them lived a fisherman, a shudra (servant class), rich in wealth and grain. He was named Dala. His wife was Keshavi.
आश्लेषा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
तेन व्यापारतो देवि धनं च बहु संस्थितम् ॥मांसं प्रभुज्यते नित्यं मांसं हि बहुधा प्रियम् ॥ ४ ॥
By trade, O Goddess, he gathered much wealth. He ate meat every day. He liked meat in many forms.
आश्लेषा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
निर्दयः सर्वजन्तूनां कच्छपानां विशेषतः ॥एवं बहुगते काले तस्य मृत्युरभूत् किल ॥ ५ ॥
He had no mercy for any creature, especially for tortoises. After much time his death came.
आश्लेषा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
यमदूतैर्महाघोरे निक्षिप्तश्च यमाज्ञया ॥षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि भुक्त्वा नरकयातनाम् ॥ ६ ॥
By the order of Yama (the god of death), Yama's messengers threw him into a very terrible hell. He suffered the pains of hell for sixty thousand years.
आश्लेषा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
नरकान्निःसृतो देवि दर्दुरत्वं तथा गतः ॥ऋक्षत्वं च ततो देवि मानुषत्वं ततोऽलभत् ॥ ७ ॥
Coming out of hell, O Goddess, he reached a frog's birth. Then he was a bear. After that he gained a human birth.
आश्लेषा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
पाण्डुरोगेण संयुक्तो वंशो नैव तु जीवति ॥कन्याश्च बहवो जाता विधवा व्यभिचारिणी ॥ ८ ॥
He has pandu roga (a disease that turns the body pale yellow). His family line does not live on. Many daughters are born, and they become widows and unchaste.
आश्लेषा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
अपत्यानां निरोधश्च युवत्वसमये सति ॥अस्य पुण्यं प्रवक्ष्यामि यथा पापात्प्रमुच्यते ॥ ९ ॥
Children are held back while youth lasts. I will tell the remedy for this, so that he is freed from the sin.
आश्लेषा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
षडंशं ब्राह्मणे दानं श्रीविष्णोः पूजनं तथा ॥विष्णोरराटमन्त्रेण लक्षजाप्यं च कारयेत् ॥ १० ॥
He should give a sixth part to a brahmin and worship Shri Vishnu. He should have a hundred thousand japa (repeating a mantra) done. It is of the Vishnu mantra (sacred words) that begins 'Vishno rarata'.
आश्लेषा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
एवं कृते न संदेहो वंशो भवति नान्यथा ॥रोगाश्च विलयं यांति नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥ ११॥
When this is done, no doubt, a family line comes, not otherwise. Illnesses melt away. Have no doubt about this.
Verse 39.5 says the fisherman had no mercy for any creature, especially for tortoises. The book links this to a family line that does not go on.
Verse 39.10 says to give a sixth part to a brahmin and worship Vishnu. A hundred thousand japa of the Vishnu mantra is also done.