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Karma Vipaka Samhita · Chapter 40
मघा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
This chapter covers magha 1st pada, the star quarter and the past deed the book links to it. A devoted trader named Mangala used up wealth that a brahmin friend had left in his house.
Classical view, not medical advice.
मघा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥पुरा देवि शुभं ख्यातं पुरं मङ्गलनामकम् ॥तत्र वैश्यो वसत्येको धनधान्यसमन्वितः ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: In the past, O Goddess, there was a famed and lucky city named Mangala. One vaishya (trader class) lived there, rich in wealth and grain.
मघा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
तस्य नाम समाख्यातं मङ्गलं देवि वै शुभम् ॥तस्य पत्नी विशालाक्षी सुन्दरी सुखदायिनी ॥ २ ॥
His name, O Goddess, was Mangala, a lucky name. His wife was large-eyed, beautiful, a giver of comfort.
मघा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
विष्णुभक्तिरतो नित्यं गुरुब्राह्मणसेवकः ॥आचारे नियतश्चैव क्रयविक्रयतत्परः ॥ ३ ॥
He was always devoted to Vishnu and served his teachers and brahmins. He was firm in good conduct and busy with buying and selling.
मघा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
एकदा तु गृहे देवि मित्रं तस्य समागतम् ॥आदरं बहुधा कृत्वा भोजयामास शास्त्रतः ॥ ४ ॥
Once, O Goddess, his friend came to his house. He honoured him in many ways and fed him by the rule.
मघा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
स्वर्णदानं ततो लक्षमुद्रादानं तु तत्प्रिये ॥दत्तं वैश्येन भो देवि ब्राह्मणाय स्वशान्तये ॥ ५ ॥
Then, dear one, the vaishya gave a gift of gold to a brahmin. He also gave a gift of a lakh (100,000) coins. It was for his own peace.
मघा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
ब्राह्मणेनापि तत्सर्वं स्थापितं तस्य वै गृहे ॥ततोऽगात्तीर्थयात्रार्थं वाराणस्यां वरानने ॥ ६ ॥
The brahmin left all of it in the vaishya's house. Then the brahmin went to Varanasi on a pilgrimage, fair one.
मघा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
तस्य मृत्युरभूद्देवि काश्यां चैव स्वकर्मतः ॥बहुकाले गते देवि वैश्यो दारिद्र्यपीडितः ॥ ७ ॥
The brahmin died in Kashi, O Goddess, by his own karma. After much time the vaishya was pressed by poverty.
मघा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
पुत्रदारैश्च संयुक्तस्तस्य द्रव्यं तदा प्रिये ॥भुक्तं सर्वं तदा देवि स्वदत्तं चैव पुण्यदम् ॥ ८ ॥
Then, with his sons and wife, dear one, he used up all of the brahmin's wealth. He used up even his own gift, which gives merit.
मघा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
वृद्धत्वे च पुनर्जाते तस्य मृत्युरभूत्किल ॥अयोध्यामरणात्तस्य स्वर्गवासस्ततोऽभवत् ॥ ९ ॥
When he grew old, his death came. Because he died in Ayodhya, he then lived in heaven.
मघा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
बहुवर्षसहस्राणि विष्णुलोके वरानने ॥भुक्त्वा बहुविधं भोगं ततः पुण्यक्षयेऽनघे ॥ १० ॥
For many thousand years, fair one, he enjoyed many kinds of pleasure in the world of Vishnu. Then, when his merit ran out, sinless one,
मघा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
मृत्युलोके भवेज्जन्म धनधान्यसमन्वितः ॥विष्णुपूजारतो नित्यं ब्राह्मणे भक्तिरुत्तमा ॥ ११ ॥
he was born in the mortal world, rich in wealth and grain. He was always devoted to the worship of Vishnu and had the best devotion to brahmins.
मघा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
मित्रद्रव्यं स्वयं दत्तं भुक्तं तेन ततः प्रिये ॥पुत्रोत्पत्तिः प्रथमतस्तस्य वै मरणं भवेत् ॥ १२ ॥
He himself used up his friend's wealth, the gift he had given. So, dear one, a son is born first, and that son dies.
मघा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
पुनः पुत्रो न जायेत काकवन्ध्या ततः प्रिया ॥शरीरे कफवातादिरोगाश्च विविधास्तथा ॥ १३ ॥
After that no son is born. His dear wife becomes a kakavandhya (a woman who has only one child). Many kinds of disease of phlegm, wind and the like come in the body.
मघा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
वृद्धत्वं च तथा तस्य जायते नात्र संशयः ॥तत्पापशमनार्थं च पुण्यं शृणु वरानने ॥ १४ ॥
Old age too comes to him, no doubt. To calm that sin, fair-faced one, hear the merit-work.
मघा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
षडंशं च ततो दानं ब्राह्मणाय वरानने ॥गायत्रीमन्त्रजाप्यं च लक्षमेकं प्रयत्नतः ॥ १५ ॥
Then, fair-faced one, he should give a sixth part to a brahmin. He should carefully do one lakh (100,000) japa (repeating a mantra). It is of the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant) mantra (sacred words).
मघा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
हवनं विधिवत्कुर्यात् तर्पणं मार्जनं तथा ॥गामेकां कपिलां दद्यात्स्वर्णशृङ्गीं सहाम्बराम् ॥१६॥
He should do homa (fire offering) by the rule. He should also do tarpana (water offering to the ancestors and gods) and marjana (sprinkling). He should give one tawny cow with golden horns, together with cloth.
मघा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
दद्यात्प्रयत्नतो देवि ब्राह्मणाय महात्मने ॥तिलधेनुं ततो दद्यात्पात्रं वस्त्रं तथा प्रिये ॥ १७॥
He should carefully give it, O Goddess, to a great-souled brahmin. Then, dear one, he should give a cow made of sesame, a vessel and cloth.
मघा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
हरिवंशश्रुतिर्ब्रह्मदम्पत्योः पूजनं चरेत् ॥एवं कृते ततो देवि पुनः पुत्रः प्रजायते ॥ १८॥
He should hear the Harivamsha (a sacred book about Krishna). He should worship a brahmin couple. When this is done, O Goddess, a son is born again.
मघा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
रोगाः सर्वे क्षयं यान्ति नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥१९॥
All illnesses end. Have no doubt about this.
Verse 40.8 says the trader, with his sons and wife, used up all of the brahmin's wealth left in his house. He used up even his own gift.
Verse 40.15 says to give a sixth part to a brahmin and do one lakh Gayatri japa. Verse 40.18 adds hearing the Harivamsha and worshipping a brahmin couple.