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Karma Vipaka Samhita · Chapter 41
मघा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
This chapter covers magha 2nd pada, the star quarter and the past deed the book links to it. A brahmin named Mitrasharma loved wine, chased other men's wives and spent money on gambling.
Classical view, not medical advice.
The book calls the fruit of such deeds something every person lives through. Its remedy is a gift of wealth, repaired wells, Gayatri japa and hearing the Mahabharata.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
मघा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥अयोध्यानगराद्देवि योजनोपरि वल्लभे ॥दक्षिणे नन्दिनिग्रामे वसन्ति बहवो जनाः ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: Dear one, south of the city of Ayodhya is the village of Nandini. It is a little more than one yojana (a measure of distance) away. Many people live there.
मघा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
द्विजस्तत्र वसत्येको मद्यवेश्यारतः सदा ॥परस्त्रीलम्पटो नित्यं मद्यमांसरतस्तदा ॥ २ ॥
A brahmin lived there, always fond of wine and courtesans. He always chased other men's wives, and loved wine and meat.
मघा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
नामतो मित्रशर्मेति तस्य पत्नी तु कर्कशा ॥प्रत्यहं द्यूतकरणे व्ययं कुर्याद्दिने दिने ॥ ३ ॥
His name was Mitrasharma. His wife was harsh. Every day he spent money on gambling.
मघा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
एवं बहुगते काले तस्य मृत्युरभूत्पुरा ॥पश्चान्मृता तु तत्पत्नी कर्कशा दुःखदायिनी ॥ ४ ॥
After much time, in the past, his death came. Later his harsh wife, a giver of grief, also died.
मघा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
यमस्य किंकरैरेव निक्षिप्तो नरकार्णवे ॥सप्ततिर्वै सहस्राणि वर्षाणि सुरवल्लभे ॥ ५॥
The servants of Yama (the god of death) threw him into the ocean of hell. It was for seventy thousand years, O Goddess.
मघा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
भुक्तं दुःखं नरकजं दम्पतिभ्यां तदा शिवे ॥ततः पापक्षये देवि शुनो योनिरभूत् पुरा ॥ ६॥
The couple then suffered the pain of hell, O Parvati. Then, when the sin was spent, O Goddess, he took a dog's birth.
मघा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
शुनो योनिं ततो भुक्त्वा शूकरो निर्जने वने ॥मानुषस्य पुनर्योनिं मध्यदेशे ततोऽलभत् ॥ ७ ॥
After the dog's life he became a boar in a lonely forest. Then he gained a human birth again in the Middle country.
मघा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
नन्दिग्रामफलाद्देवि धनधान्यसमन्विनः ॥परस्त्रीलम्पटाद्देवि पादपीडा प्रजायते ॥ ८॥
By the fruit of the village of Nandi he is rich in wealth and grain. From lusting after other men's wives, pain in the feet comes.
मघा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
मद्यपानफलाद्देवि गर्भपातः पुनः पुनः ॥बह्वचः कन्याः प्रजाताश्च बहुस्त्रीगमनात्प्रिये ॥ ९ ॥
From the fruit of drinking wine, O Goddess, miscarriage comes again and again. Many daughters are born, from going to many women, dear one.
मघा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
पुत्रस्य मरणं देवि जातं वेश्यातिसंगमात् ॥पूर्वजन्मकृतं पापं पुण्यं च गिरिजे वरे ॥ १० ॥
The death of a son came from too much going to courtesans. The sin and the merit done in a past birth,
मघा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
मानुषैर्भुज्यते सर्वे मृत्युलोके सुरेश्वरि ॥अस्य शान्ति प्रवक्ष्यामि यथार्थं शृणु भामिनि ॥११॥
All of it is lived through by humans in the mortal world, O Goddess. I will tell the remedy for this. Listen as it truly is, lovely one.
मघा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
गृहवित्ताष्टमं भागं ब्राह्मणाय समर्पयेत् ॥ १२ ॥
He should give an eighth part of the wealth of the house to a brahmin.
मघा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
वार्पाकूपतडागेषु जीर्णोद्धारः प्रयत्नतः ॥माघकार्तिकवैशाखे श्रावणे च विशेषतः ॥ १३ ॥
He should carefully repair old step-wells, wells and ponds. He should do it in Magha, Kartik and Vaishakha, and especially in Shravana. (Our text is unclear here: the first word may mean step-wells.)
मघा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
प्रत्यब्दं भोजयेद्विप्रान् श्रोत्रियान्वेदपारगान् ॥गायत्रीजातवेदाभ्यां द्विलक्षं जपमाचरेत् ॥ १४ ॥
Every year he should feed brahmins who know the Vedas and are learned. He should do two lakh (a lakh is 100,000) japa (repeating a mantra). He uses the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant) and the Jatavedas mantras. Jatavedas is a name of the fire god.
मघा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
जपतो हवनं तद्वत्तर्पणं मार्जनं तथा॥महाभारतमाख्यानं श्रुत्वा पापं व्यपोहति ॥ १५ ॥
He should do homa (fire offering) in proportion to the japa (repeating a mantra). Likewise tarpana (water offering to the ancestors and gods) and marjana (sprinkling). By hearing the story of the Mahabharata, he wipes away the sin.
मघा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
दशवर्णाः प्रदातव्याः पूर्वपापविशुद्धये ॥एवं कृते वरारोहे सर्वरोगः प्रणश्यति ॥ १६ ॥
Dashavarna (a gift of ten colours) should be given, to cleanse the past sin. When this is done, fair one, every illness is destroyed.
मघा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
पुत्रो भवति भो देवि वन्ध्यात्वं च प्रणश्यति ॥काकवन्ध्या च या नारी पुनः पुत्रमवाप्नुयात् ॥१७॥
A son is born, O Goddess, and being a vandhya (a woman who cannot bear children) ends. The kakavandhya (a woman who has only one child) woman gets a son again.
मघा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
कन्यका नैव जायंते धनवृद्धिर्भवेत्किल ॥पूर्वजन्मकृतं पापं क्षयं याति न चान्यथा ॥ १८ ॥
No daughters are born, and wealth grows. The sin done in a past birth is destroyed, not otherwise.
मघा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
इह जन्मनि शं भुङ्क्ते पुनः पापं न बाधते ॥ १९ ॥
In this birth he enjoys peace. The sin does not trouble him again.
Verse 41.11 says the sin and the merit of a past birth are all lived through by humans in the mortal world. The book then gives a remedy.
Verse 41.12 says to give an eighth part of the house wealth to a brahmin. Verse 41.14 adds feeding brahmins every year and two lakh japa.