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Karma Vipaka Samhita · Chapter 47
पूर्वाफाल्गुनी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
This chapter covers purva phalguni 4th pada, the star quarter and the past deed the book links to it. A brahmin teacher on the south bank of the Narmada taught the Veda to young boys.
Classical view, not medical advice.
The book says he left his elder wife. The remedy is good works, wells along the road, Gayatri japa and a feast for brahmins.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
पूर्वाफाल्गुनी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥नर्मदादक्षिणे कूले ब्राह्मणो वसति प्रिये ॥ब्रह्मकर्मकरो नित्यं सदा वेदपरायणः ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: Dear one, a brahmin lived on the south bank of the Narmada. He always did the work of a brahmin and was always devoted to the Veda.
पूर्वाफाल्गुनी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
शंकरस्य पुरे देवि प्रत्यहं वेदपाठनम् ॥अर्भकान्ब्रह्मजातीयान्पाठयामास वै तदा ॥ २ ॥
O Goddess, every day in Shiva's town he taught the Veda. He taught young boys of the brahmin class.
पूर्वाफाल्गुनी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
तस्य भार्याद्वयं चासीदेका प्रीतिमती सदा ॥विरोधिनी ततो ह्येका ज्येष्ठा भार्या तु तां त्यजेत् ॥ ३ ॥
He had two wives. One was always loving. The other was hostile. That was the elder wife, and he left her.
पूर्वाफाल्गुनी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
एवं बहुगते काले ब्राह्मणस्य तदा शिवे ॥ततो मृत्युवशं यातस्तस्य भार्या गरीयसी ॥ ४ ॥
Much time passed for the brahmin in this way, O Parvati. Then he fell into the power of death. His dearest wife,
पूर्वाफाल्गुनी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
चितां कृत्वा प्रयत्नेन भर्तुः खलु वरानने ॥भर्त्रा सह च भो देवि सती जाता महामतिः ॥ ५ ॥
with care, built the funeral fire for her husband, O lovely one. O Goddess, the wise woman became a sati (a wife who dies with her husband) with him.
पूर्वाफाल्गुनी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
सत्यलोकस्त्वभूत्तस्य जायया सहितस्य वै ॥बहुवर्षसहस्राणि सत्यलोकेऽवसत्तदा ॥ ६ ॥
He and his wife reached Satyaloka (the world of truth). He lived there for many thousands of years.
पूर्वाफाल्गुनी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
ततः पुण्यक्षये जाते मर्त्यलोकेऽभवत्पुनः ॥मानुषत्वं शुभे जन्म कुले महति पूजिते ॥ ७ ॥
Then his good deeds ran out, and he was born again in the world of mortals. It was a good human birth in a great and honoured family.
पूर्वाफाल्गुनी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
धनधान्यसमायुक्तो वंशहीनो विचक्षणः ॥पूर्वजन्मनि भो देवि भार्यात्यागः कृतस्तथा ॥ ८ ॥
He is rich in money and grain and clever, but he has no family line. In the past birth, O Goddess, he left his wife.
पूर्वाफाल्गुनी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
तेन दोषेण भो देवि ततः पुत्रो न जीवति ॥दिने दिने कुक्षिपीडा तस्य चाभिनवा भवेत् ॥ ९ ॥
By that fault, O Goddess, his son does not live. Every day a new pain comes in his belly.
पूर्वाफाल्गुनी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
पुण्यं शृणु महादेवि यतः शान्तिर्भविष्यति ॥गृहवित्तषडंशेन पुण्यकार्यं च कारयेत् ॥ १० ॥
Hear about the good deeds, O great Goddess, by which peace will come. Let him do good works with one sixth of his house and wealth.
पूर्वाफाल्गुनी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
वापीकूपतडागांश्च पथि मध्ये च कारयेत् ॥गायत्रीजातवेदाभ्यां जपं कुर्याद्विचक्षणः ॥ ११ ॥
Let him have step wells, wells and tanks made along the road. The wise man should do japa (repeating a mantra). He says the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant) and the Jatavedas (a name of the fire god) mantra.
पूर्वाफाल्गुनी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
होमं च तद्दशांशेन तिलतण्डुलपायसैः ॥दशवर्णाः प्रदातव्या विप्राणां भोजनं शतम् ॥ १२ ॥
Then a homa (fire offering) with one tenth of that count, with sesame, rice and milk pudding. A dashavarna (a gift of ten colours) is to be given. A meal is given to a hundred brahmins.
पूर्वाफाल्गुनी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
एवं कृते न संदेहो वंशलाभो भवेदनु ॥व्याधेश्चैव प्रमुच्येत सत्यं सत्यं वरानने ॥ १३ ॥
When this is done, without doubt a family line follows. He will be freed from disease. This is true, true, O lovely one.
Verse 47.8 says that in the past birth he left his wife. The book links this to a home with no family line.
Verse 47.10 says to do good works with one sixth of the house and wealth. Verse 47.11 adds wells and tanks along the road and Gayatri japa.