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Karma Vipaka Samhita · Chapter 5
अश्विनी नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
This chapter covers Ashvini 3rd pada, the third quarter of Ashvini. The book tells of Cholasimha, a king's son in Narayanapura.
Classical view, not medical advice.
He went hunting with a brahmin friend, and a quarrel over the meat ended in the friend's death. The book links this to a lack of children in a later birth. The remedy is a pond and a stepwell by the road, hearing the Harivamsha and a gift of ten colours.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
॥ ईश्वर उवाच ॥अथातः संप्रवक्ष्यामि नक्षत्रतुरगास्य तु ॥तृतीयस्य ततो देवि प्रायश्चित्तमतः शृणु ॥ १ ॥
Ishvara said: Now I will speak of the nakshatra (star) of the horse. O Goddess, hear the prayashchitta (remedy for a past wrong) for its third charana (quarter of a star).
अश्विनी नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
अयोध्यापुरतो देवि दक्षिणे पूर्वदिग्गते ॥नारायणपुरे रम्ये राजपुत्रोऽभवत्तदा ॥ २ ॥
To the south of Ayodhya, toward the east, in lovely Narayanapura, a king's son was born then.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
स्वकर्मनिरतो दान्तः प्रजापोषणतत्परः ॥नामतश्चोलसिंहेति तस्य पत्नी प्रभावती ॥ ३ ॥
He was devoted to his duty, self-controlled, and eager to nourish his people. His name was Cholasimha, and his wife was Prabhavati.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
तस्य मित्रं द्विजोऽप्येकः स्वकर्मपरिवर्जितः ॥एकदा मृगयां यातो राजपुत्रः स ब्राह्मणः ॥ ४ ॥
He had a friend, a brahmin who had left his own duty. One day the king's son and the brahmin went hunting.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
मृगं हत्वा वरारोहे जग्मतुर्गहने वने ॥मांसस्य देवि भागार्थं कलहो हि महानभूत् ॥ ५ ॥
Having killed a deer, O fair one, they went into a deep forest. A great quarrel arose over a share of the meat.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
ततः स ब्राह्मणो दुष्टः क्रोधेनैवापि च द्विषन् ॥मरणं तस्य भो देवि बभूव गहने वने ॥ ६ ॥
Then the wicked brahmin turned hateful in anger. O Goddess, his death came about in the deep forest.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
ततश्चिन्तापरीतात्मा राजपुत्रो गृहं ययौ ॥गृहे च कारयामास तस्य कर्म यथाविधि ॥ ७ ॥
Then the king's son went home, his mind full of worry. At home he had the brahmin's rites done by the rule.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
ततो बहुगते काले प्रयागे मकरे मुदा ॥शरीरं त्यक्तवान् देवि भार्यया सहितस्तदा ॥ ८ ॥
After a long time he gladly gave up his body, together with his wife. It was at Prayaga, in Makara (when the Sun is in Capricorn).
अश्विनी नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
स्वर्गं भुक्त्वा युगान् सप्त ततः पुण्यक्षये सति ॥मर्त्यलोकेऽभवज्जन्म धनधान्यसमन्वितः ॥ ९ ॥
He enjoyed heaven for seven yugas (ages). When his merit ran out, he was born in the world of mortals with wealth and grain.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
भार्यया सहितो देवि मध्यदेशे वरानने ॥पुत्रो न जायते देवि पूर्वकर्मविपाकतः ॥ १० ॥
O fair one, he lives with his wife in the Middle Country. No son is born to him, O Goddess. This comes from the ripening of past deeds.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
ब्रह्महत्याफलेनैव मृतवत्सोऽपि वा भवेत् ॥तस्य शुद्धिं प्रवक्ष्यामि यतः पुत्रः प्रजायते ॥ ११ ॥
From the fruit of killing a brahmin, he may also be mritavatsa (one whose children die young). I will tell the cleansing by which a son is born.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
तदुद्देशेन कर्त्तव्यस्तडागो वापिका पथि ॥हरिवंशश्रवणं देवि विधिपूर्वमतः शिवे ॥ १२ ॥
For that purpose he should build a pond and a stepwell by the road. He should have the Harivamsha (a sacred book about Krishna) heard by the rule, O Auspicious One.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
दश वर्णाः प्रदातव्याः स्वर्णयुक्ताः सहाम्बराः ॥एवं कृते न संदेहो वंशस्तस्य प्रजायते ॥ १३ ॥
Ten-colour gifts should be given, a dashavarna (a gift of ten colours), with gold and with cloth. When this is done there is no doubt: his line arises.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
सा स्त्री स्यात्सुखिनी देवि सत्यमेव न संशयः ॥काकवन्ध्यात्वमुक्ता स्यात् मृतवत्सा सुखावहा ॥ १४ ॥
That woman will be happy, O Goddess, truly, with no doubt. She is freed from being a kakavandhya (a woman who has only one child). The woman who is mritavatsa (one whose children die young) will find happiness.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
व्याधिनाशो भवेद्देवि नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥ १५ ॥
The illness will be destroyed, O Goddess. No doubt is needed here.
Verse 5.12 gives a pond and a stepwell by the road and hearing the Harivamsha. Verse 5.13 adds a gift of ten colours with gold and cloth.
Verses 5.2 to 5.6 tell of Cholasimha, a king's son, and a brahmin friend. A quarrel over the meat of a deer ends in the friend's death in the forest.