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Karma Vipaka Samhita · Chapter 53
हस्त नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
This chapter covers hasta 2nd pada, the star quarter and the past deed the book links to it. A rich barber named Khadga lived in the city of Keshava in Vanga.
Classical view, not medical advice.
The book also tells of wrongs inside his family. The remedy is a gift, japa, garden and wells, tulasi care and an Ekadashi vrata.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
हस्त नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥वङ्गदेशे महादेवि केशवं नाम वै पुरम् ॥खङ्गनामेति विख्यातो नापितो वसति प्रिये ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: O great Goddess, in the land of Vanga there is a city called Keshava. A barber named Khadga lived there, dear one.
हस्त नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
महाधनसमायुक्तो भाग्यवान् देवपूजकः ॥तस्य पत्नी विशालाक्षी लीलानाम्नीति विश्रुता ॥२॥
He was very rich, lucky and a worshipper of the gods. His wife, wide-eyed, was known by the name Lila.
हस्त नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
तस्यां पुत्रद्वयं जातं नापितस्य तदा प्रिये ॥एको द्यूतपरः पुत्रो द्वितीयश्चोरसंमतः ॥३॥
Two sons were born to the barber from her, dear one. One son was fond of gambling. The second was thought to be a thief.
हस्त नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
परस्त्रीलम्पटो देवि नापितस्य च वै सुतः ॥ज्येष्ठपुत्रस्य या भार्या पुंश्चली चातिसुन्दरी ॥ ४ ॥
The barber's son was also, O Goddess, greedy for other men's wives. The wife of the eldest son was loose and very beautiful.
हस्त नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
नापितं प्राभजत्सा तु श्वशुरं खङ्गनामकम् ॥एवं बहुगते काले तस्य मृत्युरभूत्तदा ॥ ५ ॥
She took the barber Khadga, her husband's father, as her lover. Then, after much time had passed, he died.
हस्त नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
तदा पत्नी सती जाता नापितस्य चिताग्निना ॥सत्यलोकमभूद्देवि भार्य्यया सहितस्य वै ॥ ६ ॥
Then his wife became a sati (a wife who dies with her husband) in the barber's funeral fire. O Goddess, he reached Satyaloka (the world of truth) with his wife.
हस्त नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
युगमेकायुतं देवि सत्यलोकेऽवसत्तदा ॥ततः पुण्यक्षये जाते पुनर्मानुषतां गतः ॥ ७ ॥
O Goddess, he lived in Satyaloka for ten thousand yugas (ages). Then his good deeds ran out and he went to a human birth again.
हस्त नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
धनधान्यसमायुक्तो ह्यपुत्रश्च सुशोभने ॥पञ्च कन्याः प्रजायन्ते व्याधिस्तस्य प्रजायते ॥ ८ ॥
He is rich in money and grain, O lovely one, but has no son. Five daughters are born, and he falls ill.
हस्त नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
अस्य शांतिं प्रवक्ष्यामि पूर्वपापक्षयं यतः ॥गृहवित्ताष्टमं भागं ब्राह्मणाय समर्पयेत् ॥ ९ ॥
I will tell the calming rite, by which the old sin ends. Let him give one eighth of his house and wealth to a brahmin.
हस्त नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
गायत्रीमूलमन्त्रेण लक्षजाप्यं च कारयेत् ॥हवनं तद्दशांशेन तर्पणं मार्जनं तथा ॥ १० ॥
Let him have japa (repeating a mantra) done a hundred thousand times. He uses the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant) root mantra (sacred words). Then a homa (fire offering) with one tenth of that. Then marjana (sprinkling) and tarpana (water offering to the ancestors and gods).
हस्त नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
वाटिकाकूपमार्गांश्च तडागं चैव कारयेत् ॥तुलसीसेवनं नित्यमेकादश्यां व्रतं ततः ॥ ११ ॥
Let him have a garden, a well, roads and a tank made. Let him serve the tulasi (holy basil) every day. Then let him keep a vrata (vow of fasting and worship) on Ekadashi (the 11th day of the moon).
हस्त नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
वृंताकं मूलिकां चैव न भोक्तव्यं कदाचन ॥दशवर्णां ततो दद्याद्धरिवंशश्रुतिं तथा ॥ १२ ॥
He must never eat brinjal or radish. Then let him give a dashavarna (a gift of ten colours). Let him have the Harivamsha (a sacred book about Krishna) heard.
हस्त नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
एवं कृते न संदेहः पुत्रो भवति तस्य वै ॥कन्यका नैव जायन्ते वन्ध्यात्वं च प्रशाम्यति ॥१३॥
When this is done, without doubt a son is born to him. Daughters are not born, and the state of being vandhya (a woman who cannot bear children) is calmed.
हस्त नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
रोगाः सर्वे क्षयं यान्ति काकवन्ध्या लभेत्सुतम् १४॥
All diseases come to an end. The kakavandhya (a woman who has only one child) gets a son.
Verse 53.9 says to give one eighth of the house and wealth to a brahmin. Verse 53.10 adds a hundred thousand Gayatri japa.
Verse 53.11 says to serve the tulasi every day and keep a vrata on Ekadashi. Verse 53.12 adds that he never eats brinjal or radish.