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Karma Vipaka Samhita · Chapter 57
चित्रा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
This chapter covers chitra 2nd pada, the star quarter and the past deed the book links to it. A brahmin of the Middle Country near the Sarayu lived without discipline, though his wife served him well.
Classical view, not medical advice.
The book links this to a home with no son. The remedy is good works, Gayatri japa, a gift of land and the name Govinda each day.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
चित्रा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥पुण्येन जायते पुत्रः पुण्येन लभते श्रियम् ॥पुण्येन रोगनाशः स्यात् सर्वशास्त्रे च संमतः ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: By merit a son is born. By merit a person gains wealth. By merit disease is destroyed. All the books agree on this.
चित्रा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
मध्यदेशे वरारोहे ब्राह्मणो न्यवसत्प्रिये ॥सरय्वा दक्षिणे कूले कालिकापुरशोभने ॥ २ ॥
Dear one, a brahmin lived in the Middle Country, O fair-hipped one. It was on the south bank of the Sarayu, near a fine town called Kalikapura.
चित्रा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
शुभे कालीपुरे तत्र द्विजोऽतिष्ठन्महाशनः ॥स्तेनवेश्यापरस्त्रीणां रतिसंसर्गतत्परः ॥ ३ ॥
In that fine town of Kalipura the brahmin lived as a big eater. He kept company with thieves. He chased prostitutes and other men's wives.
चित्रा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
मद्यपानं विना देवि निद्रा तस्य न जायते ॥तस्य स्त्री सुभवा नाम्नी पतिसेवापरायणा ॥ ४ ॥
Without wine, O Goddess, he could not sleep. His wife was named Subhava. She was devoted to serving her husband.
चित्रा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
प्रत्यहं पूजयेद्देवि स्वपतिं पापकारिणम् ॥ततो बहुगते काले मरणं व्याघ्रतोऽभवत् ॥ ५ ॥
She worshipped her sinful husband every day, O Goddess. Then, after a long time, a tiger killed him.
चित्रा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
तस्य पत्नी सती जाता चिताग्नौ च तदाहिता ॥सत्यलोके ततो देवि कल्पमेकं बुभोज सा ॥ ६ ॥
His wife became a sati (a wife who dies with her husband). She was then placed in the funeral fire. Then, O Goddess, she enjoyed Satyaloka (the world of truth) for one kalpa (a very long age).
चित्रा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
पत्या सह वरारोहे ततः पुण्यक्षये सति ॥मृत्युलोके भवेज्जन्म कुले महति पूजिते ॥ ७ ॥
She was there with her husband, O fair-hipped one. Then, when their merit ran out, he was born in the world of mortals. It was in a great and honoured family.
चित्रा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
धनधान्यसमायुक्तो बाल्यतो रोगवानपि ॥पुण्यसंबन्धयोगेन पुण्यस्त्री या च संस्थिता ॥ ८ ॥
He was rich in money and grain, yet sickly from childhood. By the bond of their merit, that good wife was there with him again.
चित्रा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
पुनर्विवाहिता सैव यायात् पुत्रविवर्जिता ॥अस्य पापस्य शान्त्यर्थं पुण्यं शृणु वरानने ॥ ९ ॥
She was married to him again, but she stays without a son. Listen, O fair-faced one, to the merit that ends this sin.
चित्रा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
गृहवित्तषडंशस्य पुण्यकार्यं च कारयेत् ॥गायत्रीमूलमन्त्रेण त्रिलक्षं जपमाचरेत् ॥ १० ॥
He should do good works with a sixth of the wealth of his house. He should do three lakh (300,000) japa (repeating a mantra). He should use the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant) root mantra (sacred words).
चित्रा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
हवनं तद्दशांशेन मार्जनं तर्पणं तथा ॥दशवर्णास्ततो दानं भूमिदानं विशेषतः ॥ ११ ॥
Then a homa (fire offering) of a tenth of that. Then marjana (sprinkling) and tarpana (water offering to the ancestors and gods). Then he should give a dashavarna (a gift of ten colours), above all a gift of land.
चित्रा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
गोविन्देति ततो नाम जपेन्नित्यं वरानने ॥प्रातःस्नानं सदा कुर्यान्माघवैशाखकार्तिके ॥ १२ ॥
Then he should say the name 'Govinda' every day, O fair-faced one. He should bathe in the morning always, in Magha, Vaishakha and Kartik.
चित्रा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
कृष्णस्य शतकं देवि भूर्जपत्रेण संयुतम् ॥लेखयित्वा विधानेन स्थापयेत्स्वगृहं प्रति ॥ १३ ॥
O Goddess, he should have a hundred names of Krishna written on birch bark, by the rule. Then he should set it up in his own house.
चित्रा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
हरिवंशश्रुतिं कुर्यादेकादश्यां व्रतं चरेत् ॥एवं कृत्वा वरारोहे सर्वरोगक्षयो भवेत् ॥ १४ ॥
He should have the Harivamsha (a sacred book about Krishna) heard. He should keep the vrata (vow of fasting and worship) on Ekadashi. Doing this, O fair-hipped one, all disease is destroyed.
चित्रा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
पुत्रश्च जायते देवि नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥ १५ ॥
A son is born, O Goddess. There is no need to doubt this.
Verse 57.10 says to do good works with a sixth of the house wealth and three lakh Gayatri japa. Verse 57.11 adds a fire offering and a gift of land.
Verse 57.12 says to say the name Govinda every day and bathe in the morning in Magha, Vaishakha and Kartik. Verse 57.13 adds a hundred names of Krishna on birch bark, set up at home.