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Karma Vipaka Samhita · Chapter 6
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
This chapter first lists four kinds of sons the book describes, and then covers Ashvini 4th pada, the fourth quarter of Ashvini. The four sons come from a bond of merit, enmity, debt or friendship.
Classical view, not medical advice.
The story is of Lakshmana, a warrior near Koshala who took a brahmin's money. After hell and a bull's birth he reaches a human birth. The remedy is a lakh of Gayatri japa, a gift in the Ganga, homa and a cow.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥शृणु देवि वरारोहे नृणां कर्मविपाकजम् ॥तदहं संप्रवक्ष्यामि यथाकर्मानुसारतः ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: Listen, O Goddess, O fair one. I will tell what comes from the ripening of people's deeds, following each one's deeds.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
पुत्रा बहुविधा देवि लौकिका वै विचक्षणाः ॥जायन्ते नात्र संदेहस्तत्सर्वं शृणु वल्लभे ॥ २ ॥
O Goddess, sons of many kinds are born in the world, clever ones. There is no doubt. Hear all of it, beloved.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
प्रथमः पुण्यसंबन्धो मातृपितृप्रियः सदा ॥सुसेवानिरतो नित्यं पितुर्मातुश्च यत्नतः ॥ ३ ॥
The first is born of a bond of merit. He is always dear to his mother and father. He always serves father and mother with care.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
आजन्ममरणाद्देवि पितुराज्ञां करोति च ॥मरणे पितृमात्रोश्च श्राद्धं कुर्याद्दिने दिने ॥ ४ ॥
From birth to death, O Goddess, he obeys his father. When his father and mother die, he does shraddha (rite for the dead ancestors) every day.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
पितृश्राद्धं विना देवि भोजनं न करोति हि ॥द्वितीयः शत्रुसंबंधी तस्य चेष्टां च मे शृणु ॥ ५ ॥
He does not eat without doing the shraddha (rite for the dead ancestors) for his father. The second is linked to enmity. Hear his conduct from me.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
पूर्वजन्मप्रसङ्गेन शत्रुः पुत्रः प्रजायते ॥जन्मतः शत्रुरूपेण मातापित्रोर्विरोधकृत् ॥ ६ ॥
Because of the past life, an enemy is born as a son. From birth he is an enemy in form, and works against his mother and father.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
तत्कर्म कुरुते येन तयोः क्लेशोऽभिजायते ॥तृतीयो ऋणसंबन्धान्मत्तः शृणु वरानने ॥ ७ ॥
He does acts that bring them pain. Hear from me, O fair one, the third, who comes from a debt bond.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
ऋणं यस्य गृहीतं तु न दत्तं हठतः प्रिये ॥तदा पुत्रत्वमाप्नोति द्रव्यदाता न संशयः ॥ ८ ॥
A man took a loan and by force did not repay it, dear one. Then the giver of the money is born as his son, no doubt.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
पितृद्रव्यं प्रयत्नेन गृह्णाति हठतः प्रिये ॥द्यूतवेश्याप्रदानेन व्ययं कुर्याद्दिने दिने ॥ ९ ॥
That son takes his father's money by force, with effort, dear one. He spends it day by day on gambling and on prostitutes.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
यदा द्रव्यविहीनश्च पिता भवति वै प्रिये ॥तदा मृत्युमवाप्नोति युवरूपो न संशयः ॥ १० ॥
When the father has no money, dear one, the son meets death in his youth, no doubt.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
चतुर्थो मित्ररूपेण पुत्रो जायेत पार्वति ॥स्थापितं द्रव्यमन्यस्य न दत्तं पूर्वजन्मनि ॥ ११ ॥
The fourth son, O Parvati, is born in the form of a friend. In the past life money was left with another and not given back.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
तत्संबन्धस्वरूपेण पुत्रो जातस्तदा शिवे ॥बहुप्रीतिं पितृभ्यां च पितृव्ये गोत्रजे तथा ॥ १२ ॥
In that bond, O Goddess, the son is born. He gives great love to both parents, to the father's brother, and to the kin.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
बहूद्यमो गुणी भोक्ता पितुः शिक्षासु तत्परः ॥यत्करोति गृहे कर्म सुखदं जायते हि तत् ॥ १३ ॥
He is hardworking, good, and enjoys life. He is eager for his father's teaching. Whatever work he does at home brings comfort.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
पूर्वरूपो यदा देवि पत्नीपुत्रसमन्वितः ॥ततः शरीरं वै त्यक्त्वा धनं गृह्य ततः प्रिये ॥ १४ ॥
O Goddess, the one of the former form comes to have a wife and sons. Then he leaves the body and takes the wealth, dear one.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
अथ वक्ष्यामि ते देवि चतुर्थचरणं शिवे ॥नक्षत्रतुरगस्यैव प्राणिनां नियतं शृणु ॥ १५ ॥
Now I will tell you of the fourth charana (quarter of a star), O Goddess, of the horse nakshatra (star). Hear what holds for living beings.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
कोशलापुरतो देवि सरय्वा उत्तरे तटे ॥तत्र क्षत्री वसत्येको नगरे नन्दने तदा ॥ १६ ॥
Near Koshala, O Goddess, is the north bank of the Sarayu. A kshatriya (warrior class) lived there, in the town of Nandana.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
स च धर्मविहीनस्तु लक्ष्मणेति च नामतः ॥तस्य भार्या विशालाक्षी कल्याणी नाम सा प्रिये१७॥
He lacked righteousness, and his name was Lakshmana. His wife was wide-eyed and named Kalyani, dear one. (Our text is unclear here: the wife's name may be read slightly differently.)
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
कुलटा यौवनोन्मत्ता परपुंसि रता सदा ॥व्यापारं कारयामास वस्त्रहेमादिकस्य हि ॥ १८ ॥
She was unfaithful, mad with youth, and always fond of other men. He started a trade in cloth, gold and the like.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
उद्यमं बहुधा कृत्वा द्विजैः सह वरानने ॥एवं बहुतिथे काले विप्रद्रव्यं तु चोरितम् ॥ १९ ॥
He worked at it hard with brahmins, O fair one. After a long time he stole a brahmin's money.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
तेन शोकेन विप्रस्तु शीघ्रं पञ्चत्वमागतः ॥ततो बहुतिथे काले राजपुत्रस्य पञ्चता ॥ २० ॥
From that grief the brahmin soon died. After a long time the king's son also died.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
गतः स नरकं घोरं निरुच्छ्वासं सुदारुणम् ॥षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि भुक्त्वा नरकयातनाम् ॥ २१ ॥
He went to a dreadful hell, with no breath and very harsh. He suffered the pains of hell for sixty thousand years.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
नरकान्निःसृतो देवि वृषयोनिः पुराभवत् ॥ततो वै राजपुत्रस्तु मानुषत्वमुपागतः ॥ २२ ॥
He came out of hell, O Goddess, and was first in the form of a bull. Then the king's son reached human birth.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
पुरा तु यत्कृतं पापं तदिहैव प्रभुज्यते ॥मित्रस्य वञ्चनाद्देवि पुत्रस्यैव च पञ्चता ॥ २३ ॥
Whatever sin was done earlier is lived out right here. By cheating a friend, O Goddess, his son also dies.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
काकवन्ध्याऽभवत्पत्नी दुःखशोकसमन्विता ॥तस्य पुण्यं प्रवक्ष्यामि पूर्वपापस्य निग्रहम् ॥ २४ ॥
His wife became a kakavandhya (a woman who has only one child), full of grief and sorrow. I will tell the merit that holds back his past sin.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
गायत्रीलक्षजाप्येन सर्वं पापं प्रणश्यति ॥कूष्माण्डं नारिकेलं वा स्वर्णयुक्तं सहाम्बरम् ॥ २५ ॥
By a lakh (100,000) of Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant) japa (repeating a mantra) all sin is destroyed. Give a pumpkin or a coconut, with gold and cloth,
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
गङ्गामध्ये प्रदातव्यं संतानार्थे वरानने ॥वर्तुलाकारकुण्डे च होमं यत्नेन कारयेत् ॥ २६ ॥
in the middle of the Ganga, for the sake of offspring, O fair one. Have a homa (fire offering) done with effort in a round fire pit.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
स्वर्णशृङ्गीं रौप्यखुरां पट्टवस्त्रसमन्विताम् ॥आचार्याय प्रदद्यात्तु सपात्रां विधिवत् प्रिये ॥ २७ ॥
Give a cow to the teacher by the rule, dear one. Its horns are covered in gold and its hooves in silver. Give it with silk cloth and a vessel.
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
एवं कृते न संदेहो वन्ध्यात्वं च प्रणश्यति ॥पुत्रपौत्राश्च वर्द्धन्ते न संदेहो वरानने ॥ २८ ॥
When this is done there is no doubt: the state of being vandhya (a woman who cannot bear children) ends. Sons and grandsons grow, no doubt, O fair one.
Verses 6.3 to 6.13 describe sons born of a bond of merit, of enmity, of a debt and of friendship. The book gives each kind its own conduct.
Verse 6.25 gives a lakh of Gayatri japa and a gift of a pumpkin or coconut with gold. Verses 6.26 and 6.27 add a homa and a cow given to the teacher.