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Karma Vipaka Samhita · Chapter 66
विशाखा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
This chapter covers vishakha 3rd pada, the star quarter and the past deed the book links to it. Tejasharma, a warrior of Vidarbha, took away the livelihood of brahmins and blamed the Vedas.
Classical view, not medical advice.
The book says this wrong needs a cleansing remedy. It asks for wells, a house gift, Akrishnena japa, a fire offering and a cow.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
विशाखा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥विदर्भनगरे देवि क्षत्री ह्येकोऽवसत्पुरा ॥तेजशर्मेति विख्यातो द्विजानां वृत्तिहारकः ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: "O Goddess, long ago a kshatriya (warrior class) lived in the city of Vidarbha. He was known as Tejasharma. He took away the brahmins' livelihood."
विशाखा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
प्रजानां दुःखदो नित्यं वेदानां चैव निन्दकः ॥तस्य त्रासवशात्सर्वा प्रजा ग्रामात्पलायिता ॥ २ ॥
He always hurt the people and blamed the Vedas. Out of fear of him, all the people ran away from the village.
विशाखा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
एवं बहुगते काले तस्य मृत्युरभूत्किल ॥यमदूतैर्महाघोरैर्निक्षिप्तो नरके ततः ॥ ३ ॥
After a long time he died. The fearful messengers of Yama (the god of death) threw him into hell.
विशाखा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
द्विसप्ततिसहस्राणि घोरे नरककर्दमे ॥भुक्तं नरककष्टं च सूचीमुखसमुद्भवम् ॥ ४ ॥
For 72,000 years he lay in the dreadful mud of hell. He bore the pain of hell that came from the needle-mouthed ones.
विशाखा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
नरकान्निर्गतो देवि गर्दभत्वं ततोऽगमत् ॥रासभत्वात्ततो देवि मानुषत्वं ततोऽभवत् ॥ ५ ॥
Leaving hell, O Goddess, he became a donkey. From a donkey he became a man.
विशाखा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
तस्य भार्याभवद्वन्ध्या पूर्वजन्मफलाच्छिवे ॥तस्माद्गात्रे भवेद्रोगो दद्रुरर्शादयस्तथा ॥ ६ ॥
His wife was a vandhya (a woman who cannot bear children), from the fruit of his past life. So his body gets disease. It brings ringworm (a skin disease), piles and the like.
विशाखा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
न सुखं लभते देवि चिन्तया व्याकुलेन्द्रियः ॥शृणु सर्वं वरारोहे पूर्वपापस्य निग्रहे ॥ ७ ॥
He finds no peace, his senses troubled by worry. Listen to all of it, O lovely one, for ending the earlier wrong.
विशाखा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
दशांशं विभवं देवि ब्राह्मणाय समर्पयेत् ॥वापीकूपतडागादि पथि मध्ये च कारयेत् ॥ ८ ॥
Give one tenth of your wealth to a brahmin. Build step-wells, wells, ponds and the like along the road.
विशाखा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
गृहदानं ततो देवि सर्ववस्तुसमन्वितम् ॥प्रदद्याद्वेदविदुषे ब्राह्मणाय वराय च ॥ ९ ॥
Then give a house with everything in it. Give it to a fine brahmin who knows the Veda.
विशाखा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
आकृष्णेति जपं देवि लक्षमेकं च कारयेत् ॥होमं कुर्यादद्रिसुते तिलाज्यमधुतण्डुलैः ॥ १० ॥
Have 100,000 japa (repeating a mantra) done with the Akrishnena hymn (a hymn to the Sun). Do a homa (fire offering) with sesame, clarified butter, honey and rice, O daughter of the mountain.
विशाखा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
ततो गां कपिलां देवि ब्राह्मणाय प्रपूजिताम् ॥प्रदद्याद्विधिवच्चैव सर्वालंकारभूषिताम् ॥ ११ ॥
Then give a tawny cow, well honored, to a brahmin by the rule. Adorn her with all ornaments.
विशाखा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
सुवर्णनिष्कमात्रं तु ब्राह्मणाय ततो ददेत् ॥एवं कृते वरारोहे रोगनाशो भवेद् ध्रुवम् ॥ १२ ॥
Then give one nishka (a unit of gold weight) of gold to the brahmin. When this is done, O lovely one, the illness surely ends.
विशाखा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
पुत्रश्च जायते देवि वन्ध्यात्वं च प्रशाम्यति ॥काकवन्ध्या लभेत्पुत्रं नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥ १३ ॥
A son is born, O Goddess, and childlessness calms down. A kakavandhya (a woman who has only one child) gets a son. There is no need to doubt this.
Verse 66.1 says Tejasharma took away the brahmins' livelihood. Verse 66.2 adds that he blamed the Vedas.
Verse 66.8 says to give one tenth of his wealth to a brahmin and build wells and ponds along the road. Verse 66.10 adds 100,000 japa of the Akrishnena hymn.