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Karma Vipaka Samhita · Chapter 73
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
This chapter covers jyeshtha 2nd pada, the star quarter and the past deed the book links to it. Govardhana, a blacksmith of Pattana, drove his elder son from the house with nothing given to him.
Classical view, not medical advice.
The book says he also left his own wife. The remedy is an Ekadashi vrata, a gift, the Harivamsha, a Chandi recital and a new-moon shraddha.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥पट्टने वै पुरे शुभ्रे लोहकारोऽवसत्पुरा ॥गोवर्धनाभिधः पत्नीयुक्तोऽभूत्परमेश्वरि ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: "In a bright city called Pattana, a blacksmith lived long ago. He was named Govardhana, O Supreme Goddess, and had a wife."
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
धनधान्यसमायुक्तो धर्मकर्मरतस्तथा ॥तस्य पुत्रद्वयं जातं लोहकारस्य पार्वति ॥ २ ॥
He was rich in wealth and grain and given to good deeds. Two sons were born to the blacksmith, O Parvati.
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
ज्येष्ठपुत्रश्च भो देवि भार्यया सह तेन वै ॥निःसारितो गृहाद्देवि दत्तं तस्मै न किंचन ॥ ३ ॥
The blacksmith drove the elder son from the house with his wife, O Goddess. Nothing was given to him.
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
एको गृहे स्थितः पुत्रो द्रव्यं तस्मै प्रदत्तवान् ॥लोहकारेण भो देवि स्वभार्या पुत्रसंयुता ॥ ४ ॥
The one son who stayed at home was given the wealth, O Goddess. The blacksmith left his own wife, who had her son with her.
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
त्यक्ता चैव महादेवि गोपालस्य तु कन्यका ॥भार्या कृता पुनस्तेन पत्न्यास्त्यागश्च वै कृतः ॥५॥
He made a cowherd's daughter his wife, O Great Goddess. So he abandoned his wife.
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
ततो बहुगते काले लोहकारस्य वै शिवे ॥व्याघ्रेण मरणं जातं यमदूतैर्यमाज्ञया ॥ ६ ॥
After a long time, O Shiva's wife, the blacksmith was killed by a tiger. The messengers of Yama (the god of death) took him at Yama's order.
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
निक्षिप्तो नरके घोरे कृमिविष्ठादिसंयुतः ॥त्रिंशद्वर्षसहस्राणि भुक्त्वा नरकयातनाम् ॥ ७ ॥
He was thrown into a dreadful hell full of worms and filth. He bore the torment of hell for 30,000 years.
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
नरकान्निर्गतो देवि मानुषत्वं ततोऽलभत् ॥पुनः सर्पस्य योनिं च ततो नकुलतां गतः ॥ ८ ॥
Leaving hell, O Goddess, he was born a man. Then he took the birth of a snake, and then became a mongoose.
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
मानुषत्वं ततो देवि धनधान्यसमाकुलः ॥शूरोऽभूत्किल विज्ञश्च ज्ञानवान् राजवल्लभः ॥ ९ ॥
Then he was a man again, rich in wealth and grain. He was brave, wise, learned and dear to the king.
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
पुरैव यत्कृतं सर्वं तत्प्राप्नोति न संशयः ॥पुरैव कार्तिके मासि पौर्णमास्यां सदाशिवे ॥ १० ॥
One gets all one did before, without doubt. Long ago, on the full moon of the month of Kartik, O Shiva's wife,
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
धेनुः प्रदत्ता युवती विधिवन्मम वल्लभे ॥तेन दानफलेनेह धनाढ्यत्वं प्रलब्धवान् ॥ ११ ॥
he gave a young cow by the rule, O my beloved. By the fruit of that gift he gained wealth here.
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
स्वभार्यां च परित्यज्य परकीयारतः स वै ॥अतः पुत्रस्य वै मृत्युः पुनः पुत्रो न जायते ॥ १२॥
But he left his own wife and loved another man's wife. So his son dies, and no son is born again.
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
कन्यकाजनयित्री च तस्य भार्याभवत्खलु ॥पुत्रस्त्रियोश्च कृतवान् त्यागं परकलत्रवान् ॥ १३ ॥
His wife became the mother of daughters only. He, who took another man's wife, left his son and his wife.
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
तत्पापेन महादेवि रोगग्रस्तकलेवरः ॥व्याधयश्च समुत्पन्ना दद्रुपामादयस्तदा ॥ १४ ॥
By that wrong, O Great Goddess, his body is seized by disease. Illnesses arose: ringworm and itch (skin diseases) and the like.
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
ख्यातवंशे समुत्पन्नो भूमिभागो न लभ्यते ॥अथ शांतिं प्रवक्ष्यामि पूर्वपापविशुद्धये ॥ १५ ॥
Born in a famous family, he cannot get a share of land. Now I will tell the remedy to cleanse the earlier wrong.
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
एकादशीव्रतं नित्यं षडंशं दानमाचरेत् ॥षडङ्गं पाठयेन्नित्यं रुद्रपूजनपूर्वकम् ॥ १६ ॥
Keep the Ekadashi vrata (vow of fasting and worship) always. Give one sixth of your wealth. Have the six-limbed recital done every day, after worshiping Rudra (a fierce form of Shiva).
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
हरिवंशश्रुतिं कुर्याच्चण्डीपाठं निरन्तरम् ॥तिलधेनुप्रदानं वै ह्यमाश्राद्धं विशेषतः ॥ १७ ॥
Have the Harivamsha (a sacred book about Krishna) heard. Recite the Chandi (the sacred text of the Goddess) without a break. Give a cow made of sesame. Do the new-moon shraddha (rite for the dead ancestors) especially.
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
एवं कृते महादेवि पुत्रस्तस्य भविष्यति ॥वन्ध्यात्वं प्रशमं याति सर्वरोगक्षयो भवेत् ॥ १८ ॥
When this is done, O Great Goddess, he will have a son. Childlessness calms down, and all illness ends.
Verse 73.3 says the blacksmith drove the elder son from the house with nothing given to him. Verse 73.5 adds that he abandoned his own wife.
Verse 73.16 says to keep the Ekadashi vrata always and give one sixth of his wealth. Verse 73.17 adds the Harivamsha, the Chandi, a sesame cow and the new-moon shraddha.