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Karma Vipaka Samhita · Chapter 75
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
This chapter of Karma Vipaka Samhita is for jyeshtha 4th pada. In the story, a weaver destroys the young birds of a sparrow living in his house.
Classical view, not medical advice.
The book says he is born again with wealth but a troubled household. Shiva then gives the remedy: chanting, gifts to a brahmin and a sparrow image with her young. The book says this clears the old wrong.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥चतुर्भुजाभिधे क्षेत्रे वेणीपश्चिमतः शिवे ॥पट्टकारोऽवसद्देवि लक्ष्मणेति च संज्ञकः ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: In the holy place called Chaturbhuja, west of Veni, O Goddess, a weaver lived. His name was Lakshmana.
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
तस्य पत्नी विशालाक्षि परपुंसि रता सदा ॥पुत्राश्च बहवो जाता धनं च बहु संचितम् ॥ २ ॥
His wife, O large-eyed one, was always in love with other men. Many sons were born, and much wealth was gathered.
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
क्रयविक्रयधर्मेण व्ययकारी दिने दिने ॥तस्य गेहेऽकरोद्वासं चटका नाम पक्षिणी ॥ ३ ॥
He spent money every day in buying and selling, as his trade. A sparrow made her home in his house.
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
एकदा समये देवि चाण्डान्साऽसूत तत्र वै ॥बहून्वै पोषितांश्चाण्डान्सपक्षान्कृतवांस्तथा ॥ ४ ॥
Once, O Goddess, she laid eggs there. She reared many of them until they had wings.
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
फलं गृह्य सदा पक्षी मध्याह्ने बालकान्प्रति ॥भोजनं प्रददौ नित्यं स्वकुलाय तदा शिवे ॥ ५ ॥
Every day at noon, O Goddess, the bird brought fruit. She always gave food to her young in her own nest.
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
ततस्तु दैवयोगेन पट्टकारस्तु तद्गृहे ॥भोजनार्थं गतो देवि पत्नी चाऽन्नं तदाप्यदात् ॥६॥
Then, by chance of fate, the weaver came into that house to eat, O Goddess. His wife gave him food then.
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
भुक्तं च विविधं चान्नं तत्क्षणे पक्षिशालकाः ॥विष्ठां चक्रुस्तथा दृष्ट्वा पट्टकारो रुषा खलु ॥ ७ ॥
While he ate many kinds of food, at that moment the young birds dropped dung. Seeing it, the weaver was angry. (Our text is unclear here: the word for the young birds may be misprinted.)
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
कुलं तस्याकरोन्नष्टं बालानां हननेन सः ॥एवं बहुगते काले पट्टकारस्य सुव्रते ॥ ८ ॥
He destroyed her brood by killing the young ones. Much time went by for the weaver, O good-vowed one.
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
गङ्गायां मरणं जातं भार्यया सहितस्य वै ॥स्वर्गवासोऽभवद्देवि पट्टकारस्य सुव्रते ॥ ९ ॥
He died in the Ganga together with his wife. The weaver went to heaven, O good-vowed one.
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
सप्ततिर्वै सहस्राणि स्वयं भुक्त्वा फलं बहु ॥पुनः पुण्यक्षये जाते स्वर्गभ्रष्टो यदाभवत् ॥ १० ॥
He enjoyed much fruit there himself for seventy thousand years. Then his merit ran out, and he fell from heaven. (Our text is unclear here: the number looks like seventy thousand, but the print is hard to read.)
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
मनुष्यश्चाऽभवद्देवि गङ्गागण्डकिमध्ययोः ॥धनधान्यसमायुक्तो विवाहमकरोद्यदा ॥ ११ ॥
He became a man between the Ganga and the Gandaki, O Goddess. He had wealth and grain. When he married,
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
पूर्वजन्मस्थिता भार्या सा तस्य गृहमेधिनी ॥प्रेष्ययुक्ताऽभवत्सा तु गर्भस्य पतनं मुहुः ॥ १२ ॥
his wife from the past birth became his housewife. She had servants, but she lost her baby again and again.
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
कन्यका नैव जायंते पुत्रस्यैव तु का कथा ॥ज्वरयुक्ता सदा नारी स्वशरीरेऽभवत्खलु ॥ १३ ॥
No daughters were born to her, let alone a son. The woman always had fever in her body.
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
सुखं न लभते कापि दुःखं याति दिने दिने ॥अस्य शान्ति प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणु सर्वं वरानने ॥ १४ ॥
She gets no happiness anywhere. Her sorrow grows day by day. I will tell the remedy for this. Hear all of it, O fair-faced one.
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
चन्द्रार्कयोर्मन्त्रजपं गायत्रीजपमाचरेत् ॥लक्षमेकं वरारोहे पूर्वपापविशुद्धये ॥ १५ ॥
Let him do japa (repeating a mantra) of the mantras (sacred words) of the Moon and the Sun. Let him also do japa of the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant). Let it be one lakh (100,000) times, O fair one, to clear the old sin.
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
गृहवित्ताष्टमं भागं पुण्यकार्यं च कारयेत् ॥कपिलां गां सवत्सां च ब्राह्मणाय प्रदापयेत् ॥ १६ ॥
Let him spend an eighth of his house wealth on holy works. Let him give a tawny cow with her calf to a brahmin.
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
दशवर्णास्ततो दद्याद्ब्राह्मणान्भोजयेत्ततः ॥चटकस्याकृतिं कृत्वा सार्भकस्य वरानने ॥ १७ ॥
Then let him give dashavarna (a gift of ten colours), and feed brahmins. Let him make an image of a sparrow with her young, O fair-faced one,
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
रौप्यस्य ताम्रस्वर्णस्य पञ्चविंशपलस्य तु ॥ब्राह्मणाय ततो दद्याद्भूमिदानं विशेषतः ॥ १८ ॥
made of silver, copper and gold, of twenty-five pala (a unit of weight). Then let him give it to a brahmin. Above all, let him give land.
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
हरिवंशश्रुतिं कुर्याद्भार्यया सहितस्तु वै ॥हवनं तर्पणं कुर्यान्मार्जनं तु ततः परम् ॥ १९ ॥
Let him have the Harivamsha (a sacred book about Krishna) heard, together with his wife. Let him do homa (fire offering) and tarpana (water offering to the ancestors and gods). After that, marjana (sprinkling).
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
जातवेदेति मन्त्रेण दशायुतजपं तथा ॥गोपालमन्त्रजपनात्पुत्रलाभो भवेद्ध्रु ॥ २० ॥
Let him do japa (repeating a mantra) with the mantra (sacred words) 'Jatavedase'. Let it be a hundred thousand (ten times ten thousand). Jatavedas is a name of the fire god. By japa of the Gopala mantra, a son is surely gained.
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
रोगनाशो भवेद्देवि काकवन्ध्या लभेत्सुतम् ॥ २१ ॥
Illness is destroyed, O Goddess. A kakavandhya (a woman who has only one child) will get a son.
Verse 75.8 says the weaver destroyed the brood of a sparrow that lived in his house.
Verse 75.18 says an image of a sparrow with her young is made of silver, copper and gold, twenty-five pala in all.