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Karma Vipaka Samhita · Chapter 77
मूल नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
This chapter of Karma Vipaka Samhita is for mula 2nd pada. In the story, two brahmin brothers quarrel over dividing their wealth.
Classical view, not medical advice.
The elder keeps the wealth, gives no gifts, and the book says he is born again poor. Shiva then gives the remedy: hearing the Harivamsha, worshipping Shiva, chanting and a gold image of the brother. The prayer in the rite asks to be forgiven for taking the brother's share.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
मूल नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥पश्चिमस्यामयोध्यायां योजनानां त्रयोपरि ॥राघवस्य पुरे देवि न्यवसन्बहवो जनाः ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: Beyond three yojana (a measure of distance) west of Ayodhya, O Goddess, in the city of Raghava, many people lived.
मूल नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
तन्मध्ये ब्राह्मणो ह्येको योगशर्माद्रिनन्दिनि ॥तस्य पत्नी समाख्याता गुणज्ञा परमा शुभा ॥ २ ॥
Among them was one brahmin, Yogasharma, O daughter of the mountain. His wife was well known, wise and very good.
मूल नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
तत्र वासोऽभवद्देवि ज्ञानिनस्तस्य कामिनि ॥स पुरोधा महादेवि धनाढ्यः कृपणस्तथा ॥ ३ ॥
That learned man lived there, dear one. He was a family priest, O great Goddess, rich but stingy.
मूल नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
प्रतिग्रहेण भो देवि व्ययकारी दिने दिने ॥तस्य भ्राता कनिष्ठश्च व्यापारकरणे रतः ॥ ४ ॥
He spent money every day from the gifts he took, O Goddess. His younger brother loved trade.
मूल नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
उभौ द्वौ ब्राह्मणौ देवि शान्तिमन्तौ परस्परम् ॥ततो बहुगते काले वैरं जातं तदा शिवे ॥ ५ ॥
The two brahmins were peaceful with each other, O Goddess. After much time had passed, enmity arose between them, O Shiva's wife.
मूल नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
स्वधनस्य विभागार्थं युद्धं जातं सुदारुणम् ॥तदुद्देशेन भो देवि मृतो भ्राता कनिष्ठकः ॥ ६ ॥
A terrible fight broke out over dividing their wealth. On that account, O Goddess, the younger brother died.
मूल नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
तद्धनं गृह्य वै स्वर्णं सर्वं पुत्राय दत्तवान् ॥दानं नैव कृतं तेन ततो वै मरणं खलु ॥ ७ ॥
He took that wealth, all the gold, and gave it to his son. He gave no gifts. Then he died.
मूल नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
यमदूतैर्महाघोरे निक्षिप्तो रक्तकर्दमे ॥बहून्यब्दसहस्राणि भुक्त्वा नरकयातनाम् ॥ ८ ॥
The messengers of Yama (the god of death) threw him into a very dreadful pool of blood and mud. He suffered hell's torment for many thousands of years.
मूल नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
नरकान्निर्गतो देवि गर्दभत्वमजायत ॥वृकयोनिस्ततो भूत्वा मानुषत्वं ततोऽभवत् ॥ ९ ॥
He came out of hell, O Goddess, and was born a donkey. He became a wolf, and then he was born a human.
मूल नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
वेदविद्यारतो देवि कन्यावान् पुत्रवर्जितः ॥रोगयुक्तो महादेवि सदा भिक्षारतो नरः ॥ १० ॥
Devoted to Veda learning, O Goddess, he has a daughter but no son. He is ill, O great Goddess, and always lives by begging.
मूल नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
पूर्वपापविशुद्ध्यर्थं प्रायश्चित्तं शृणुष्व मे ॥हरिवंशश्रुतिं कुर्याच्छिवपूजनमेव च ॥ ११ ॥
Hear from me the prayashchitta (remedy for a past wrong) for clearing the past sin. Let him have the Harivamsha (a sacred book about Krishna) heard, and Shiva worshipped.
मूल नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
अमायां पिण्डदानं च गोदानं च विशेषतः ॥षडक्षरं तथा मन्त्रं शुद्धं मम सुरेश्वरि ॥ १२ ॥
On the new-moon day let him give pinda (a rice-ball offering to the ancestors), and above all a cow. Also my pure six-syllable mantra (sacred words), O Goddess.
मूल नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
जपं वै कारयेत्सत्यं दशलक्षं वरानने ॥होमं वै कारयेत्कान्ते कुण्डे चित्रे वरानने ॥ १३ ॥
Truly let him have japa (repeating a mantra) done, ten lakh (1,000,000), O fair-faced one. Let him have homa (fire offering) done, dear one, in a decorated pit,
मूल नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
चतुरस्रे वरारोहे तिलधान्यादितण्डुलैः ॥प्रतिमां कारयेत्कान्ते भ्रातुः स्वर्णस्य वै शिवे ॥१४॥
a square one, O fair one, with sesame, grain and rice. Dear one, let him have an image of his brother made, of gold, O Shiva's wife,
मूल नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
पलैर्द्विपञ्चसंख्याकैर्मन्त्रेणानेन पूजयेत् ॥ॐ नमः सवित्रे देवाय वेदवेदाङ्गधारिणे ॥ १५ ॥
of ten pala (a unit of weight). Let him worship it with this mantra (sacred words): Om, salutation to the god Savitr (the Sun god), who bears the Vedas and their limbs.
मूल नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
पूर्वजन्मकृतं सर्वं मम पापं व्यपोहतु ॥अज्ञानाद्वा प्रमादाद्वा भ्रातुरंशापहारतः ॥ १६ ॥
May all the sin I did in a past birth be wiped away from me. It came from ignorance or carelessness, from taking my brother's share.
मूल नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
त्वदर्थं गौर्मया दत्ता सूर्यदेवाय ते नमः ॥प्रतिमां पूजयित्वा तु ब्राह्मणाय ददेत सः ॥ १७ ॥
For you I gave a cow. Salutation to you, Sun god. After worshipping the image, let him give it to a brahmin.
मूल नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
एवं कृते विधाने च शीघ्रं पुत्रमवाप्नुयात् ॥काकवन्ध्या पुनः पुत्रजनयित्री भवेद् ध्रुवम् ॥१८॥
When this rite is done, he will soon get a son. A kakavandhya (a woman who has only one child) will surely again become a mother of sons.
मूल नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
व्याधयो नाशमायान्ति तूलराशिर्यथाऽनले ॥१९॥
Illnesses go to destruction, like a heap of cotton in fire. (Our text is unclear here: the last word before the end may be read another way.)
Verse 77.16 asks that all the sin of a past birth be wiped away, which came from taking a brother's share.
Verse 77.12 says pinda is given on the new-moon day, and above all a cow.