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Karma Vipaka Samhita · Chapter 81
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
This chapter of Karma Vipaka Samhita is for purva ashadha 2nd pada. In the story, a brahmin keeps gold, a diamond and a pearl in a merchant's house for safety.
Classical view, not medical advice.
The merchant does not give them back, and the book says this is the wrong he carries into a later life. Shiva then gives the remedy: half the house wealth, chanting, a black cow and a feast. A silver image of the brahmin is worshipped and given away.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥कर्णाटे वै ततो देवि पुरं च शिवसंज्ञकम् ॥वसन्ति तत्र बहवो वैश्याः पण्योपजीविनः ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: Then, O Goddess, in Karnata there is a city named Shiva. Many vaishyas (trader class) lived there, living by trade.
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
तन्मध्ये वैश्य एको हि धरणीकरविश्रुतः ॥तस्य रूपवती भार्या सुन्दरी बहुसंयुता ॥ २ ॥
Among them was one vaishya (trader class), famed as Dharanikara. His wife was beautiful and lovely, and had much.
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
व्यापारेण महादेवि धनं बहु च संचितम् ॥ततो बहुदिने काले तस्य मित्रं द्विजोऽप्यभूत् ॥ ३ ॥
By trade, O great Goddess, he gathered much wealth. After many days, a brahmin became his friend.
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
ब्राह्मणः सोऽपि वै भ्रष्टः कष्टं भुक्त्वा दिने दिने ॥स्वर्णं शतपलं देवि हीरकं मौक्तिकं तथा ॥ ४ ॥
That brahmin too had fallen, and he suffered day by day. He had gold of a hundred pala (a unit of weight), a diamond and a pearl.
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
स्थापितं ब्राह्मणद्रव्यं स्वगृहे मित्रकारणात् ॥ततो वृद्धे तु संजाते वैश्यमृत्युरभूत्पुरा ॥ ५ ॥
For the friend's sake, the brahmin's goods were kept in the vaishya's own house. Then, when he was old, the vaishya died first.
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
पश्चात्पत्नी मृता तस्य व्रतिनी गर्ववर्जिता ॥वैश्यस्य चाभवत्स्वर्गे दिव्यवर्षसहस्रकम् ॥ ६ ॥
Afterward his wife died, keeping her vows and free of pride. The merchant stayed in heaven for a thousand divine years. (Our text is unclear here: the word for heaven may carry another ending in print.)
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
पत्न्या सह वरारोहे भुक्त्वा स्वर्गफलं ततः ॥बकयोनिं ततो लेभे चक्रवाकस्ततोऽभवत् ॥ ७ ॥
With his wife, O fair one, after enjoying the fruit of heaven, he got a crane's birth. Then he became a ruddy goose.
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
हंसयोन्यां ततो जातो मानुषत्वं ततोऽगमत् ॥पूर्वसंबन्धतः पूर्वपुण्यात्पातिव्रतादपि ॥ ८ ॥
Then he was born a swan, and then he went to human birth. Because of the old tie, past merit and her faithfulness as a wife,
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
पुनर्विवाहिता देवि ब्राह्मणस्वापहारतः ॥वन्ध्या जाता तु सा नारी दुःखिता साप्यहर्निशम् ॥९॥
she was married to him again, O Goddess. Because the brahmin's goods were taken, that woman became a vandhya (a woman who cannot bear children). She was sad day and night.
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
तस्य देहेऽभवद्व्याधिः कफवातसमन्वितः ॥धनाढ्यो बहुधा कन्या जायन्ते च पुनः पुनः ॥१०॥
In his body came an illness with phlegm and wind. He is rich, but daughters are born again and again.
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
अस्य निग्रहहेत्वर्थं शृणु सर्वं वरानने ॥यद्गृहे वित्तमर्द्धं तद्ब्राह्मणाय समर्पयेत् ॥ ११ ॥
Hear all of it, O fair-faced one, for ending this. Let him give half the wealth in his house to a brahmin.
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
ॐ लक्ष्म्यै नमोऽथ मन्त्रेण दशायुतजपं ततः ॥दशांशं हवनं तद्वत्तर्पणं मार्जनं तथा ॥ १२ ॥
Then let him do japa (repeating a mantra) with the mantra (sacred words) 'Om, salutation to Lakshmi'. Let it be a hundred thousand (ten times ten thousand). Homa (fire offering) with a tenth. Likewise tarpana (water offering to the ancestors and gods) and marjana (sprinkling).
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
गामेकां कृष्णवर्णां वै स्वर्णयुक्तां सवत्सकाम् ॥ब्राह्मणाय ततो दद्यान्मुक्तालांगूलसंयुताम् ॥ १३ ॥
Let him give one black cow, with gold, with her calf, and with pearls on the tail, to a brahmin.
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
भोजनं कारयेत्पूज्यान् ब्राह्मणान् वेदपारगान् ॥शतं वा द्विशतं देवि त्रिशतं वा विशेषतः ॥ १४ ॥
Let him feed worthy brahmins who know the Vedas fully: a hundred, or two hundred, or especially three hundred, O Goddess.
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
पलैः शतैः सुवर्णस्य वेदीं कृत्वा विचक्षणः ॥तन्मध्ये च द्विजस्यैव रौप्यस्यैव च चाकृतिम् ॥१५॥
Let the wise man make an altar with a hundred pala (a unit of weight) of gold. In its middle let him place an image of the brahmin, made of silver.
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
पूजयेच्छ्रद्धया देवि मन्त्रेणैव पुनः पुनः ॥ब्रह्मंस्त्वं कपिलो विष्णुः सर्वसाक्षी जगन्मयः ॥१६॥
Let him worship it with faith, O Goddess, again and again, with this mantra (sacred words): O brahmin, you are Kapila, Vishnu, witness of all, filled with the world.
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
ममापराधं देवेश क्षम्यतां पूर्वजन्मनः ॥द्रव्यं मित्रस्य भो देव स्थापितं स्वगृहे मया ॥१७॥
Forgive my wrong of the past birth, O Lord of gods. The wealth of my friend was kept in my house by me.
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
न दत्तं वै मयाज्ञानात् क्षम्यतां परमेश्वर ॥मन्त्रेणानेन देवेशि पूजनं विधिपूर्वकम् ॥ १८ ॥
I did not give it back, from ignorance. Forgive me, Supreme Lord. With this mantra (sacred words), O Goddess, let the worship be done by the rule.
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
पूजयित्वा तनो देवि ब्राह्मणाय प्रदापयेत् ॥एवं कृत्वा वरारोहे शीघ्रं पुत्रः प्रजायते ॥ १९ ॥
After worshipping, O Goddess, let him then give it to a brahmin. When this is done, O fair one, a son is soon born.
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
काकवन्ध्या पुनर्देवि कन्यकाजननी तथा ॥पुत्रं प्रसूयते देवि न च कन्यां प्रसूयते ॥ २० ॥
A kakavandhya (a woman who has only one child) bears a son, O Goddess. So does a mother of daughters only. She does not bear a daughter.
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
मृतवत्सा लभेत्पुत्रं चिरंजीविनमुत्तमम् ॥व्याधयः संक्षयं यान्ति नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥२१॥
A mritavatsa (one whose children die young) gets a son, long-lived and the best. Illnesses are destroyed, and there is no need to doubt.
Verse 81.18 says the friend's wealth, kept in the speaker's house, was not given back, from ignorance.
Verse 81.14 says a hundred, or two hundred, or especially three hundred worthy brahmins.