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Karma Vipaka Samhita · Chapter 82
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
This chapter of Karma Vipaka Samhita is for purva ashadha 3rd pada. In the story, a king named Lodhra takes a brahmin's land through ignorance.
Classical view, not medical advice.
The brahmin dies on his account, and the book says Lodhra suffers for it in a later life. Shiva then gives the remedy: three mantras, each chanted a hundred thousand times. Gifts of land, a gold image and a bath at Prayaga with his wife complete the rite.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥अन्तर्वेदे विशालाक्षि लोध्रोऽवात्सीत्स पुण्यकृत् ॥गन्धर्वाख्ये पुरे देवि विख्याते यमुनातटे ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: In Antarvedi, O large-eyed one, there lived a man named Lodhra. He did good deeds. His city was called Gandharva, O Goddess. It was famous on the bank of the Yamuna.
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
सुभाग्यवान् गुणज्ञो हि बहुभृत्यैः सुपूजितः ॥भूपतिस्तस्य देशस्य दाता भोक्ता विचक्षणः ॥ २ ॥
He was very lucky and knew good qualities. Many servants honoured him. He was the king of that land, a giver and an enjoyer, and clever.
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
ब्राह्मणस्य हृता भूमिरज्ञानाद्वै सुरेश्वरि ॥ब्राह्मणोऽपि विषं भुक्त्वा मृतस्तस्योपरि प्रिये ॥ ३ ॥
Through ignorance, O Goddess, he took a brahmin's land. The brahmin ate poison and died on his account, dear one.
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
ततो बहुगते काले तस्य मृत्युरभूत्पुरा ॥यमदूतैर्महाघोरे कुम्भीपाके निपातितः ॥ ४ ॥
Much time passed. Then Lodhra died, in that earlier life. The messengers of Yama (the god of death) threw him into Kumbhipaka, a very terrible hell.
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
यमाज्ञया वरारोहे युगमेकं च पातितः ॥महादुःखेन संतप्तो बहुकष्टं प्रलब्धवान् ॥ ५ ॥
By the order of Yama (the god of death), O fair one, he was kept there for one age. He burned in great pain and suffered much hardship.
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
नरकान्निःसृतो देवि सूकरत्वं ह्यजायत ॥ऋक्षयोनिं ततो भूत्वा शुकयोनिं ततोऽगमत् ॥ ६ ॥
Coming out of hell, O Goddess, he was born a pig. Then he became a bear. After that he went into the birth of a parrot.
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
पुनर्मानुषयोनिर्वै मध्यदेशे वरानने ॥धनधान्यसमायुक्तो वंशहीनो वरानने ॥ ७ ॥
Then he got a human birth in the Middle Country, O fair-faced one. He was rich in wealth and grain, but had no family line.
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
पूर्वजन्मनि देवेशि हृता भूमिर्वरानने ॥ब्राह्मणो वै मृतः पूर्वं तदुद्देशेन वै शिवे ॥ ८ ॥
In the earlier birth, O Goddess, he took a brahmin's land. On account of that, a brahmin died back then.
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
अतः पुत्रविहीनोऽयं कन्यका बहु जायते ॥महारोगेण संतप्तो मृतपुत्रः पुनः पुनः ॥ ९ ॥
So this man has no son. Many daughters are born. He is tormented by a great illness. His sons die again and again.
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
अस्य शान्तिमहं वक्ष्ये पूर्वपापस्य शान्तये ॥गायत्रीजातवेदाभ्यां त्र्यम्बकेण वरानने ॥ १० ॥
I will tell the remedy for this, to calm the earlier wrong, O fair-faced one. It uses the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant). It uses the Jatavedas (a name of the fire god) mantra (sacred words). It also uses the Tryambaka mantra.
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
दशायुतं जपः कार्यः प्रतिमन्त्रैः सुरेश्वरि ॥दशांशं हवनं तद्वत् तर्पणं मार्जनं तथा ॥ ११ ॥
Do a hundred thousand (ten times ten thousand) japa (repeating a mantra) of each mantra, O Goddess. Then do a tenth part of that as homa (fire offering). Do tarpana (water offering to the ancestors and gods) and sprinkling with water in the same way.
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
दशवर्णी ततो दद्याच्छतं ब्राह्मणभोजनम् ॥भूमिदानं ततः कुर्याच्छतविग्रहमानकम् ॥ १२ ॥
Then give dashavarna (a gift of ten colours). Feed a hundred brahmins. Then give land, measured at a hundred vigraha (a land measure).
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
पलपञ्चसुवर्णस्य ब्राह्मणस्य तथाऽकृतिम् ॥पूजयित्वा यथान्यायं ब्राह्मणाय प्रदापयेत् ॥ १३ ॥
Make an image of a brahmin from five pala (a unit of weight) of gold. Worship it properly. Then have it given to a brahmin.
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
प्रयागे मकरे मासि पत्न्या सह वरानने ॥स्नानं कुर्याच्च देवेशि पूर्वपापस्य शुद्धये ॥ १४ ॥
In the month of Makara (Capricorn), go to Prayaga, O fair-faced one. Bathe there with your wife, O Goddess, to cleanse the earlier wrong.
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
एवं कृत्वा वरारोहे पुत्रोत्पत्तिर्भवेच्छिवे ॥वन्ध्यत्वं नाशमायाति काकवन्ध्या च गर्भिणी ॥१५॥
Do this, O Parvati, and a son is born. Barrenness ends. A kakavandhya (a woman who has only one child) becomes pregnant.
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
मृतवत्सा लभेत्पुत्रं चिरंजीविनमुत्तमम् ॥रोगाः सर्वे क्षयं यान्ति नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥१६॥
A mritavatsa (one whose children die young) gets a very good, long-lived son. All illnesses come to an end. There is no need to doubt this.
Verse 82.10 names the Gayatri, the Jatavedas mantra and the Tryambaka mantra.
Verse 82.14 says in the month of Makara he goes to Prayaga and bathes there with his wife.