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Karma Vipaka Samhita · Chapter 86
उत्तराषाढा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
This chapter of Karma Vipaka Samhita is for uttara ashadha 3rd pada. In the story, a brahmin's wife is enraged when his sister asks for an earring after a wedding.
Classical view, not medical advice.
The sister goes home hurt, and the book says the brother wronged her because of his wife. Shiva then gives the remedy: repairing wells and tanks, chanting, a cow and gold. A young woman is honoured with cloth and ornaments, and a brahmin couple are fed.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
उत्तराषाढा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥मध्यदेशे महादेवि ब्राह्मणो वेदपारगः ॥जयदेवाभिधो विप्रो विख्यातश्चातिशीलवान् ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: In the Middle Country, O great Goddess, there lived a brahmin who knew the Vedas. He was named Jayadeva. He was famous and very good-natured.
उत्तराषाढा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
तस्य भार्या शीलवती सुशीला शीलरूपिणी ॥तस्याः पुत्रत्रयं जातं गुणज्ञं वेदपारगम् ॥ २ ॥
His wife was good, kind, and the very image of good conduct. She bore three sons, learned and Veda-knowers.
उत्तराषाढा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
पुत्राः सर्वे गुणज्ञाश्च वेदवेदाङ्गपारगाः ॥ज्येष्ठपुत्रस्य चोद्वाहे स्वसा तस्य समागता ॥ ३ ॥
All the sons were learned and knew the Vedas and their limbs. At the eldest son's wedding, his sister came.
उत्तराषाढा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
भगिन्याश्चादरं कृत्वा बहुमानेन पार्वति ॥विवाहे च समाप्ते तु ज्ञातयः स्वेषु वेश्मसु ॥ ४ ॥
He honoured his sister with great respect, O Parvati. When the wedding was over, the relatives went to their own houses.
उत्तराषाढा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
गताः सर्वे विशालाक्ष्ययाचयद्भगिनी च सा ॥ताटङ्कं स्वर्णरत्नाढ्यं भ्रातृपत्नी प्रकोपिता ॥ ५ ॥
All left, O large-eyed one. Then the sister asked for an earring rich in gold and jewels. The brother's wife was enraged.
उत्तराषाढा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
श्रुत्वेर्ष्यया सवत्सा तु तदा याता स्ववेश्मनि ॥स्त्रीस्वभावाच्च देवेशि मृता सा भगिनी गृहे ॥ ६ ॥
Hearing it, the sister felt hurt and bitter. She went to her own house with her child. Through a woman's nature, O Goddess, that sister died at home.
उत्तराषाढा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
तदुद्देशेन देवेशि शरीरं निशि सात्यजत् ॥ततो बहुदिने याते तस्य मृत्युरभूत्तदा ॥ ७ ॥
On that account, O Goddess, she gave up her body at night. After many days had passed, his own death came.
उत्तराषाढा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
पत्नी तस्य सती जाता सत्यलोकमभूत्तदा ॥वर्ष कोटित्रयं देवि सत्यलोकेऽवसत्पुनः ॥ ८ ॥
His wife became a sati (a wife who dies with her husband). Then she went to Satyaloka (the world of truth). For three crore (ten million) years, O Goddess, she lived in Satyaloka.
उत्तराषाढा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
मर्त्यलोके मनुष्यत्वं लब्धं पुण्यक्षये सति ॥धनधान्यसमायुक्तो विद्यावान् शास्त्रपारगः ॥ ९ ॥
When the merit was used up, he got a human birth in the world of mortals. He is rich in wealth and grain. He is learned and a master of the scriptures.
उत्तराषाढा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
कृतं तेन पुरा पापं भगिन्या दारकारणात् ॥पुत्रो न जायते देवि कन्योत्पन्ना विनश्यति ॥ १० ॥
Earlier he wronged his sister, because of his wife. So a son is not born, O Goddess. A daughter who is born dies.
उत्तराषाढा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
शरीरे सततं दुःखं मध्ये तस्य प्रजायते ॥काकवन्ध्या भवेद्भार्या मृतवत्सा सुदुःखिता ॥ ११ ॥
He has constant pain in his body in mid-life. His wife is a kakavandhya (a woman who has only one child). She is also a mritavatsa (one whose children die young), and very sad.
उत्तराषाढा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
अस्य शान्तिं प्रवक्ष्यामि तत्सर्वं शृणु पार्वति ॥गृहवित्तषडंशेन पुण्यकार्यं च कारयेत् ॥ १२ ॥
I will tell the remedy. Hear all of it, Parvati. Have good works done with a sixth part of house and wealth.
उत्तराषाढा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
वापीकूपतडागानां जीर्णोद्धारं प्रयत्नतः ॥वाटिकां मार्गमध्ये तु सहितां शीतवारिणा ॥ १३ ॥
Carefully repair old step-wells, wells and tanks. Make a garden by the middle of the road, with cool water.
उत्तराषाढा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
गायत्रीजातवेदाभ्यां जपं वै कारयेत्ततः ॥लक्षद्वयं विशालाक्षि हवनं तद्दशांशतः ॥ १४ ॥
Then have japa (repeating a mantra) done with the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant). Also use the Jatavedas (a name of the fire god) mantra (sacred words). Do two lakh (100,000), O large-eyed one. Do homa (fire offering) of a tenth part.
उत्तराषाढा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
तर्पणं मार्जनं तद्वद्गोदानं विधिवत्ततः ॥एवं कृते वरारोहे तस्य पुत्रः प्रजायते ॥ १५ ॥
Do tarpana (water offering to the ancestors and gods) and sprinkling with water. Give a cow by the rule. Do this, O fair one, and a son is born to him.
उत्तराषाढा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
गुणज्ञः सर्ववस्तूनां साधूनां संमतस्तथा ॥स्वर्णदानं विशालाक्षि पलपञ्चमितं तथा ॥ १६ ॥
He will know the worth of all things and be approved by good people. Give gold of five pala (a unit of weight), O large-eyed one,
उत्तराषाढा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
ब्राह्मणाय ततो दद्यात्पूजयेद्युवतिं ततः ॥वस्त्रालंकारसिन्दूरैर्गन्धाद्यैः सुमनोहरैः ॥ १७ ॥
to a brahmin. Then worship a young woman with cloth, ornaments, vermilion and very lovely scents.
उत्तराषाढा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
ताटङ्कैर्मुद्रिकाभिश्च गन्धमाल्यैस्तथैव च ॥सर्वं पापं क्षयं याति व्याधिनाशो भवेत् ध्रुवम् ॥१८॥
Give her earrings and rings, scents and garlands. All wrong comes to an end, and illness surely goes.
उत्तराषाढा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
ब्राह्मणीं पार्वतीरूपां ब्राह्मणं शिवरूपिणम् ॥भोजयेद्द्विविधैश्चान्नैर्मोदकैः शतसंख्यकैः ॥ १९ ॥
Feed a brahmin woman as Parvati's form and a brahmin as Shiva's form. Give two kinds of food and a hundred sweet balls.
उत्तराषाढा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
काकवन्ध्या लभेत्पुत्रं मृतवत्सा च पुत्रिणी ॥कन्यकाजननी या तु पुत्रवत्यपि जायते ॥ २० ॥
A kakavandhya (a woman who has only one child) gets a son. A mritavatsa (one whose children die young) becomes a mother of sons. A mother of daughters also becomes a mother of sons.
उत्तराषाढा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
एवं न जायते चेत्तु सप्तजन्मस्वपुत्रकः ॥ २१ ॥
If a son is not born even so, he stays without a son for seven births.
Verse 86.13 says old step-wells, wells and tanks are repaired, and a garden with cool water is made.
Verse 86.18 says a young woman is given earrings, rings, scents and garlands.