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Karma Vipaka Samhita · Chapter 9
भरणी नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
This chapter covers Bharani 2nd pada, the second quarter of Bharani. The book tells of a brahmin in the town of Janaki, south of Ayodhya.
Classical view, not medical advice.
He had fallen from his duties, and he spoke harshly to a hungry brahmin who asked for food. His wife stayed devoted to him, and this took him to heaven for a time. The remedy is 100,000 Gayatri japa, a homa, a feast for a hundred brahmins and a gift of a cow.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
भरणी नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
॥ ईश्वर उवाच ॥अथ द्वितीये वक्ष्यामि भरण्याश्चरणे प्रिये ॥तस्य सर्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि यत्कृतं पूर्वजन्मनि ॥ १ ॥
Ishvara (Shiva) said: Now I will tell of the second charana (quarter of a star) of Bharani, dear one. I will tell all that he did in a past life.
भरणी नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
अयोध्यापुरतो देवि क्रोशमात्रे प्रदक्षिणे ॥जानकीनगरे रम्ये द्विजश्चासीत् स तस्करः ॥ २ ॥
One krosha (a measure of distance) from Ayodhya, to the south, O Goddess, there was a lovely town called Janaki. A brahmin lived there who was a thief.
भरणी नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
ब्रह्मकर्मपरिभ्रष्टो मद्यपानरतः सदा ॥स वेश्यानिरतो नित्यं पत्नी तस्य पतिव्रता ॥ ३ ॥
He had fallen from a brahmin's duties and always loved drinking wine. He was always given to harlots. His wife was faithful to her husband.
भरणी नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
पतिभक्तिरता नित्यं देवपूजासु तत्परा ॥एकदा ब्राह्मणोऽप्येकः क्षुधार्तो दुर्बलः प्रिये ॥ ४ ॥
She was always devoted to her husband and busy with worship of the gods. Once, dear one, a brahmin came, hungry and weak.
भरणी नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
अन्नं च याचयामास लम्पटं प्रति वत्सले ॥दुर्वचश्चावदद्देवि भिक्षुकं प्रति दुर्बलम् ॥ ५ ॥
He asked the lecher for food, loving one. The lecher spoke harsh words to the weak beggar.
भरणी नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
आत्मघातः कृतस्तेन दुर्बलब्राह्मणेन च ॥ततो बहुतिथे काले मरणं तस्य चाभवत् ॥ ६ ॥
The weak brahmin killed himself. After a long time the thief died too.
भरणी नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
पातिव्रत्येन तत्पत्न्याः सत्यलोकं जगाम सः ॥बहुवर्षसहस्राणि स्वर्गे वासोऽभवत्प्रिये ॥ ७ ॥
Through his wife's faithfulness he went to Satyaloka (the world of truth). He lived in heaven for many thousands of years, dear one.
भरणी नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
ततः पुण्यक्षये जाते मर्त्यलोके स मानुषः ॥पूर्वपापफलाद्देवि पुत्रकन्याविवर्जितः ॥ ८ ॥
When his merit ran out, he was born a man in the mortal world. Through the fruit of his old sin, O Goddess, he had no sons or daughters.
भरणी नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
तदुद्देशेन मरणं ब्राह्मणस्याऽभवत् पुरा ॥मद्यपानं कृतं तेन ततः कुष्ठी प्रजायते ॥ ९ ॥
Long ago a brahmin died because of him. He also drank wine. So he is born with kushtha (a skin disease).
भरणी नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
तस्य शान्तिः प्रवक्ष्यामि यतः पापात्प्रमुच्यते ॥गायत्रीमूलमंत्रेण लक्षं जाप्यं प्रयत्नतः ॥ १० ॥
I will tell the remedy by which he is freed from the sin. Do japa (repeating a mantra) 100,000 times with care, with the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant) root mantra (sacred words).
भरणी नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
दशांशहोमः कर्तव्यो विप्राणां भोजनं शतम् ॥विधिवत्पूजयेद्देवि कपिलां स्वर्णभूषिताम् ॥ ११ ॥
A homa (fire offering) of one tenth of that count is to be done. Feed a hundred brahmins. Worship a tawny cow adorned with gold by the rule, O Goddess.
भरणी नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
दद्याद्विप्राय तां देवि विदुषे ज्ञानरूपिणे ॥अतः पुत्रः प्रजायेत रोगनाशो भवेदनु ॥ १२ ॥
Give her, O Goddess, to a learned brahmin who is full of knowledge. Then a son is born, and the disease goes after that.
Verse 9.10 gives 100,000 Gayatri japa with care. Verse 9.11 adds a homa of one tenth of the count, a feast for a hundred brahmins and a tawny cow adorned with gold.
Verse 9.2 sets it in a town called Janaki, one krosha south of Ayodhya. A brahmin who had fallen from his duties lived there.