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Karma Vipaka Samhita · Chapter 91
श्रवण नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
This chapter of Karma Vipaka Samhita is for shravana 4th pada. In the story, a brahmin named Siddhalala feeds his family by stealing.
Classical view, not medical advice.
His wife becomes a sati, and by her power he goes to Satyaloka. The book also says he gave up a brahmin's way and did a servant's work. Shiva then gives the remedy: gifts, a vow on the eleventh day and japa under a peepal or bilva tree.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
श्रवण नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥अट्टकस्य प्रतीच्यां तु यादवं नाम वै पुरम्॥वसन्ति बहवो देवि जनाः कर्मविचक्षणाः ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: West of Attaka, O Goddess, there is a town named Yadava. Many people live there, skilled in their duties.
श्रवण नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
तन्मध्ये ब्राह्मणोऽप्येकः सिद्धलाल इति श्रुतः ॥तस्य भार्या विशालाक्षि देवी नाम्नी सदाशिवे ॥ २ ॥
Among them was one brahmin, known as Siddhalala. His wife, O large-eyed one, was named Devi, O ever-auspicious one.
श्रवण नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
पतिव्रता गुणोपेता मिष्टवाक्यप्रवादिनी ॥सिद्धलालो महाचोरश्चौर्य्यवृत्तिरतः सदा ॥ ३ ॥
She was faithful to her husband, full of good qualities, and spoke sweetly. Siddhalala was a great thief, always fond of stealing.
श्रवण नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
दारपुत्रादिभृत्यानां चौर्येण पोषणं कृतम् ॥एवं सर्वं वयो जातं ततो मृत्युमुपागमत् ॥ ४ ॥
He fed his wife, sons and servants by theft. So his whole life went by. Then he met death.
श्रवण नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
तस्य भार्या सती जाता तत्प्रभावाद्गतो द्विजः ॥सत्यलोके वरारोहे सततं विविधं सुखम् ॥ ५ ॥
His wife became a sati (a wife who dies with her husband). By her power the brahmin went to Satyaloka (the world of truth), O lovely one. There he always enjoyed many pleasures.
श्रवण नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
भुक्तं पूर्वकृतात्पुण्यात्ततः पुण्यक्षये सति ॥मानुषत्वे पुनर्जन्म दुर्लभं सर्वदेहिनाम् ॥ ६ ॥
He enjoyed the merit of his past deeds. Then, when the merit was used up, he was born again as a human. This is hard to get for every living being.
श्रवण नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
धनधान्येन संयुक्तः कन्यापुत्रविवर्जितः ॥ब्राह्मण्यं च यतस्त्यक्त्वा शूद्रकर्म समाचरत् ॥ ७ ॥
He has wealth and grain, but no daughters or sons. He gave up a brahmin's way and did the work of a shudra (servant class).
श्रवण नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
परद्रव्यं हृतं देवि तस्माद्व्याधिरजायत ॥तस्य शान्तिं प्रवक्ष्यामि यत्कृतं पूर्वजन्मनि ॥ ८ ॥
O Goddess, he took other people's goods, and so illness arose in him. I will tell the remedy for what he did in the past birth.
श्रवण नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
गृहवित्ताष्टमं भागं पुण्यकार्यं च कारयेत् ॥दशवर्णाप्रदानं च पूर्वपापविशुद्धये ॥ ९ ॥
Let him have good works done with one eighth of his house and wealth. Let him give a dashavarna (a gift of ten colours), to wash away the past wrong.
श्रवण नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
शय्यादानं ततः कुर्यादेकादश्यां व्रतं शुभम् ॥गायत्रीमूलमन्त्रेण विष्णुमन्त्रेण सुन्दरि ॥ १० ॥
Then let him give a bed and keep the good vrata (vow of fasting and worship) on the eleventh day. Let him use the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant) and the root mantra (sacred words). Let him also use the Vishnu mantra, O beautiful one.
श्रवण नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
लक्षजाप्यं प्रयत्नेनाश्वत्थबिल्वतलेऽबले ॥दशांशहवनं कुर्यात्तर्पणं मार्जनं तथा ॥ ११ ॥
Let him carefully do one hundred thousand japa (repeating a mantra) under a peepal or bilva tree, O gentle one. Let him do homa (fire offering) with a tenth part. Add tarpana (water offering to the ancestors and gods) and sprinkling.
श्रवण नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
विप्राणां भोजनं देवि घटदानं विशेषतः ॥एवं कृते न संदेहो वंशो भवति नान्यथा ॥ १२ ॥
Let him feed brahmins, O Goddess, and above all give a pot. When this is done, there is no doubt: he will have a family line. It will not be otherwise.
श्रवण नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
व्याधयः संक्षयं यान्ति मम वाक्यं न चान्यथा ॥१३॥
Diseases go to ruin. My word is not otherwise.
Verse 91.11 says under a peepal or bilva tree, carefully, one hundred thousand times.
Verse 91.10 says the good vrata is kept on the eleventh day.