Effects of Curses in the Previous Birth

यह अध्याय बृहत् पराशर होरा शास्त्र के प्रामाणिक अंग्रेज़ी अनुवाद पर आधारित है; मूल संस्कृत सूत्रों का हिन्दी अनुवाद शीघ्र जोड़ा जाएगा।

1-3. Maitreya said. O Venerable Sage! You have acquainted me with effects, experienced by men and women in a number of ways. According to Shastras, the soul of a person does not rest in peace after his death, if he is not blessed with a son. What sin does a person commit to remain without a son? And what are the remedial measures to be adopted by him to get a son? Kindly enlighten me about this.

4. Maharishi Parasara replied. I will now tell you, whatever Lord Shiva told Goddess Parvati in this respect.

5. Goddess Parvati said to Lord Shiva. O my Lord! What is the sin, which causes destruction of children amongst men. Please tell me, what are the Yogas for such an effect and what are the remedial measures to protect the children?

6. Lord Shiva replied: O Devi! You have asked a very relevant question. Now I will tell you the Yogas for loss of children and the requisite remedial measures.

7. A person will be without a son, if Guru, the Lord of Lagn and the Lord of the 5th are all devoid of strength.

8. The same will happen, if Sūrya, Mangal, Rahu and Śani, endowed with strength, be in the 5th and the significator for children, namely Guru and Lord of the 5th etc. be bereft of strength.

9-16. There will be no male issue, due to the curse of a serpent, if at birth Rahu is in the 5th, aspected by Mangal; the Lord of 5th is associated with Rahu and Candr is in the 5th and is aspected by Śani; the significator for children (Guru) is associated with Rahu, the Lord of the 5th is devoid of strength and the Lord of Lagn is with Mangal; the significator for children is associated with Mangal, Lagn is occupied by Rahu and the Lord of the 5th is in 6th, 8th, or 12th; Budh, as Lord of the 5th, being in the Navams of Mangal, is associated with Mangal and Lagn is occupied by Rahu and Gulika; the 5th is Mesh, or Vrischik and the Lord of the 5th is associated with Rahu, or Budh; the 5th is occupied by Sūrya, Śani, Mangal, Rahu, Budh and Guru and the Lords of the 5th and Lagn are devoid of strength; the Lord of Lagn, or Guru is associated with Rahu and the Lord of the 5th is in conjunction with Mangal.

17-19. Remedial measures should be adopted to obtain protection from the evil effects of the above Yogas. These are getting an idol of Naga (serpent) Raja, made in gold and, after worshipping it in accordance with prescribed procedure, giving in charity a cow, some land, sesame seeds and gold etc. By adopting these measures the Lord of Serpents will be gratified and by his beneficence the person concerned will be blessed with a son and the lineage of his family will be prolonged.

20-30. There will be no male issue, as a result of the curse of the father in the previous birth, if at birth of the native Sūrya in his debilitation Rāśi and in the Navams of Śani is hemmed in between malefics in the 5th Bhava; Sūrya, as Lord of the 5th, posited in a Trikon with a malefic, is hemmed in between malefics and is also aspected by a malefic; Guru occupies the Rāśi of Sūrya, the Lord of the 5th is with Sūrya and Lagn and the 5th are occupied by malefics; Lord of Lagn, devoid of strength, is in the 5th and the Lord of the 5th is combust and Lagn and the 5th are occupied by malefics; there is exchange of Bhavas between Lords of the 5th and the 10th and Lagn and the 5th are occupied by malefics; Mangal, as the Lord of the 10th, is associated with the Lord of the 5th and Lagn, the 5th and the 10th are occupied by malefics; Lord of the 10th is in the 6th, 8th, or 12th, Guru is in a malefic Rāśi and the Lord of Lagn and the 5th are associated with malefics; Sūrya, Mangal and Śani are in Lagn and the 5th and Rahu and Guru are in the 8th and the 12th; Sūrya is in the 8th, Śani in the 5th, the Lord of the 5th is associated with Rahu and Lagn is occupied by a malefic; Lord of 12th is in Lagn, Lord of 8th in 5th and Lord of 10th in 8th; Lord of 6th is in 5th, Lord of 10th in 6th and Guru is associated with Rahu.

31-33. To get deliverance form the curse of the father the remedial measures are performance of Shraddha at Gaya; to feed ten thousand, one thousand, or 100 Brahmins, as one can afford; Kanyadana (to perform the marriage of a girl); giving a cow in charity. By observing these remedial measures, the person concerned becomes free from the curse and the family lineage is prolonged by the birth of sons, grandsons etc. Note. In this chapter, where the words „childlessness‟ and „issue-lessness‟ are used, they should be interpreted to mean want of male issue, because it is the male issue, who by performing the last rites of his father and mother ensures eternal peace to their souls.

34-50. A person will be without a male issue, as a result of curse of the mother, if at birth Candr, as Lord of the 5th is in her debilitation Rāśi, or is hemmed in between malefics and 4th and 5th are occupied by malefics; Śani is in 11th, 4th is occupied by malefics and Candr is posited in the 5th in her debilitation Rāśi; Lord of 5th is in 6th, 8th, or 12th, Lord of Lagn in his debilitation Rāśi and Candr is associated with malefics; Lord of 5th is in 8th, 6th, or 12th, Candr in a malefic Navams and there are malefics in Lagn and in 5th; Lord of 5th and Candr, associated with Śani, Rahu and Mangal, are in 5th, or 9th; Mangal, as Lord of 4th is associated with Śani and Rahu and 5th

and Lagn are occupied by Sūrya and Candr, respectively; Lords of Lagn and 5th are in 6th, Lord of 4th in 8th and Lagn is occupied by Lord of 8th and 10th; Lagn is occupied by the Lords of 6th and 8th, Lord of 4th is in 12th and Candr and Guru, associated with malefics, are in the 5th; Lagn is hemmed in between malefics, waning Candr is in 7th and 4th and 5th are occupied by Rahu and Śani, respectively; there is exchange of Bhavas between Lords of 5th and 8th and the Lord of 4th and Candr are in 6th, 8th, or 12th; Kark Lagn is occupied by Mangal and Rahu and Candr and Śani are in 5th; Mangal, Rahu, Sūrya and Śani are in Lagn, 5th, 8th and 12th, respectively, and the Lords of Lagn and 4th are in 6th, 8th, or 12th; Mangal, Rahu and Guru are in 8th and Śani and Candr are in 5th. For release from this curse and to beget a male issue the person concerned should take bath in the sea with bridge of rocks between India and Sri Lanka, recite one Lakh Gayatri Mantras, give in charity things, connected with evil Grahas, feed Brahmins and go round a Pipal tree 1008 times. By performing these remedial measures, he will not only beget a son, the lineage of family will also be prolonged.

51-61. A person will be without a male issue, as result of the curse of the brother, if at birth Lord of 3rd with Rahu and Mangal is in 5th and Lords of Lagn and 5th are in 8th; Lagn and 5th are occupied by Mangal and Śani, respectively, the Lord of 3rd is in 9th and Mangal, the significator for brothers, is in 8th; Guru in his debilitation Rāśi is in 3rd, Śani in 5th and Candr and Mangal are in 8th; Lord of Lagn is in 12th, Mangal in 5th and Lord of 5th, associated with a malefic, in 8th; Lagn and the 5th are hemmed in between malefics and the Lord of Lagn and 5th are in 6th, 8th, or 12th; the 3rd is occupied by the Lord of 10th along with a malefic and a benefic is with Mangal in 5th; the 5th in a Rāśi of Budh is occupied by Śani and Rahu and Budh and Mangal are in 12th; the 3rd is occupied by the Lord of Lagn, the Lord of 3rd occupies the 5th and Lagn, 3rd and 5th are with malefics; Lord of 3rd is in 8th and Guru is associated with Śani in 5th; Lord of 8th is in 5th along with the Lord of 3rd and Mangal and Śani are in 8th.

62-64. The person concerned will, without doubt, get release from the curse, will be blessed with a son and the prolongation of his family lineage will be ensured, if the following remedial measures are adopted. He should observe the Candryana fast after listening to Haribansa Puran. He should plant a sapling of Pipal in front of Saligram on the banks of the Caveri river, or on the Ganga, or Mahanadi and offer prayers to it. He should give 10 cows in charity through his wife. He should give in charity land with mango trees, planted on it.

65-68. A person will be without a male issue, as a result of the curse of the maternal uncle, if at birth the 5th is occupied by Budh, Guru, Mangal and Rahu and Śani is in Lagn; the 5th is occupied by the Lords of Lagn and of 5th along with Śani, Mangal and Budh; Lagn is occupied by a combust Lord of 6th, Śani is in 7th and Lord of Lagn is associated with Budh; Lords of Lagn and 4th are in Lagn and Candr, Budh and Mangal are in 5th.

69-70. To get release from the curse and for being blessed with a son and for ensuring the prolongation of the lineage of the family the following remedial measures are to be adopted. Installation of an idol of Lord Vishnu. Construction of a deep, or ordinary well, dam, or reservoir, or all of them.

71-78. If a person, mad with power and wealth, insults a Brahmin, he remains without a male issue in the next birth. A person will be without a male issue, as a result of the curse of a Brahmin, if at birth Rahu is in Guru‟s Rāśi and Guru in 5th; Lord of 9th is in 5th and Lord of 5th in 8th along with Guru, Mangal and Rahu; Lord of 9th is in his debilitation Rāśi and Lord of 12th, associated with Rahu, is in 5th; Guru is in his debilitation Rāśi, Rahu in Lagn, or 5th and Lord of 5th in 6th, 8th, or 12th; Lord of 5th and Guru, associated with malefics, are in 8th, or the Lord of 5th, associated with Sūrya and Candr, is in 8th; Guru, being in the Navams of Śani, is associated with Śani and Mangal and the Lord of 5th is in 12th; Guru is associated with Śani in Lagn and Rahu is in 9th, or Rahu is with Guru in 12th. These are Yogas, which reveal the curse of Brahmin in the previous birth.

79-81. To obtain relief from the evil effects of the above Yogas the remedial measures are to observe Candrayana fast and to do penance three times and to give in charity a cow and five gems with gold, after feeding Brahmins, according to one‟s means and giving them presents in cash. Then the person will be released from the curse and will be endowed with happiness.

82-92. A person does not beget a male issue, as a result of the curse of the wife, if at birth Lord of Lagn is in 5th, Śani in the Navams of Lord of 7th and Lord of 5th in 8th; Lord of 7th is in 8th, Lord of 12th in 5th and Guru is associated with a malefic; Śukr is in 5th, Lord of 7th in 8th and 5th is occupied by a malefic; the 2nd and 5th are occupied by a malefic and Lord of 7th is in 8th; Śukr is in 9th, Lord of 7th in 8th and Lagn and 5th are occupied by malefics; Śukr is Lord of 9th, Lord of 5th is in an inimical Rāśi and Lord of Lagn and 7th and Guru are in 6th, 8th, or 12th; the 5th is Vrishabh, or Tul,

occupied by Sūrya and Candr and 12th, Lagn and 2nd are occupied by malefics; Śani and Śukr are in 7th, Lord of 8th is in 5th and Lagn is occupied by Sūrya and Rahu; Mangal occupies 2nd, Guru is in 12th and Śukr and Rahu are in 5th; Lords of 2nd and 7th are in 8th, Mangal and Śani occupy 5th and Lagn, respectively, and Guru is associated with a malefic; Rahu is in Lagn, Śani in 5th, Mangal in 9th and Lords of 5th and 7th are in 8th.

93-94. The person concerned gets release from the curse and is blessed with a son, if he performs the marriage of an unmarried girl, or, if such a girl is not available, a gold idol of the Lakshminarayana, fertile cow, a bed, ornaments and garments to a Brahmin couple. Notes. According to our view, „Kanyadana‟ does not mean giving a girl in charity, but helping in the performance of the marriage of an unmarried girl, not his own daughter.

95-105. If the person, whose duty is to do so, does not perform Shraddha of his father, or mother in his previous birth, the departed soul is formed into an evil spirit and he is deprived of a male issue in the next birth. This is revealed by the following Yogas at birth. Śani and Sūrya in 5th, waning Candr in 7th and Rahu and Guru in 12th; Śani, as Lord of 5th in 8th, Mangal in Lagn and Guru in 8th; Malefics are in Lagn, Sūrya in 12th, Mangal, Śani and Budh are in 5th and the Lord of 5th is in 8th; Rahu is in Lagn, Śani in 5th and Guru in 8th; Śukr, Guru and Rahu are in Lagn, associated with Candr and Śani and the Lord of Lagn are in 8th; Lord of 5th and Guru are in their debilitation Rāśis, aspected by debilitated Grahas; Śani is in Lagn, Rahu in 5th, Sūrya in 8th and Mangal in 12th; Lord of 7th is in 6th, 8th, or 12th, Candr is in 5th, Śani and Gulika are in Lagn; Lord of 8th along with Śani and Śukr is in 5th and Guru is in his debilitation Rāśi.

106-108. The person concerned gets release from the curse and is blessed with a son, if he undertakes the following remedial measures. Performance of a Pinda Dana, Rudra Abhisheka, giving in charity a gold idol of Brahma, a cow, a vessel, made of silver and a Neelamani, feeding Brahmins and giving them presents in cash.

109-111. If a person is deprived of a male issue, as a result of malevolence of Grahas at birth, he will be blessed with a son, if he undertakes the following remedial measures. Worshipping Lord Shiva, if the harm is, as a result of the malevolence of Budh and Śukr; reciting of Santan Gopal

Mantra, wearing and worshipping appropriate Yantra and taking suitable medicines, if the childlessness is a result of the malevolence of Guru and Candr; Kanya Dana, if the childlessness is due to malevolence of Rahu; worshipping of Lord Vishnu, if it is due to malevolence of Sūrya; Rudriya Japa, if it is due to the malevolence of Mangal and Śani. Listening with devotion to Haribansh Puran removes all kinds of blemishes and blesses the person concerned with a son.