Sri Guru Charitra - By Shri S.N.Huddar

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Chapter XXVIII - Advice of Karma Vipak to the Harijan

 

Shri Guru said, `I will tell you the account of your past life. One

gets birth as per one's good or bad actions. If Shudra enjoys with a

Brahmin woman he becomes a Chandal. Brahmins and persons of other

castes are degenerated if they lead a faulty life.

One who leaves his parents or Guru and goes elsewhere and who

forsakes his wife becomes a Chandal. One who adores other deities,

leaving one's family god, who speaks a lie, who kills animals, sells

his daughter, takes Shudra's food, sells horses, enjoys with Shudra

women, sets fire to the forest, separates a cow from its calves,

rides on an ox, becomes a Chandal.

A Brahmin after going to a holy place, does not bathe there and does

not observe six Karmas, his first wife being alive, marries with

another and forsakes the first, who enjoys with widows, becomes

degenerated. Similarly one who breaks tanks and wells, causes split

in Brahmins' houses, enjoys with wives of master, Guru or a friend,

takes meals in the evening, runs away from the battle field leaving

the master, tells Vedas to Shudras, does not observe shraddha,

(anniversary of parents etc.) speaks about one's virtues,

administers medicines without knowing the pulse, censures Hari and

Har also gets birth in a Chandal family.

One who learns mantras from Shudras, mixes water in cow's milk,

becomes a dog. One, who criticizes Vedas, disrespects. Brahmins,

suffers from stone in the bladder. One, who causes abortions of

women, becomes neutral and even if he has issues they do not

survive.

One who steals gold, suffers from syphilis, he who steals book

becomes blind. One who steals at his friend's house, suffers from

glands in the neck. A thief of food articles suffers from tumor. One

who takes away other's wife, becomes a Brahma Rakshas. One who takes

away money offered to god becomes a leper. One who takes away money

offered to God becomes a steals cow's milk becomes a leper.

The bad results of adultery are given in Shantiparva of Mahabharat.

One, who embraces other's wife, becomes a dog for 100 lives and then

a serpent. One who sees the vagina of other's wife becomes blind.

One who enjoys with a friend's wife or maternal aunt, becomes a dog

If a Shudra enjoys with a Brahmin woman, both will become worms.'

Hearing this Trivikram asked, `If one has committed a sin, how can

it be wiped off?'

Shri Guru: `If there is real repentance, the sin is wiped off.

Prayashchittas (Puritive acts) are given in `Karma Vipak' as

follows. Take Brahmadand. Give cow with ornaments in charity to a

Brahmin. If this is not possible give money. If the sin is minor

then giving of a gold coin will suffice. If a man and his wife both

have committed a sin both should take Prayashchitta or recite

`Gayatri' mantra ten thousand times or feed 12 Brahmins. `Gayatri

Krichhra' `Prajapati Krichhra' means to take meal once a day or take

`madhukari' (food alms taken at Brahmins) and have fasts for 3 days,

mild sins are wiped off by this act.

In `Ati Krichhra' take 15 morsels of food in the morning and 12 in

the night or take eight morsels of madhukari food each in the

morning and in the night. Take ghee for 3 days and milk for 3 days,

live only on air for 3 days and then only milk for 3 days and then

take only milk for 21 days. A weak person can observe fast taking

ti, gur, parched paddy (Lahi). In `Parna Krichhra' water in which

leaves of certain trees are dipped, is to be taken. One should

declare one's sin in meeting openly. `Tirth Krichhra' means to go to

a holy place, take bath and recite Gayatri mantra for twelve hundred

times. All sins are destroyed by doing this. Bath at Setubandh wipes

off sin of killing a child in womb. Recitation of a crore of Gayatri

mantra wipes off even the sin of a Brahmahatya.

Pavmansukta, Indra mitra, Shunah shep, Apamadhya, Tadvishnoh,

Purushsukta from the Vedas will wipe off sins if recited daily.

Taking of Pancha Gavya (mixture of 5 things i.e. Cow's milk, curds,

ghee, cow's urine and dung) after repentance, destroys sins

committed due to ignorance.

Brahmahatya, drinking, enjoying with guru's wife, theft of gold and

cooperation in these crimes are the five great sins which are

destroyed by the favor of Shri Guru'.

Shri Guru told the Harijan, `You were a Brahmin but you disregarded

your parents and therefore, you have become a Chandal. You bathe at

the Sangam for a month and your sins will be wiped off'.

The Harijan said, `A crow becomes a Rajhansa on going to the Manas

lake; similarly I have been pure by your sight (Darshan). How can

the iron transformed into gold by the touch of paris (Philosopher's

stone) be iron again?' Assimilate me now amongst the Brahmins'.

Shri Guru smiled and said, `You are born in a low caste. How can you

be a Brahmin without change of the present day? In the former times,

Vishwamitra was born as Kshatriya; by penance he called himself a

`Brahmarishi'. Indra and other gods said, `If our guru Vasishta

calls you `Brahmarishi' we shall follow his verdict.' Vasishta did

not address Vishwamitra as `Brahmarishi' Vishwamitra was enraged and

he killed 100 sons of Vasishta and came to eat the flesh of the

corpse. Thus the bhasma touched the dead body of the Brahmin He

being a sinner, was being taken by the Yamadoots. But as his body

had the marks of bhasma, Shivadoots also came to carry him to

Shiva's place. The Shivadoots attacked the Yamadoots, who then left

the Brahmin's corpse and complained to Yama, who came to the

Shivadoots and angrily asked them. " Why did you take that sinful

Brahmin from my men? " The Shivadoots told him, " The body of the

Brahmin and marks of bhasma on it and so as per Shiva's orders we

are taking him to touch the body, with marks of Bhasma. " Being

satisfied Yama then went away.

Brahma Rakshas said, `When I was the king, I had constructed a tank

in a forest and had given some land to the Brahmins. So as told by

Yama, I had the fortune to see you in this 25th life. Kindly tell me

how bhasma is to be applied and liberate me from the cycle of births

and deaths.'

 

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