Ch. 83. Effects of Curses in the Previous Birth

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 5^th are all devoid of strength.

8. The same will happen, if Sūrya, Mangal, Rahu and Śani, endowed with strength, be in the 5^th and the significator for children, namely Guru and Lord of the 5^th 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 5^th, aspected by Mangal; the Lord of 5^th is associated with Rahu and Candr is in the 5^th and is aspected by Śani; the significator for children (Guru) is associated with Rahu, the Lord of the 5^th 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 5^th is in 6^th, 8^th, or 12^th; Budh, as Lord of the 5^th, being in the Navams of Mangal, is associated with Mangal and Lagn is occupied by Rahu and Gulika; the 5^th is Mesh, or Vrischik and the Lord of the 5^th is associated with Rahu, or Budh; the 5^th is occupied by Sūrya, Śani, Mangal, Rahu, Budh and Guru and the Lords of the 5^th and Lagn are devoid of strength; the Lord of Lagn, or Guru is associated with Rahu and the Lord of the 5^th 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 Rashi and in the Navams of Śani is hemmed in between malefics in the 5^th Bhava; Sūrya, as Lord of the 5^th, posited in a Trikon with a malefic, is hemmed in between malefics and is also aspected by a malefic; Guru occupies the Rashi of Sūrya, the Lord of the 5^th is with Sūrya and Lagn and the 5^th are occupied by malefics; Lord of Lagn, devoid of strength, is in the 5^th and the Lord of the 5^th is combust and Lagn and the 5^th are occupied by malefics; there is exchange of Bhavas between Lords of the 5^th and the 10^th and Lagn and the 5^th are occupied by malefics; Mangal, as the Lord of the 10^th, is associated with the Lord of the 5^th and Lagn, the 5^th and the 10^th are occupied by malefics; Lord of the 10^th is in the 6^th, 8^th, or 12^th, Guru is in a malefic Rashi and the Lord of Lagn and the 5^th are associated with malefics; Sūrya, Mangal and Śani are in Lagn and the 5^th and Rahu and Guru are in the 8^th and the 12^th; Sūrya is in the 8^th, Śani in the 5^th, the Lord of the 5^th is associated with Rahu and Lagn is occupied by a malefic; Lord of 12^th is in Lagn, Lord of 8^th in 5^th and Lord of 10^th in 8^th; Lord of 6^th is in 5^th, Lord of 10^th in 6^th 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 5^th is in her debilitation Rashi, or is hemmed in between malefics and 4^th and 5^th are occupied by malefics; Śani is in 11^th, 4^th is occupied by malefics and Candr is posited in the 5^th in her debilitation Rashi; Lord of 5^th is in 6^th, 8^th, or 12^th, Lord of Lagn in his debilitation Rashi and Candr is associated with malefics; Lord of 5^th is in 8^th, 6^th, or 12^th, Candr in a malefic Navams and there are malefics in Lagn and in 5^th; Lord of 5^th and Candr, associated with Śani, Rahu and Mangal, are in 5^th, or 9^th; Mangal, as Lord of 4^th is associated with Śani and Rahu and 5^th and Lagn are occupied by Sūrya and Candr, respectively; Lords of Lagn and 5^th are in 6^th, Lord of 4^th in 8^th and Lagn is occupied by Lord of 8^th and 10^th; Lagn is occupied by the Lords of 6^th and 8^th, Lord of 4^th is in 12^th and Candr and Guru, associated with malefics, are in the 5^th; Lagn is hemmed in between malefics, waning Candr is in 7^th and 4^th and 5^th are occupied by Rahu and Śani, respectively; there is exchange of Bhavas between Lords of 5^th and 8^th and the Lord of 4^th and Candr are in 6^th, 8^th, or 12^th; Kark Lagn is occupied by Mangal and Rahu and Candr and Śani are in 5^th; Mangal, Rahu, Sūrya and Śani are in Lagn, 5^th, 8^th and 12^th, respectively, and the Lords of Lagn and 4^th are in 6^th, 8^th, or 12^th; Mangal, Rahu and Guru are in 8^th and Śani and Candr are in 5^th. 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 3^rd with Rahu and Mangal is in 5^th and Lords of Lagn and 5^th are in 8^th; Lagn and 5^th are occupied by Mangal and Śani, respectively, the Lord of 3^rd is in 9^th and Mangal, the significator for brothers, is in 8^th; Guru in his debilitation Rashi is in 3^rd, Śani in 5^th and Candr and Mangal are in 8^th; Lord of Lagn is in 12^th, Mangal in 5^th and Lord of 5^th, associated with a malefic, in 8^th; Lagn and the 5^th are hemmed in between malefics and the Lord of Lagn and 5^th are in 6^th, 8^th, or 12^th; the 3^rd is occupied by the Lord of 10^th along with a malefic and a benefic is with Mangal in 5^th; the 5^th in a Rashi of Budh is occupied by Śani and Rahu and Budh and Mangal are in 12^th; the 3^rd is occupied by the Lord of Lagn, the Lord of 3^rd occupies the 5^th and Lagn, 3^rd and 5^th are with malefics; Lord of 3^rd is in 8^th and Guru is associated with Śani in 5^th; Lord of 8^th is in 5^th along with the Lord of 3^rd and Mangal and Śani are in 8^th.

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 5^th is occupied by Budh, Guru, Mangal and Rahu and Śani is in Lagn; the 5^th is occupied by the Lords of Lagn and of 5^th along with Śani, Mangal and Budh; Lagn is occupied by a combust Lord of 6^th, Śani is in 7^th and Lord of Lagn is associated with Budh; Lords of Lagn and 4^th are in Lagn and Candr, Budh and Mangal are in 5^th.

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 Rashi and Guru in 5^th; Lord of 9^th is in 5^th and Lord of 5^th in 8^th along with Guru, Mangal and Rahu; Lord of 9^th is in his debilitation Rashi and Lord of 12^th, associated with Rahu, is in 5^th; Guru is in his debilitation Rashi, Rahu in Lagn, or 5^th and Lord of 5^th in 6^th, 8^th, or 12^th; Lord of 5^th and Guru, associated with malefics, are in 8^th, or the Lord of 5^th, associated with Sūrya and Candr, is in 8^th; Guru, being in the Navams of Śani, is associated with Śani and Mangal and the Lord of 5^th is in 12^th; Guru is associated with Śani in Lagn and Rahu is in 9^th, or Rahu is with Guru in 12^th. 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 5^th, Śani in the Navams of Lord of 7^th and Lord of 5^th in 8^th; Lord of 7^th is in 8^th, Lord of 12^th in 5^th and Guru is associated with a malefic; Śukr is in 5^th, Lord of 7^th in 8^th and 5^th is occupied by a malefic; the 2^nd and 5^th are occupied by a malefic and Lord of 7^th is in 8^th; Śukr is in 9^th, Lord of 7^th in 8^th and Lagn and 5^th are occupied by malefics; Śukr is Lord of 9^th, Lord of 5^th is in an inimical Rashi and Lord of Lagn and 7^th and Guru are in 6^th, 8^th, or 12^th; the 5^th is Vrishabh, or Tul, occupied by Sūrya and Candr and 12^th, Lagn and 2^nd are occupied by malefics; Śani and Śukr are in 7^th, Lord of 8^th is in 5^th and Lagn is occupied by Sūrya and Rahu; Mangal occupies 2^nd, Guru is in 12^th and Śukr and Rahu are in 5^th; Lords of 2^nd and 7^th are in 8^th, Mangal and Śani occupy 5^th and Lagn, respectively, and Guru is associated with a malefic; Rahu is in Lagn, Śani in 5^th, Mangal in 9^th and Lords of 5^th and 7^th are in 8^th.

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 5^th, waning Candr in 7^th and Rahu and Guru in 12^th; Śani, as Lord of 5^th in 8^th, Mangal in Lagn and Guru in 8^th; Malefics are in Lagn, Sūrya in 12^th, Mangal, Śani and Budh are in 5^th and the Lord of 5^th is in 8^th; Rahu is in Lagn, Śani in 5^th and Guru in 8^th; Śukr, Guru and Rahu are in Lagn, associated with Candr and Śani and the Lord of Lagn are in 8^th; Lord of 5^th and Guru are in their debilitation Rashis, aspected by debilitated Grahas; Śani is in Lagn, Rahu in 5^th, Sūrya in 8^th and Mangal in 12^th; Lord of 7^th is in 6^th, 8^th, or 12^th, Candr is in 5^th, Śani and Gulika are in Lagn; Lord of 8^th along with Śani and Śukr is in 5^th and Guru is in his debilitation Rashi.

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.