In this concluding part, we will see the karmic
causes of heart and kidney diseases and other ones not discussed so far. The
source texts are Prasna Marga (PM) and Veerasimhaavaloka (VS).
Disease
|
Source text
|
Previous karma
|
Remedy
|
Heart diseases.
(Hridroga)
|
VS
|
Malevolence
towards others.
|
Propitiation
of Sun and Saturn.
Gift
of cow and gold.
Kushmanda
Homa.
Chanting
of Siva Sahasranama and Vishnu Sahasranama.
Chanting
the mantra “Udyannadya” while offering
sesame and ghee in the Homa.
|
Urinary disease.
Difficulty in passing urine.
(Moothra
Krishcham)
(Kidney problems)
|
VS
PM
|
Enmity
with teachers.
Drinking
liquor.
Physical
intimacy with unmarried virgins, animals and widows.
Ill-treating
Brahmins
|
Propitiation
of Saturn and Rahu.
Pooja
to teachers.
Lotus
made of gold gifted to worthy persons.
Chanting
of Agni Mantras.
Gift
of sesame seeds and lotus flowers.
|
Kidney stones
(Asmari)
|
VS
|
Indulge
in intercourse by force (rape)
|
Kris-
chandraayana Vratha.
Gift
of gold.
|
Excessive menstruation
(Asrugadhara)
|
PM
|
Destruction
of Aswatha and other trees.
Injuring
cows.
|
Gift
of red cow.
|
Childlessness
|
PM
|
Killing
children.
Killing
animals.
Killing
young animals.
Eating
eggs.
Hating
preceptor’s children.
Causing
dissension between mother and children.
Not
doing annual shraddha ceremony.
|
Gift
of idol of cow made of cow.
|
Hydrocele
(Vriddhi
roga)
|
VS
|
Beating
and hurting hands and limbs of innocent servants/ people.
Killing
Vaisyaas (business people)
Immoral
relationship with wives of sons.
|
Propitiation
for Sun, Mars, Venus and Saturn.
Kris-
Chandraayana Vratha.
Chanting
of Rudra Sooktham.
Conducting
Homas.
Gift
of cow.
Mixture
of honey and ghee to be poured in Homa while chanting mantra ‘Udyannadya’.
Gift
of buffalo and idol of buffalo.
|
Tuberculosis
(Kshaya
roga)
|
VS
PM
|
Eating
meat.
Killing
scholars.
Harming
teachers.
Intolerance
to the progress of others.
Stealing
property of others.
Same
as above.
In
addition intercourse during eclipse.
|
Kris-
chandraayana Vratha.
Idol
of Kadalivaazha (a kind of plantain tree) in gold to be gifted to a virtuous
man by chanting the mantra “Hiranya garbha’.
Chanting
of Sahasranama, Rudra Sooktham, Aindragni and Sookthas accompanied with
Homas.
Gift
of cloths.
|
Elephantiasis /Filariasis
(Shleepada)
|
VS
|
Intercourse
with the person of the same sex. (Gay sex)
Intercourse
with forbidden women such as unmarried virgin, widow and wife of another
person.
|
Propitiation
for Mars, Venus and Mercury.
Kris-chandraayana
Vratha.
Payo
Vratha (drinking milk or water only for a month).
Gift
of gold and food.
|
Fever / Pyrexia
(Jwaram)
|
VS
PM
|
Harming
others.
Mean
thoughts.
Intimidating
others with the help of a dog.
|
Sahasra
Kalasabhisheka for Lord Siva by chanting Jaathavedas mantra for 108 times.
Gift
of food.
For
Seethajwara (cold) Sahasra kalasabhisheka for Lord Vishnu.
Abhisheka
for Vishnu and Siva.
Chanting
of Pancha Durga mantra and Rudra Sooktham.
|
One may be surprised to see just one cause namely ‘malevolence’
towards others as the karmic cause for heart diseases. In effect it refers to
heartless behaviour in any given situation. Where a person is required to
express compassion or act in some way that redeems the sufferer, if he fails to
do / rise up to the situation, he will be born with a heart that cannot
function properly. Ruthless behaviour towards others also comes under
malevolence. What one fails to cultivate or promote in a birth will be missing
from him in physical terms in the next birth. That is how heart diseases get
manifest.
This series on karmic causes is written with the
intention to show the world that many a kind of immoral or unethical behaviour
done sometime in a past birth does come back to haunt one in a future birth in
the form of disease. This must be taken as a warning bell, so that those
reading this would know and be careful in not doing those acts.
This knowledge gives scope for self-introspection for a person to judge his / her present actions and avoid doing them during rest of present life. In other words, there is enough time left in the current birth itself to make rectification so that the impending karma might come with lesser ramifications. One may ask why a person with such wrongful actions not get back the resultant karma in this birth itself. The answer is that some of them might occur in this birth itself. But where the resultant karma has to come back as a disease, its needs a suitable physical constitution which becomes possible when the person takes up another body (birth)
One can notice a logical correlation between the disease and the karmic cause. Not to be ignored are the ones on eating meat and eggs and harming animals like cows, as all these acts are bound to come back as diseases in a future birth. The basic thread of healthy life is compassion to all and sundry and guarding our thoughts, words and action in any situation.
This knowledge gives scope for self-introspection for a person to judge his / her present actions and avoid doing them during rest of present life. In other words, there is enough time left in the current birth itself to make rectification so that the impending karma might come with lesser ramifications. One may ask why a person with such wrongful actions not get back the resultant karma in this birth itself. The answer is that some of them might occur in this birth itself. But where the resultant karma has to come back as a disease, its needs a suitable physical constitution which becomes possible when the person takes up another body (birth)
One can notice a logical correlation between the disease and the karmic cause. Not to be ignored are the ones on eating meat and eggs and harming animals like cows, as all these acts are bound to come back as diseases in a future birth. The basic thread of healthy life is compassion to all and sundry and guarding our thoughts, words and action in any situation.
These ideas have been given by none other than
ancient sages and were recorded from time to time by our ancients. There is
mention of a text by name Karma Vipaka in olden astrological texts. Though the
original texts are lost, the later day texts have recorded some of the features
for posterity. And I am happy to do a squirrel’s contribution in spreading whatever
little I am able to gather through these write-ups.
Let there be Shanti at all Three levels of
Existence.
