Chapter on the Pacification-Rite for a Child Born under the Same Nakṣatra (as a Parent or Sibling) — Bṛhat-Pārāśara-Horāśāstra, Adhyāya 90

एकनक्षत्रोत्थजातकशान्त्यध्यायः

The complete Chapter on the Pacification-Rite for a Child Born under the Same Nakṣatra (as a Parent or Sibling) chapter of the Bṛhat-Pārāśara-Horāśāstra — all 7 verses, each in the original Sanskrit with VedicSpace's clean-room English translation, cited by śloka. Translated from the Chaukhamba (Devachandra Jha) edition and audited against the printed plates.

Śloka 1 — Ekanakṣatra doṣa — birth in the janma-nakṣatra of a parent or sibling

यदि जन्म भवेत् पित्रो-र्जन्मर्क्षे वापि सोदरे । मृतिस्तयोरथैकस्य वा भवेदिति निश्चितम् ॥ १ ॥

If the birth falls in the janma-nakṣatra of the parents, or likewise in that of a brother, then the death of the two of them — that is, of the native and of that relative — or else of one of the two, will certainly follow; so it is settled.

BPHS Adhyāya 90, śloka 1

Śloka 2 — Announcement of the rite + selection of the muhūrta day

प्राचीनैर्ऋषिभिः प्रोक्तं वच्मि शान्तिविधिं शृणु । शुभर्क्षे सद्दिने रिक्ता-ऽमाऽवमादित्रिवर्जिते ॥ २ ॥

I shall state the rite of pacification declared by the ancient ṛṣis — listen! (Let it be done) under an auspicious nakṣatra, on a good day free of the three: riktā (tithi), amāvāsyā, and avama (the decayed or omitted tithi), and the like.

BPHS Adhyāya 90, śloka 2

Śloka 3 — Candra-bala / Tārā-bala requirement; installing the nakṣatra image

चन्द्रताराबलोपेते शान्तिं कुर्याद् विचक्षणः । नक्षत्रप्रतिमां साध्वी-मीशानविदिशि स्थिताम् ॥ ३ ॥

On such a day, endowed with Candra-bala and Tārā-bala, let the discerning one perform the pacification. (He should worship) a well-wrought image of the nakṣatra, set up in the Īśāna quarter —

BPHS Adhyāya 90, śloka 3

Śloka 4 — Worship of the nakṣatra image on the kalaśa; covering with red cloth

अग्नेर्नक्षत्रमन्त्रेणा-ऽभ्यर्चयेत् कलशोपरि । रक्तेन वाससाच्छाद्य सवस्त्रामथ मन्त्रवित् ॥ ४ ॥

— (in the Īśāna corner) of the fire; upon a kalaśa he should worship it with the nakṣatra-mantra. Then the knower of mantras, having covered it with a red garment, (should wrap) it, clothed as it is,

BPHS Adhyāya 90, śloka 4

Śloka 5 — Agnimukha per one's own śākhā; 108 oblations

वेष्टयेत् स्वस्वशाखोक्त-विधिनाऽग्निमुखं चरेत् । पूर्वोक्तेनैव मन्त्रेण जुहुयाच्छतमष्टयुक् ॥ ५ ॥

— he should wrap it, and perform the agnimukha by the procedure laid down in one's own (Vedic) śākhā. With that very mantra stated before he should offer one hundred oblations together with eight (i.e. 108).

BPHS Adhyāya 90, śloka 5

Śloka 6 — Oblation-materials, prāyaścitta ending, and the sprinkling by the ācārya

समित्साकल्यघृततः प्रायश्चित्तावसानकम् । ततोऽभिषिञ्चेदाचार्यः पितरौ वा सहोदरौ ॥ ६ ॥

(The offering is to be made) with fuel-sticks, sākalya and ghee, concluding with the prāyaścitta (expiatory oblation). Thereafter the ācārya should sprinkle (with the kalaśa water) the parents, or the brothers.

BPHS Adhyāya 90, śloka 6

Śloka 7 — Feeding brāhmaṇas with dakṣiṇā; destruction of the nakṣatra-doṣa

विप्रांस्तु भोजयेत् पश्चाद् दक्षिणादानपूर्वकम् । एवं कृते तु नक्षत्र-जातो दोषो विनश्यति ॥ ७ ॥

Afterwards he should feed brāhmaṇas, preceded by the giving of dakṣiṇā. When this is done, the blemish arising from the (shared) nakṣatra is destroyed.

BPHS Adhyāya 90, śloka 7