Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 1 · The Opening Rite
पूजनविधिः
मानवैस्तु विशेषेण सुखदुःखादिकं च यत् ॥कर्मत्रयं च सर्वेषां तन्मध्ये संचितं च यत् ॥ ३२ ॥
Humans above all feel pleasure, pain and the like. There are three kinds of deeds for all. Among them is the stored kind.
Classical view, not medical advice.
मर्त्याः सर्वे जगज्जाताः कर्म कुर्वन्ति सर्वदा ॥
All mortals born in the world do deeds at all times. Then, O Goddess, gods and humans reap the fruit of their own deeds.
वक्तव्यं नात्र संदेहो यत्कृत्वा फलमाप्नुयात् ॥
That must be told, no doubt: the deed by which one gets the fruit. Prarabdha (deeds already bearing fruit) and present deeds are seen in full.
अश्विन्यादिकनक्षत्रे सर्वेषां जन्म जायते ॥
Everyone is born in a nakshatra (star), beginning with Ashvini. Know the good and bad by the division into charana (quarter of a star), starting…