Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 100 · A Vegetable Seller's Trust
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
धनधान्यसमायुक्तो विद्यावान् कुलपूजितः ॥गौराङ्गो नीचजातीनां मतज्ञो लब्धवान् स्वयम् ॥ ११ ॥
He has wealth and grain, is learned, and is honoured by his family. Fair of body, he himself gained knowledge of the views of the lower castes.
Classical view, not medical advice.
पूर्वजन्मनि भो देवि ब्राह्मणाय विषं ददौ ॥
In the past birth, O Goddess, he gave poison to a brahmin. His wife, O large-eyed one, became a sinner by that same sin.
मासि पुष्पं ततस्तस्याः संतानं नैव जायते ॥
She has her monthly flow, but no child is born. Listen, O Goddess, O beautiful one, to the remedy for this sin.
गृहवित्ताष्टमं भागं पुण्यकार्यं च कारयेत् ॥
Let him have good works done with one eighth of his house and wealth. Let him use the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant), "Jatavedase" and Tryambaka…