Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 102 · A Brahmin Who Left His Parents
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
पूर्वजन्मनि देवेशि ब्राह्मणत्वं यतोऽत्यजत् ॥तत्पापेनैव भो देवि पुत्रस्य मरणं मुहुः ॥ ८ ॥
In a past birth, O Lady of the gods, he gave up being a brahmin. By that wrong, O Goddess, his son dies again and again.
Classical view, not medical advice.
अनेन पितरौ वृद्धौ त्यक्तौ दुर्मतिना यतः ॥
This fool left his old father and mother. So he has illness in the body. His wife is a kakavandhya (a woman who has only one child), and she has…
शान्तिं शृणु वरारोहे यतः पुत्रो हि जायते ॥
Hear the remedy, O fair one, by which a son is born. He should do holy works with one eighth of the wealth of his house.
पलपञ्चसुवर्णस्य गणाध्यक्षस्य चाकृतिम् ॥
He should make a golden image of Ganesha (the lord of Shiva's hosts) of five pala (a unit of weight). Then he should worship it, O keeper of vows…