Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 103 · A Hunter's Gold Garland
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
भुक्तं च विविधं दुःखं कृमिसूचीमुखैर्युतम् ॥मानुषत्वं ततो जातं धनधान्यसमन्वितम् ॥ ४ ॥
He suffered many kinds of pain there, from worms with mouths like needles. Then he was born as a man, with wealth and grain.
Classical view, not medical advice.
पुत्राणां मरणं देवि जायते हि विपाकतः ॥
Sons die, O Goddess, as the ripening of that deed. He should have a garland made with five pala (a unit of weight) of gold. It has a Meru (the head…
ब्राह्मणाय ततो दद्याच्छय्यादानं विशेषतः ॥
Then he should give it to a brahmin. A gift of a bed is especially needed. When this is done, O fair one, his son lives.
व्याधयः संक्षयं यान्ति काकवन्ध्या लभेत्सुतम् ॥ ७ ॥
Illness is destroyed. A kakavandhya (a woman who has only one child) gets a son.