Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 111 · A Warrior and a Land Gift
रेवती नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
काकवन्ध्या लभेत्पुत्रं सर्वव्याधिप्रणाशनम् ॥मृतवत्सा च या नारी जीवत्पुत्रा च जायते ॥ २० ॥
A kakavandhya (a woman who has only one child) gets a son. Every illness is destroyed. A woman who is a mritavatsa (one whose children die young) has children who live.
Classical view, not medical advice.
तन्मध्ये प्रतिमां स्थाप्य ततः पूजां तु कारयेत् ॥
Setting the image in the middle, he should then do the worship. "Om, salutation to Vasudeva. Om, salutation to the Lord of the world. Om, salutation…
प्रभोजयेत्ततो विप्रान्दक्षिणां दापयेत्ततः ॥
Then he should feed the brahmins and have the dakshina (fee to the priests) given. Then he should close the rite, bowing to the reciter. When this…
यः पठेच्छृणुयाद्वापि सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ॥
One who reads this or hears it is freed from all sins. There is nothing higher than this. It is true, true, O fair-faced one.