Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 15 · Krittika 4th Pada
कृत्तिका नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
तदा मृत्युमवाप्नोति शोकं दत्त्वा तयोस्तदा ॥पुनः पुत्रो न जातो वै पूर्वजन्मविपाकतः ॥ १० ॥
he died, giving grief to both of them. Then no son was born again, by the ripening of a past life.
Classical view, not medical advice.
प्रायश्चित्तं प्रवक्ष्यामि पूर्वपापविशुद्धये ॥
I will tell the prayashchitta (remedy for a past wrong) to wash away the past sin. Do Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant) japa (repeating a mantra)…
कूपं प्रयत्नतः कुर्यात्तडागं विधिपूर्वकम् ॥
dig a well with care, and a pond by the rule. Have a homa (fire offering) done by the rule, O fair-faced one.
पलपञ्चसुवर्णस्य दानं दद्याद्विशेषतः ॥
Give especially a gift of five pala (a unit of weight) of gold. Dashavarna (a gift of ten colours) is to be given, with gold and clothes.