Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 15 · Krittika 4th Pada
कृत्तिका नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
मद्यवेश्याप्रदानेन धनं सर्वं व्ययं कृतम् ॥यदा पुत्रः समुत्पन्नो युवा तस्य भवेत्प्रिये ॥ ९ ॥
All the wealth was spent on wine and harlots. When a son was born and became a young man, dear one,
Classical view, not medical advice.
तदा मृत्युमवाप्नोति शोकं दत्त्वा तयोस्तदा ॥
he died, giving grief to both of them. Then no son was born again, by the ripening of a past life.
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.