Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 2 · Ashvini and the Four Quarters
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
प्राणिनां केवलं कर्म तव मायाविचेष्टितम् ॥शुभमेवाऽशुभं चैव कथं जानामि पूर्वजम् ॥ १५ ॥
The deeds of beings are only the play of your maya (the power of illusion). How can I know the good and bad from the past?
Classical view, not medical advice.
तत्सर्वं कृपया देव वद मे परमेश्वर ॥
O Lord, supreme master, tell me all that by your grace. Ishvara said: People's deeds are of three kinds, born of their own nature. Their fruit is…
अनिष्टं नागलोके च नरके विविधे तथा ॥
The bad fruit is in the world of the serpents and in the many hells. O Goddess, the good fruit is in heaven. The mixed fruit is born in the world of…
रोगतश्चेष्टया देवि ज्ञेयं सर्वं शुभाशुभम् ॥
Know all good and bad from the illness and from the person's acts. A man with consumption was a killer of a brahmin in his past life.