Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 2 · Ashvini and the Four Quarters
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
द्वितीयचरणे देवि पुरा क्षत्री न चान्यथा ॥अयोध्यापुरतः पूर्वे पुत्रकन्याविवर्जितः ॥ २ ॥
In the second charana (quarter of a star), O Goddess, he was a kshatriya (warrior class) in the past. It is not otherwise. East of the city of Ayodhya, he is without son or daughter.
Classical view, not medical advice.
तृतीयचरणे देवी वैश्यवर्णसमुद्भवः ॥
In the third charana (quarter of a star), O Goddess, he is born of the vaishya (trader class). He is sick and of a poor complexion. He is mritavatsa…
चतुर्थचरणे देवि यदा भवति मानवः ॥
In the fourth charana (quarter of a star), O Goddess, a man is born. Know him to be a shudra (servant class). He is sick, and his children die. He…
॥ शिव उवाच ॥
Shiva said: Now I will tell the deed done by brahmins and others. There was one brahmin, learned in the Vedas, with good qualities and looks.