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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 2 · Ashvini and the Four Quarters
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
तृतीयचरणे देवी वैश्यवर्णसमुद्भवः ॥रोगी कुत्सितवर्णोऽयं मृतवत्सो नपुंसकः ॥ ३ ॥
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 (one whose children die young) and impotent.
Classical view, not medical advice.
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.
तस्य पत्नी विशालाक्षी पुंश्चली क्षत्रवंशजा ॥
His wife was wide-eyed, unfaithful, born of a warrior family. O Goddess, a son was born of her, named Narahari.