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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 2 · Ashvini and the Four Quarters
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चरण विचारः
चतुर्थचरणे देवि यदा भवति मानवः ॥तदा शूद्रं विजानीयाद्रोगवान् मृतवत्सकः ॥श्यामलः पुष्टदेहश्च कुष्ठरोगेण पीडितः ॥ ४ ॥
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 is dark and well built. He is troubled by a skin disease.
Classical view, not medical advice.
॥ 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.
ब्रह्मकर्मपरिभ्रष्टो व्याधिभिः पीडितः सदा ॥
He fell from a brahmin's duties and was always troubled by illness. He had a friend, also a brahmin, who had wealth and sons.