Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 20 · Mrigashira 1st Pada
मृगशिरा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
पुत्रकन्याविहीनस्तु धनधान्यसमन्वितः ॥लोहकारस्य स्वर्णं हि गृहीतं नैव दत्तवान् ॥ ८ ॥
He has no son or daughter, but he has money and grain. He took the blacksmith's gold and never gave it back.
Classical view, not medical advice.
तेन कर्मविपाकेन लोहकारः सुतोऽभवत् ॥
By the ripening of that deed, the blacksmith was born as his son. He is loved by all, and he pleases his father and mother.
युवरूपसमापन्नस्तदा मृत्युर्भवेदनु ॥
When he reaches young manhood, death comes to him. Again there is no son, and a daughter is born.
तत्पापस्य विशुद्ध्यर्थं प्रायश्चित्तमतः शृणु ॥
Now hear the prayashchitta (remedy for a past wrong) to clear that sin. It is 100,000 japa (repeating a mantra) of the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic…