Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 21 · Mrigashira 2nd Pada
मृगशिरा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
बहुवर्षसहस्राणि प्रवासो नरकेऽभवत् ॥नरकान्निःसृतो देवि काकश्चैव मृगोऽभवत् ॥ ४ ॥
He lived in hell for many thousands of years. O Goddess, coming out of hell, he became a crow and a deer.
Classical view, not medical advice.
पुनर्वै मेषयोनिश्च पूर्वकर्मविपाकतः ॥
Then, by the ripening of his past deeds, he was born a sheep. Then he became human in the Middle Country, O lovely one.
रोगवान्नृत्यशीलश्च पुत्रकन्याविवर्जितः ॥
He is sick and loves to dance, and he has no son or daughter. Each day he eats other people's food. He did not do a shraddha (rite for the dead…
अतो वंशस्य वै च्छेदः फलं चैव तु पूर्वजम् ॥
So his family line is cut off. That is the fruit of the past. I will tell his peace rite, by which the old sin is destroyed.