Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 24 · Ardra 1st Pada
आर्द्रा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
पुत्राश्च बहवो जाताः कोऽपि तेषु न जीवति ॥शरीरे च ज्वरोत्पत्तिः खञ्जत्वं चरणे तथा ॥ ९ ॥
Many sons were born, and not one of them lives. Fever arises in his body, and lameness in his foot.
Classical view, not medical advice.
ब्राह्मणीगमनं देवि पूर्वजन्मनि वै कृतम् ॥
O Goddess, going to a brahmin woman was done in a past life. By that sin, O Goddess, his son does not live.
अस्य शान्तिं प्रवक्ष्यामि तां शृणुष्व वरानने ॥
I will tell the peace rite for this. Listen to it, O lovely one. O Goddess, let him do japa (repeating a mantra) a hundred thousand (ten times ten…
हवनं तद्दशांशेन तर्पणं मार्जनं तथा ॥
Then the homa (fire offering) is one tenth of it. Add tarpana (water offering to the ancestors and gods) and marjana (sprinkling). O wife of Shiva…