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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 25 · Ardra 2nd Pada
आर्द्रा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
धनधान्यसमायुक्तौ पुत्रकन्याविवर्जितौ ॥रुग्णौ दुर्बलगात्रौ च पूर्वकर्मफलेन तु ॥ ७ ॥
The two are rich in money and grain, but they have no sons or daughters. They are sick and weak in body, from the fruit of their past deeds.
Classical view, not medical advice.
ऋणसम्बन्धतो देवि विप्रः पुत्रोऽभवत्तदा ॥
O Goddess, by the link of debt a brahmin became his son then. He took as much as he had taken in the past life.
तावन्मात्रं गृहीत्वा तु ततो वै मरणं भवेत् ॥
Having taken just that much, he dies. Twenty years pass, and again that man has no son.
तस्य दानं शृणुष्वादौ पूर्वपापक्षयो यतः ॥
Hear first his gift, by which the old sin is destroyed. Let him give one eighth of the value of his house and wealth to a brahmin.