Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 35 · Pushya 4th Pada
पुष्य नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
सगर्भा च तदा देवि ततो गर्भो विनश्यति ॥तस्य शान्तिं प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणु त्वं गिरिजे वरे ॥ ८॥
When his wife is with child, the child in the womb is lost. I will tell his remedy. Listen, O Girija, excellent one.
Classical view, not medical advice.
गृहवित्तार्द्धभागं वै ब्राह्मणाय प्रदापयेत् ॥
He should give half of his house wealth to a brahmin. Then the sin goes. Have no doubt about this.
शिवार्चनं कारयित्वा रौप्यमार्जारिकां तथा ॥
He should have Shiva worshipped. He should have a silver cat made. It is pregnant, spotless and lovely. It is of seven pala (a unit of weight).
पूजयित्वा ततो देवि ततो दद्याद्विजात्मने ॥
Then, O Goddess, he should worship it and give it to a brahmin. In particular, he should do a hundred thousand japa (repeating a mantra) of the…