Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 37 · Ashlesha 2nd Pada
आश्लेषा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
नरकान्निर्गतो देवि गजयोनिमवाप्तवान् ॥गजयोनिं ततो भुक्त्वा मानुषत्वं ततोऽगमत् ॥ ७॥
Coming out of hell, O Goddess, he took an elephant's birth. After the elephant's life he reached a human birth.
Classical view, not medical advice.
स्वकर्मणा परित्यागं यतोऽकार्षीद्गवां पुरा ॥
In the past he had abandoned the cows by his own doing. By the fruit of that deed, O Goddess, no son is born.
कृतं दानं पुरा देवि सर्वपर्वणि चाञ्जसा ॥
In the past he gave gifts readily at every festival. By that merit, O Goddess, he has wealth, grain, elephants and the like.
गोसंग्रहः कृतः पूर्वं मृतो तृणकणं विना ॥
He had gathered cows, and they died without even a blade of grass. By that sin, O Goddess, a great illness is born.