Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 4 · Ashvini 2nd Pada
अश्विनी नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
रोगी च मुच्यते रोगात् कन्यका नैव जायते ॥२३॥
The sick person is freed from the disease. No daughter is born.
Classical view, not medical advice.
एवं पूजां समाप्यैव प्रतिमां तां च दापयेत् ॥
Having finished the worship in this way, he should give that image to the teacher. Then he should give gold as the fee.
ततः प्रदक्षिणां कृत्वा ब्राह्मणे व्यासरूपिणे ॥
Then he should walk around the brahmin, who is Vyasa in form. In the month of Magha, he should bathe at Prayaga with his wife.
एवं कृते न संदेहो वंशो भवति नान्यथा ॥
When this is done there is no doubt: a line of descendants arises, not otherwise. A woman who is mritavatsa (one whose children die young) gets a…