Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 41 · A Brahmin Lost to Wine and Gambling
मघा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
मद्यपानफलाद्देवि गर्भपातः पुनः पुनः ॥बह्वचः कन्याः प्रजाताश्च बहुस्त्रीगमनात्प्रिये ॥ ९ ॥
From the fruit of drinking wine, O Goddess, miscarriage comes again and again. Many daughters are born, from going to many women, dear one.
Classical view, not medical advice.
पुत्रस्य मरणं देवि जातं वेश्यातिसंगमात् ॥
The death of a son came from too much going to courtesans. The sin and the merit done in a past birth,
मानुषैर्भुज्यते सर्वे मृत्युलोके सुरेश्वरि ॥
All of it is lived through by humans in the mortal world, O Goddess. I will tell the remedy for this. Listen as it truly is, lovely one.
गृहवित्ताष्टमं भागं ब्राह्मणाय समर्पयेत् ॥ १२ ॥
He should give an eighth part of the wealth of the house to a brahmin.