Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 42 · A Potter and a Brahmin Friend
मघा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
पुत्रकन्याविहीनश्च मृतवत्सत्वमाप्तवान् ॥ब्राह्मण्यां गमनादेवि बहुरोगश्च जायते ॥ १० ॥
Without sons or daughters, he became a mritavatsa (one whose children die young). From going to a brahmin's wife, O Goddess, many illnesses are born.
Classical view, not medical advice.
अथ शांतिं प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणु त्वं गिरिजे शुभे ॥
Now I will tell the remedy. Listen, O Girija, good one. He should give away all that he owns, and do Rudra (a fierce form of Shiva) japa (repeating…
पूजा कार्या पार्थिवानां वाटिकारोपणं तथा ॥
He should worship earthen lingas (Shiva's sacred stone emblems) and plant a garden. He should hear the Harivamsha (a sacred book about Krishna) and…
गायत्रीमूलमन्त्रेण लक्षं जाप्यं तथा प्रिये ॥
Dear one, he should do a hundred thousand japa (repeating a mantra). It is of the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant) root mantra (sacred words). O…