Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 42 · A Potter and a Brahmin Friend
मघा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
सर्वे रोगाः क्षयं यान्ति न च कन्यां प्रसूयते ॥काकवन्ध्या लभेत्पुत्रं मृतवत्सा च पुत्रिणी ॥ १७ ॥
All illnesses end, and she gives birth to no daughter. A kakavandhya (a woman who has only one child) gets a son. A mritavatsa (one whose children die young) becomes the mother of a son.
Classical view, not medical advice.
कुण्डे कुर्याद्द्विजद्वारा चतुष्कोणे सुरेश्वरि ॥
He should have it done through brahmins, O Goddess, in a four-cornered fire pit. By the rule, the homa (fire offering) is a tenth part of the japa…
दशवर्णास्ततो दद्यात् स्वर्णनिष्कचतुष्टयम् ॥
Then he should give dashavarna (a gift of ten colours). He should give four nishka (a unit of gold weight) of gold. He should feed sixty pure…
भूमिदानं ततः कुर्यात्तिलं दद्यात्प्रयत्नतः ॥
Then he should give land and carefully give sesame. When this is done, no doubt, a family line comes, not otherwise.