Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 42 · A Potter and a Brahmin Friend
मघा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
सत्यलोके समायाता स्वपत्या सह भामिनि ॥भुक्त्वा लक्षत्रयं देवि भोगांश्च विविधानपि ॥ ८ ॥
She came with her husband to Satyaloka (the world of truth), fair one. They enjoyed many kinds of pleasures there for three lakh years (a lakh is 100,000), O Goddess.
Classical view, not medical advice.
ततः पुण्यक्षये जाते धवेन सह शोभने ॥
Then, when merit ran out, lovely one, he was born in the mortal world with the husband. He was rich in wealth and grain.
पुत्रकन्याविहीनश्च मृतवत्सत्वमाप्तवान् ॥
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.
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…