Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 45 · A Woodcutter in Karnata
पूर्वाफाल्गुनी नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
रोगाः सर्वे क्षयं यान्ति नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥पूर्वजन्मकृतं पापं क्षयं याति न संशयः ॥ १२ ॥
All diseases come to an end. Do not doubt this. The sin of the past birth comes to an end, without doubt.
Classical view, not medical advice.
अतः शान्ति प्रवक्ष्यामि पूर्वपापविशुद्धये ॥
So I will tell the calming rite to cleanse the old sin. He should give one eighth of his house and wealth to a brahmin.
गायत्रीलक्षजाप्येन गोदानेन विशेषतः ॥
Let him do a hundred thousand japa (repeating a mantra) of the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant). Above all, let him give a cow. Let him also plant a…
जायन्ते बहवः पुत्राः शूराः कीर्तिविवर्द्धनाः ॥
Many sons are born, brave ones who spread his fame. No daughters are born, and the kakavandhya (a woman who has only one child) is calmed.