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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 45 · A Woodcutter in Karnata
पूर्वाफाल्गुनी नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
गोत्रकन्याभिगमनं यत्कृतं पूर्वजन्मनि ॥तेन पापेन भो देवि पुत्रस्य मरणं भवेत् ॥ ८ ॥
In the past birth he lay with a girl of his own family line. By that sin, O Goddess, his son dies.
Classical view, not medical advice.
गर्भस्रावी ततो भार्या काकवन्ध्यात्वमाप्नुयात् ॥
His wife loses her unborn babies and becomes a kakavandhya (a woman who has only one child). Many daughters are born, and he suffers day and night.
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…