Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 48 · A Merchant and the Brahmin's Gold
उत्तराफाल्गुनी नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
कूष्माण्डं नारिकेरं च पञ्चरत्नसमन्वितम् ॥गङ्गामध्ये प्रदातव्यं सुवर्णं दक्षिणां ततः ॥ १५ ॥
A pumpkin and a coconut, set with five jewels, are to be given in the middle of the Ganga. Then gold is given as the fee.
Classical view, not medical advice.
भूमिदानं ततो देवि विप्राय विदुषे प्रिये ॥
Then, O Goddess, let him give land to a learned brahmin, dear one. Let him keep a vrata (vow of fasting and worship) of the Sun with his wife, O…
शय्यादानं प्रयत्नेन प्रकुर्यान्नियतेन्द्रियः ॥
With care and a calm mind, let him give the gift of a bed. When this is done, without doubt every disease is destroyed.
अपुत्रो लभते पुत्रं काकवन्ध्या सुतं लभेत् ॥
The man with no son gets a son. The kakavandhya (a woman who has only one child) gets a son. The mritavatsa (one whose children die young) bears a…