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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 48 · A Merchant and the Brahmin's Gold
उत्तराफाल्गुनी नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
अपुत्रो लभते पुत्रं काकवन्ध्या सुतं लभेत् ॥मृतवत्सा सुतं सूते चिरंजीविनमुत्तमम् ॥ १७ ॥
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 son, the best, who lives long.
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…
कूष्माण्डं नारिकेरं च पञ्चरत्नसमन्वितम् ॥
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.
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.