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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 49 · A Goldsmith and the Brahmin's Garland
उत्तराफाल्गुनी नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
ततः काकस्य वै योनिं भुक्त्वा नरकमाप्नुयात् ॥देशे पुण्यतरे देवि मानुषत्वं सुरेश्वरि ॥ ८ ॥
After living as a crow, he went to hell. Then, O queen of the gods, he got a human birth in a most holy land.
Classical view, not medical advice.
पूर्वजन्मनि यत्स्वर्णं ब्राह्मणस्य हृतं प्रिये ॥
In the past birth he took the brahmin's gold, dear one. By that sin, O Goddess, no son is born to him.
गर्भस्रावो भवेन्नार्य्याः काकवन्ध्या च जायते ॥
His wife loses her unborn babies and becomes a kakavandhya (a woman who has only one child). Hear the calming rite for this sin, O lovely Goddess.
षडंशं च ततो देवि ब्राह्मणाय समर्पयेत् ॥
Then let him give one sixth to a brahmin, O Goddess. Let him do a hundred thousand japa (repeating a mantra) of the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant)…