Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 50 · An Oil-Presser of Gahana
उत्तराफाल्गुनी नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
तत्पुण्येन महादेवि मानुषो धनवानभूत् ॥तैलकारो यतः पूर्वं ज्येष्ठायै च विषं ददौ ॥ ८ ॥
By that merit, O great Goddess, he became a rich man. But before, as an oil-presser, he gave poison to his elder wife.
Classical view, not medical advice.
तत्पापेनैव भो देवि पुत्रो नैव प्रजायते ॥
By that sin, O Goddess, no son is born to him. He has many diseases, and his wife is always in distress.
अथ शान्तिं प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणु देवि सविस्तरम् ॥
Now I will tell the calming rite. Hear it in full, O Goddess. Let him do good works with one eighth of his house and wealth.
गायत्रीमूलमन्त्रेण लक्षजाप्यं च कारयेत् ॥
Let him have japa (repeating a mantra) done a hundred thousand times. He uses the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant) root mantra (sacred words). Then a…