Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 51 · A Brahmin of Gaya Who Fell from Duty
उत्तराफाल्गुनी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
पुनर्मानुषयोनित्वं मध्यदेशे सुरेश्वरि ॥कन्यकाजननी भार्या शरीरे सततं ज्वरः ॥ ५ ॥
Again he got a human birth in the middle country, O queen of the gods. His wife has only daughters. He always has fever in the body.
Classical view, not medical advice.
चिन्तोद्विग्नः सदा देवि बहुदुःखेन पीडितः ॥
He is always worried and troubled, O Goddess, and pressed by much pain. First hear the calming rite, by which the sin comes to an end.
केशवस्याऽर्चनं चादौ साधूनां सेवनं सदा ॥
First, worship of Keshava (Vishnu). Always serve good people. Hold firm devotion to brahmins, and to giving and feeding.
गां सवत्सां ततो दद्याद्विप्राय प्रतिवत्सरम् ॥
Every year let him give a cow with her calf to a brahmin. Let him hear Vishnu's scripture and have the Harivamsha (a sacred book about Krishna) heard.