Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 52 · A Goldsmith and a Merchant's Gold
हस्त नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
महद्धनैः समायुक्तो देशे पुण्यतमे शुभे ॥पूर्वजन्मप्रसङ्गेन स वैश्यः पुत्रतां गतः ॥ ८ ॥
He is rich in great wealth, in a most holy and good land. By the link from the past birth, the merchant became his son.
Classical view, not medical advice.
भार्या तस्य तु भो देवि या पुरा व्यभिचारिणी ॥
O Goddess, his wife was unfaithful before. Any son born from her dies soon.
शरीरे महती पीडा सततं चिन्तया युतः ॥
There is great pain in the body, and he is always full of worry. I will tell the calming rite as it is said. Hear it, dear one.
गृहवित्ताष्टमं भागं पुण्यकार्यं च कारयेत् ॥
Let him do good works with one eighth of his house and wealth. Let him do fifty thousand japa (repeating a mantra) with the Jatavedas (a name of the…