Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 53 · A Barber of Vanga
हस्त नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
एवं कृते न संदेहः पुत्रो भवति तस्य वै ॥कन्यका नैव जायन्ते वन्ध्यात्वं च प्रशाम्यति ॥१३॥
When this is done, without doubt a son is born to him. Daughters are not born, and the state of being vandhya (a woman who cannot bear children) is calmed.
Classical view, not medical advice.
वाटिकाकूपमार्गांश्च तडागं चैव कारयेत् ॥
Let him have a garden, a well, roads and a tank made. Let him serve the tulasi (holy basil) every day. Then let him keep a vrata (vow of fasting and…
वृंताकं मूलिकां चैव न भोक्तव्यं कदाचन ॥
He must never eat brinjal or radish. Then let him give a dashavarna (a gift of ten colours). Let him have the Harivamsha (a sacred book about…
रोगाः सर्वे क्षयं यान्ति काकवन्ध्या लभेत्सुतम् १४॥
All diseases come to an end. The kakavandhya (a woman who has only one child) gets a son.