Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 53 · A Barber of Vanga
हस्त नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
युगमेकायुतं देवि सत्यलोकेऽवसत्तदा ॥ततः पुण्यक्षये जाते पुनर्मानुषतां गतः ॥ ७ ॥
O Goddess, he lived in Satyaloka for ten thousand yugas (ages). Then his good deeds ran out and he went to a human birth again.
Classical view, not medical advice.
धनधान्यसमायुक्तो ह्यपुत्रश्च सुशोभने ॥
He is rich in money and grain, O lovely one, but has no son. Five daughters are born, and he falls ill.
अस्य शांतिं प्रवक्ष्यामि पूर्वपापक्षयं यतः ॥
I will tell the calming rite, by which the old sin ends. Let him give one eighth of his house and wealth to a brahmin.
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…