Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 54 · A Craftsman and the Sun Remedy
हस्त नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
यमदूतैर्महाघोरे रौरवे पातितस्तदा ॥षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि भुक्त्वा नरकयातनाम् ॥ ३ ॥
Then the messengers of Yama (the god of death) threw him into the dreadful Raurava hell. He suffered the pains of hell for sixty thousand years.
Classical view, not medical advice.
ततः कर्मवशाद्देवि बिडालत्वं ततो गतः ॥
Then, O Goddess, by the force of his deeds he became a cat. Next he was a rooster, and then a jackal.
पुनर्मानुषयोनिश्च मध्यदेशे वरानने ॥
Then he was born as a man in the Middle Country, O fair-faced one. He has no sons or daughters. He is afflicted with piles.
अस्य शान्तिं प्रवक्ष्यामि पूर्वपापविशुद्धये ॥
I will tell the prayashchitta (remedy for a past wrong) for this, to clear the old sin. He should worship Surya (the Sun god) every day. He should…