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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 55 · A Clerk Who Scolded a Brahmin
हस्त नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
पुत्रश्च जायते देवि गर्भपातश्च शाम्यति ॥काकवन्ध्या लभेत्पुत्रं निश्चयो नात्र संशयः ॥ १५ ॥
A son is born, O Goddess, and miscarriage stops. A kakavandhya (a woman who has only one child) gets a son. This is certain, with no doubt.
Classical view, not medical advice.
गामेकां कपिलां दद्यात् सवत्सां वस्त्रभूषिताम् ॥
He should give one tawny cow with her calf, dressed and decorated. He should also have a gold image of a brahmin made, of fifteen pala (a unit of…
दद्याद्विप्राय विदुषे सर्वप्राणिरताय वै ॥
He should give it to a learned brahmin who loves all beings. And, O Goddess, he should have the Harivamsha (a sacred book about Krishna) heard by…
पुत्राणां मरणं देवि पूर्वपापप्रसङ्गतः ॥
The deaths of sons come from the old sin, O Goddess. Without a prayashchitta (remedy for a past wrong), how can peace be gained?