Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 55 · A Clerk Who Scolded a Brahmin
हस्त नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
जाताश्च बहवः पुत्रा गौराङ्गप्रियदर्शनाः ॥गुणज्ञा रूपसंपन्ना म्रियन्ते प्रीतिवर्द्धनाः ॥ ८ ॥
Many sons are born, fair-limbed and pleasing to see. They are gifted and good-looking. They bring much joy, yet they die.
Classical view, not medical advice.
द्वौ पुत्रौ शीलसंपन्नौ चोद्वाहेन समायुतौ ॥
Two sons, of good character, were married too. This comes from the father's deeds, O Goddess. He once carried the sin of killing a brahmin.
राजरोगसमायुक्तो जायागर्भो विनश्यति ॥
He suffers from rajaroga (the royal disease, a wasting illness). His wife's pregnancies are lost. I will tell the prayashchitta (remedy for a past…
विष्णोरराटमन्त्रेण लक्षजाप्यं च कारयेत् ॥
He should have a lakh (100,000) japa (repeating a mantra) done with the mantra (sacred words) 'Vishnor aratam'. He should do a homa (fire offering)…