Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 56 · A Warrior of Gaya and the Buffalo Calves
चित्रा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
पुत्रो न जायते देवि पूर्वपापानुसारतः ॥कन्यका रजसा युक्ता विधवा जायते प्रिये ॥ ७ ॥
No son is born, O Goddess, because of his old sin. The daughter reaches her age and becomes a widow, dear one.
Classical view, not medical advice.
महिषीपुत्रघातेन रोगोत्पत्तिश्च जायते ॥
Illness arises from killing the young of buffaloes. Listen, O fair-faced one, to the merit that ends this sin.
स्ववित्तस्याष्टमं भागं ब्राह्मणाय ददेत वै ॥
He should give an eighth of his own wealth to a brahmin. He should give one black cow with a calf, O Goddess, with horns covered in gold.
सर्वलक्षणसंपन्नां वस्त्रमुक्तादिभूषिताम् ॥
The cow should have all good marks, with cloth and pearls and other ornaments. Then he should give her to a brahmin. He should give a bed too, above…