Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 57 · A Brahmin of the Sarayu
चित्रा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
गोविन्देति ततो नाम जपेन्नित्यं वरानने ॥प्रातःस्नानं सदा कुर्यान्माघवैशाखकार्तिके ॥ १२ ॥
Then he should say the name 'Govinda' every day, O fair-faced one. He should bathe in the morning always, in Magha, Vaishakha and Kartik.
Classical view, not medical advice.
कृष्णस्य शतकं देवि भूर्जपत्रेण संयुतम् ॥
O Goddess, he should have a hundred names of Krishna written on birch bark, by the rule. Then he should set it up in his own house.
हरिवंशश्रुतिं कुर्यादेकादश्यां व्रतं चरेत् ॥
He should have the Harivamsha (a sacred book about Krishna) heard. He should keep the vrata (vow of fasting and worship) on Ekadashi. Doing this, O…
पुत्रश्च जायते देवि नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥ १५ ॥
A son is born, O Goddess. There is no need to doubt this.