Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 57 · A Brahmin of the Sarayu
चित्रा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
पत्या सह वरारोहे ततः पुण्यक्षये सति ॥मृत्युलोके भवेज्जन्म कुले महति पूजिते ॥ ७ ॥
She was there with her husband, O fair-hipped one. Then, when their merit ran out, he was born in the world of mortals. It was in a great and honoured family.
Classical view, not medical advice.
धनधान्यसमायुक्तो बाल्यतो रोगवानपि ॥
He was rich in money and grain, yet sickly from childhood. By the bond of their merit, that good wife was there with him again.
पुनर्विवाहिता सैव यायात् पुत्रविवर्जिता ॥
She was married to him again, but she stays without a son. Listen, O fair-faced one, to the merit that ends this sin.
गृहवित्तषडंशस्य पुण्यकार्यं च कारयेत् ॥
He should do good works with a sixth of the wealth of his house. He should do three lakh (300,000) japa (repeating a mantra). He should use the…