Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 57 · A Brahmin of the Sarayu
चित्रा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
धनधान्यसमायुक्तो बाल्यतो रोगवानपि ॥पुण्यसंबन्धयोगेन पुण्यस्त्री या च संस्थिता ॥ ८ ॥
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.
Classical view, not medical advice.
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…
हवनं तद्दशांशेन मार्जनं तर्पणं तथा ॥
Then a homa (fire offering) of a tenth of that. Then marjana (sprinkling) and tarpana (water offering to the ancestors and gods). Then he should…