Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 59 · A Brahmin of Pratishthana
चित्रा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
रोगार्तो मुच्यते रोगात्काकवन्ध्या सुतं लभेत् ॥गर्भभ्रष्टा लभेत्पुत्रं चिरंजीविनमुत्तमम् ॥ १४ ॥
The sick one is freed from disease. A kakavandhya (a woman who has only one child) gets a son. A woman who lost her child in the womb gets an excellent, long-lived son.
Classical view, not medical advice.
प्रयागे नियतः स्नानं माघे मासि यथाविधि ॥
He should bathe with discipline at Prayaga in the month of Magha, by the rule. He should do it with his wife, O wide-eyed one. Then the sin is…
षडंशं च ततो देवि विप्रेभ्यो दानमाचरेत् ॥
Then he should give a sixth of his wealth to brahmins. After a year he should give a great milk cow.
भूमिं वृत्तिकरीं दद्यात् पुत्रपौत्रानुजीविनीम् ॥
He should give land that gives a living, to last for sons and grandsons. When this is done, there is no doubt. The family will go on, not otherwise…