Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 59 · A Brahmin of Pratishthana
चित्रा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
ततः पुण्यक्षये जाते मृत्युलोके सुरेश्वरि ॥ ६ ॥
Then, when his merit ran out, he came to the world of mortals, O Goddess of the gods.
Classical view, not medical advice.
जन्माऽभवत्तस्य नरस्य शुद्धे महत्कुले पुण्ययुते
That man was born in a pure, great family with merit and wealth. His wife was the same woman as before, with a mind for adultery.
मद्यपानादिकं पापं पूर्वजन्मनि यत्कृतम् ॥
The sin of wine and the like, done in his past life, bore fruit, O great Goddess. So he became ill.
अथ शांतिं प्रवक्ष्यामि यतः पापक्षयो भवेत् ॥
Now I will tell the remedy, by which sin is destroyed. He should do a lakh (100,000) japa (repeating a mantra). Use the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic…