Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 6 · Ashvini 4th Pada
अश्विनी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
काकवन्ध्याऽभवत्पत्नी दुःखशोकसमन्विता ॥तस्य पुण्यं प्रवक्ष्यामि पूर्वपापस्य निग्रहम् ॥ २४ ॥
His wife became a kakavandhya (a woman who has only one child), full of grief and sorrow. I will tell the merit that holds back his past sin.
Classical view, not medical advice.
गायत्रीलक्षजाप्येन सर्वं पापं प्रणश्यति ॥
By a lakh (100,000) of Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant) japa (repeating a mantra) all sin is destroyed. Give a pumpkin or a coconut, with gold and…
गङ्गामध्ये प्रदातव्यं संतानार्थे वरानने ॥
in the middle of the Ganga, for the sake of offspring, O fair one. Have a homa (fire offering) done with effort in a round fire pit.
स्वर्णशृङ्गीं रौप्यखुरां पट्टवस्त्रसमन्विताम् ॥
Give a cow to the teacher by the rule, dear one. Its horns are covered in gold and its hooves in silver. Give it with silk cloth and a vessel.