Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 63 · A Shudra Man of Hastinapur
स्वाती नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
शूद्रः पुण्यक्षये जाते मृत्युलोके सुरेश्वरि ॥जन्म संप्राप्तवान्देवि मध्यदेशे सुरेश्वरि ॥ १० ॥
When the shudra's merit ran out, O Goddess of the gods, he was born in the world of mortals. O Goddess, he was born in the Middle Country.
Classical view, not medical advice.
तदा सा तु भवेन्नारी या पुरा व्यभिचारिणी ॥
Then that woman who was unfaithful before is his wife. By the link with his past life, the family line is cut off.
रोगश्च जायते देवि कष्टं चैव दिने दिने ॥
Illness arises, O Goddess, and pain day after day. Listen to me, in brief, to the remedy for this sin.
स्वर्णवृक्षवरं कृत्वा स्माङ्गुष्ठपरिमाणकम् ॥
He should make a fine tree of gold, the size of a thumb, with fruit and flowers. It should weigh fifteen pala (a unit of weight). (Our text is…