Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 63 · A Shudra Man of Hastinapur
स्वाती नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
तदा सा तु भवेन्नारी या पुरा व्यभिचारिणी ॥पूर्वजन्मप्रसङ्गाच्च वंशच्छेदो हि जायते ॥ ११ ॥
Then that woman who was unfaithful before is his wife. By the link with his past life, the family line is cut off.
Classical view, not medical advice.
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…
तस्य वृक्षस्य वै मूले शालिग्रामशिलां शुभाम् ॥
At the root of that tree he should worship a fine shaligrama (a sacred stone of Vishnu) by the rule. It is Vishnu's form, O fair-faced one.