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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 63 · A Shudra Man of Hastinapur
स्वाती नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
स्वर्णवृक्षवरं कृत्वा स्माङ्गुष्ठपरिमाणकम् ॥फलपुष्पसमायुक्तं पलपञ्चदशस्य तु ॥ १३ ॥
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 unclear here: it may say the size of his own thumb.)
Classical view, not medical advice.
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.
ब्राह्मणाय ततो दद्याद्गां च दद्यात्पयस्विनीम् ॥
Then he should give it to a brahmin. He should give a milk cow too. He should have a lakh (100,000) japa (repeating a mantra) done. He should use…
ततः पापविशुद्धिः स्यात् पुत्रो भवति नान्यथा ॥
Then sin is cleared, and a son is born, not otherwise. All diseases fade away. A kakavandhya (a woman who has only one child) gets a son.