Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 68 · A Greedy Merchant of Kalyana
अनुराधा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
तदा पुत्रो भवेद्देवि व्याधिनाशो भवेत् ध्रुवम् ॥१२॥
then a son is born, O Goddess, and the illness surely ends.
Classical view, not medical advice.
पुनर्विवाहिता सा तु या पत्नी पूर्वजन्मनि ॥
The wife of his past life was married to him again. He is ill. She too is ill and in pain. She is a mritavatsa (one whose children die young), again…
एकापत्या भवेद्दुष्टा न स्यादन्यसुतः प्रिये ॥
She has only one child. She is at fault, and no other son comes, dear one. Then, when he gives away all he owns and worships Surya (the Sun god),
हरिवंशश्रुतेश्चैव दुर्गास्तोत्रजपस्तथा ॥
Have the Harivamsha (a sacred book about Krishna) heard. Have the hymn to Durga recited. Then have 100,000 japa (repeating a mantra) done with the…