Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 7 · Women's Past Deeds
स्त्रीकर्मकथनम्
मिष्टं भुङ्क्ते तु या नारी पत्युर्मिष्टं ददाति न ॥तेन पापेन सा नारी मुखे दौर्गन्ध्यधारिणी ॥ १७ ॥
A woman eats sweet food but gives none to her husband. For that sin she carries a bad smell in her mouth.
Classical view, not medical advice.
गुडं वा मधु वा खण्डं विप्राय प्रयता सदा ॥
When she always gives jaggery, honey or sugar to a brahmin, with care, O Goddess, her mouth becomes clean.
स्वपतिघ्नी च या नारी रण्डा भवति नान्यथा ॥
A woman who kills her husband becomes a widow, not otherwise. She should always worship the tulasi (holy basil) with love and faith.
ऊर्जे माघे च वैशाखे प्रातःस्नानं समाचरेत् ॥
She should bathe in the early morning in the months of Kartik, Magha and Vaishakha. She should keep the Ekadashi vrata (vow of fasting and worship)…