Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 7 · Women's Past Deeds
स्त्रीकर्मकथनम्
यदा नारी च दुष्टात्मा स्वपतौ दुर्वचो वदेत् ॥तदा कण्ठे भवेद्रोगो नासिकायां च पीनसम् ॥ २६ ॥
A woman of bad heart speaks harsh words to her husband. Then a disease comes in her throat and a cold in her nose.
Classical view, not medical advice.
वातगुल्मं वापि शिवे श्वेतपुष्पं प्रजायते ॥
Or a wind lump in the belly comes. O Parvati, white patches are born. A silver flower joined with gold,
दद्याद्विप्राय विदुषे तदा सप्तफलं शुभे ॥
she should give to a learned brahmin, and then seven fruits, O gentle one. When a wicked woman, in a quarrel, kills a young girl by force,
तदा कुष्ठं भवेद्देवि जन्मजन्म दरिद्रता ॥
then kushtha (a skin disease) comes, O Goddess, and poverty in birth after birth. O beloved, she should always worship the Sun and keep the woman's…