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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 7 · Women's Past Deeds
स्त्रीकर्मकथनम्
तदा पुष्पं भवेद्देवि नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥पतिं सुप्तं परित्यज्य परपुंसि रताभवत् ॥ ५ ॥
Then her periods come. Have no doubt about it. She left her sleeping husband and loved another man. (Our text is unclear here: the word read as 'sleeping' may be a slip for 'son'.)
Classical view, not medical advice.
तेन पापेन भो देवि वन्ध्या नारी प्रजायते ॥
For that sin, O Goddess, she is born a vandhya (a woman who cannot bear children). She should make a tree of gold, with fruits and flowers,
दद्याद्वेदविदे नारी पतिसेवासु तत्परा ॥
and give it to a Veda scholar, while she is devoted to serving her husband. Then she will bear a son. The gift is ten pala (a unit of weight) of gold.
परपुंसि रता नारी स्वपतिं मिष्टवादिनी ॥
A woman loved other men and spoke sweetly to her own husband. For that sin, O Goddess, she has only daughters.