Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 70 · A Brahmin of Sukarma
अनुराधा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
काकबन्ध्या लभेत्पुत्रं पुनर्देवि न संशयः ॥रोगाः सर्वे क्षयं यान्ति मृतवत्सा लभेत् सुतम् ॥१४॥
A kakavandhya (a woman who has only one child) gets a son again, O Goddess, no doubt. All illness goes. A mritavatsa (one whose children die young) gets a son.
Classical view, not medical advice.
गायत्रीजातवेदाभ्यां त्र्यम्बकेण तदा जपम् ॥
Then do japa (repeating a mantra) with three: the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant), and the Jatavedas (a name of the fire god) hymn. The third is the…
ब्राह्मणान् भोजयेद्भक्त्या पक्वान्नैः पायसेन च ॥
Feed brahmins with devotion with cooked food and rice pudding. Give the brahmins a fee, with cloth and jewels.
दशवर्णां ततो दद्याद्धरिवंशश्रुतिस्तथा ॥
Then give a dashavarna (a gift of ten colours). Have the Harivamsha (a sacred book about Krishna) heard. When this is done, O lovely one, a son is…