Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 74 · A Betel Seller of Vijapura
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
जपं वै कारयेत्तत्र हवनं तद्दशांशतः ॥मार्जनं तर्पणं देवि दशांशं स च कारयेत् ॥ १५ ॥
Let him have the japa (repeating a mantra) done there, and homa (fire offering) with a tenth of it. Let him also have marjana (sprinkling) done, a tenth part, O Goddess. Tarpana (water offering to the ancestors and gods) likewise.
Classical view, not medical advice.
पुत्रस्य प्रतिमां तद्वत्स्वर्णवस्त्रसमन्विताम् ॥
Likewise, an image of the son. Let it be made with gold and cloth, of fifteen pala (a unit of weight), and set with jewels.
पूजां कृत्वा विधानेन ब्राह्मणाय प्रदापयेत् ॥
After worship by the rule, let him give it to a brahmin. When this is done, there is no doubt, he will soon get a son.
व्याधिश्च प्रशमं यायात् काकबन्ध्या लभेत्सुतम् ॥
Illness will calm down. A kakavandhya (a woman who has only one child) will get a son. A mritavatsa (one whose children die young) will get a son…