Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 79 · A Salt-Maker and His Wife
मूल नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
पुनश्छागस्य वै योनिं बिडालस्य ततोऽगमत् ॥मानुषत्वं ततो लेभे देशे पुण्यतमे शुभे ॥ १० ॥
Then he went to a goat's birth, and then a cat's. Then he got human birth in a very holy and good country.
Classical view, not medical advice.
स्वकर्मवशगो नित्यं धनधान्यसमन्वितः ॥
Following his own deeds, he always has wealth and grain. He knows all learning, but he has neither daughters nor sons.
लवणकारस्य मरणं गङ्गायां पूर्वजन्मतः ॥
The salt-maker died in the Ganga in the past birth. By the fruit of that, O Goddess, wealth is born.
स्वभार्या पतिता देवि लवणकूपे निशामुखे ॥
His wife fell into the salt well at nightfall, O Goddess. She was not pulled out then, O Goddess. So a daughter is born.