Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 79 · A Salt-Maker and His Wife
मूल नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
लवणकारस्य मरणं गङ्गायां पूर्वजन्मतः ॥तत्फलेन महादेवि धनाढ्यत्वं प्रजायते ॥ १२ ॥
The salt-maker died in the Ganga in the past birth. By the fruit of that, O Goddess, wealth is born.
Classical view, not medical advice.
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.
वृषभौ पतितौ कूपे पातितौ मृत्युमागतौ ॥
Two bulls fell into the well and were made to meet death. By that fault, O Goddess, a son is not born.
परस्त्रीरतिसंयोगं यत्कृतं पूर्वजन्मनि ॥
What he did in the past birth, love-making with other men's wives: by that sin, O Goddess, illness arises in the body.