Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 81 · A Merchant and a Friend's Goods
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
पूजयित्वा तनो देवि ब्राह्मणाय प्रदापयेत् ॥एवं कृत्वा वरारोहे शीघ्रं पुत्रः प्रजायते ॥ १९ ॥
After worshipping, O Goddess, let him then give it to a brahmin. When this is done, O fair one, a son is soon born.
Classical view, not medical advice.
न दत्तं वै मयाज्ञानात् क्षम्यतां परमेश्वर ॥
I did not give it back, from ignorance. Forgive me, Supreme Lord. With this mantra (sacred words), O Goddess, let the worship be done by the rule.
काकवन्ध्या पुनर्देवि कन्यकाजननी तथा ॥
A kakavandhya (a woman who has only one child) bears a son, O Goddess. So does a mother of daughters only. She does not bear a daughter.
मृतवत्सा लभेत्पुत्रं चिरंजीविनमुत्तमम् ॥
A mritavatsa (one whose children die young) gets a son, long-lived and the best. Illnesses are destroyed, and there is no need to doubt.