Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 82 · A King Who Took a Brahmin's Land
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
पुनर्मानुषयोनिर्वै मध्यदेशे वरानने ॥धनधान्यसमायुक्तो वंशहीनो वरानने ॥ ७ ॥
Then he got a human birth in the Middle Country, O fair-faced one. He was rich in wealth and grain, but had no family line.
Classical view, not medical advice.
पूर्वजन्मनि देवेशि हृता भूमिर्वरानने ॥
In the earlier birth, O Goddess, he took a brahmin's land. On account of that, a brahmin died back then.
अतः पुत्रविहीनोऽयं कन्यका बहु जायते ॥
So this man has no son. Many daughters are born. He is tormented by a great illness. His sons die again and again.
अस्य शान्तिमहं वक्ष्ये पूर्वपापस्य शान्तये ॥
I will tell the remedy for this, to calm the earlier wrong, O fair-faced one. It uses the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant). It uses the Jatavedas (a…