Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 86 · A Brother's Wrong to His Sister
उत्तराषाढा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
शरीरे सततं दुःखं मध्ये तस्य प्रजायते ॥काकवन्ध्या भवेद्भार्या मृतवत्सा सुदुःखिता ॥ ११ ॥
He has constant pain in his body in mid-life. His wife is a kakavandhya (a woman who has only one child). She is also a mritavatsa (one whose children die young), and very sad.
Classical view, not medical advice.
अस्य शान्तिं प्रवक्ष्यामि तत्सर्वं शृणु पार्वति ॥
I will tell the remedy. Hear all of it, Parvati. Have good works done with a sixth part of house and wealth.
वापीकूपतडागानां जीर्णोद्धारं प्रयत्नतः ॥
Carefully repair old step-wells, wells and tanks. Make a garden by the middle of the road, with cool water.
गायत्रीजातवेदाभ्यां जपं वै कारयेत्ततः ॥
Then have japa (repeating a mantra) done with the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant). Also use the Jatavedas (a name of the fire god) mantra (sacred…