Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 9 · Bharani 2nd Pada
भरणी नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
पातिव्रत्येन तत्पत्न्याः सत्यलोकं जगाम सः ॥बहुवर्षसहस्राणि स्वर्गे वासोऽभवत्प्रिये ॥ ७ ॥
Through his wife's faithfulness he went to Satyaloka (the world of truth). He lived in heaven for many thousands of years, dear one.
Classical view, not medical advice.
ततः पुण्यक्षये जाते मर्त्यलोके स मानुषः ॥
When his merit ran out, he was born a man in the mortal world. Through the fruit of his old sin, O Goddess, he had no sons or daughters.
तदुद्देशेन मरणं ब्राह्मणस्याऽभवत् पुरा ॥
Long ago a brahmin died because of him. He also drank wine. So he is born with kushtha (a skin disease).
तस्य शान्तिः प्रवक्ष्यामि यतः पापात्प्रमुच्यते ॥
I will tell the remedy by which he is freed from the sin. Do japa (repeating a mantra) 100,000 times with care, with the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic…