Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 92 · A Farmer and His Sister's Son
धनिष्ठा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
ततो वै पूजयामास लोकपालान् पृथक् पृथक्॥पश्चान्माषबलिं दद्यात्प्रतिमां दापयेत्ततः ॥ १७ ॥
Then let him worship the guardians of the directions, one by one. After that let him give an offering of black gram, and then have the image given. (Our text is unclear here: a small mark near the opening words may be only a blemish.)
Classical view, not medical advice.
अज्ञानाद्वा प्रमादाद्वा भागिनेयवधः कृतः ॥
Whether through ignorance or carelessness, the killing of my sister's son was done. Forgive that, O one full of mercy, Tryambaka, destroyer of…
ब्राह्मणाय तदा देवि पूर्वपापविशुद्धये ॥
Let it be given to a brahmin, O Goddess, to cleanse the past sin. When this is done, O fair-hipped one, a son is born.
व्याधयः संक्षयं यान्ति न कन्या जायते खलु ॥
Diseases go to ruin. A daughter is not born. If it is not done, O Goddess, he will have no son for seven births.