Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 94 · A Warrior and a Doe
धनिष्ठा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
पलपञ्चसुवर्णस्य मृगीं वत्ससमन्विताम् ॥कृत्वा समर्पयामास ब्राह्मणाय शिवात्मने ॥ १२ ॥
Let him make a doe of five pala (a unit of weight) of gold, with her fawn. Let him give it to a brahmin devoted to Shiva.
Classical view, not medical advice.
दशवर्णां ततो दद्याच्छय्यादानं विशेषतः ॥
Then let him give a dashavarna (a gift of ten colours), and above all a bed. Let him plant a garden and dig a well by the road, dear Parvati.
ब्राह्मणान् भोजयामास शतसंख्यान्समोदकैः ॥
Let him feed a hundred brahmins with sweet balls. When this is done, O fair-faced one, a son is born.
व्याधयः संक्षयं यान्ति वन्ध्यात्वं च प्रशाम्यति ॥
Diseases go to ruin and barrenness is calmed. A woman who is a mritavatsa (one whose children die young) gets a son, by grace.