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Vira Simhavaloka · by Virasimha
Chapter 94 · Garbharaksha and Payohinatva: past deeds
गर्भरक्षा-पयोहीनत्व — कर्मविपाकः
शार्ङ्गज्याघातरुचिमत्किणांकितमहाभुज ।अनाद्यंतासुररिपो धीर पद्मालयालय ॥प्रगृह्णीष्व बलिं चेमं सापत्यां रक्ष गर्भिणीम् ।
"Great-armed one, marked by the bright scars of the Sharnga bowstring. Foe of the demons, without beginning or end, steady one, home of Lakshmi. Accept this offering. Protect this pregnant woman together with her child."
Classical view, not medical advice.
इति गर्भरक्षाविधिः ।
This is the method of protecting a pregnancy.
अथ पयोहीनत्वे कर्मविपाके हेतुमाह। यापूर्वजन्मनि क्षीरं मुष्णाति तस्या जन्मांतरे स्तनौ न क्षरतः सा विप्रेभ्यः क्षीरान्नं दद्यात्।
Next, from karmavipaka (fruit of past deeds), the text gives the cause of lack of milk. The text says that a woman may have stolen milk in a past…
विप्रपादोदकेन स्तनावपामार्जनस्तोत्रेण मार्जयेत्।विप्रोच्छिष्टेन स्तनावनुलेपयेत् । सुरामांसमधुघृतानां गंधपुष्पादिभिर्भूतेभ्यो बलिं दद्यात् ।
With the water from a priest's feet, she should wash her breasts, saying the Apamarjana stotra (hymn of praise). She should rub her breasts with the…