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Vira Simhavaloka · by Virasimha
Chapter 96 · Stri roga: past deeds
स्त्रीरोग — कर्मविपाकः
अथ कर्मविपाकाभिप्रायेण हेतुमाह तत्प्रतीकारं च।पूर्व जन्मनि परनिक्षेपहारिणी मूढगर्भिणी भवति श्राद्धादिपितृकर्मलोपिनी च । तदुपशांतये गां सुवर्णं च दद्यात्। पंचाशद्ब्राह्मणभोजनं च कारयेत् । पुष्करिण्यादिकं च कारयेत् । तेन प्रसूतिर्भवति ।
Next, according to karmavipaka (fruit of past deeds), the text gives the cause and its remedy. A woman may have taken what others left in her keeping in a past life. Or she may have dropped shraddha (ancestor rite) and other rites for the pitri (ancestors). She may then have a difficult birth. To ease this, she should give a cow and gold. She should have fifty priests fed. She should have a lotus pond or the like dug. By this, the birth takes place.
Classical view, not medical advice.
अथ वंध्यायाः कर्मविपाके हेतुमाह तत्प्रतीकारं च ।
Next, the text gives the cause of childlessness in a woman, according to karmavipaka (fruit of past deeds). It also gives the remedy.
चतुर्विधा तु या वंध्या भवेत्सा च वियोजनात्।
There are four kinds of childless woman, and each one comes from a separation. I will tell the remedy and its form. Listen to me.
हिरण्येन यथाशक्त्या सवत्सां कारयेद्दृढाम् ।
With gold, as much as one can afford, one should have a strong cow made, together with her calf. The guru (teacher) said: make the cow of one pala…