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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 1 · The Opening Rite
पूजनविधिः
स्नानं समाचरेद्रोगी मृतपुत्रः सपुत्रकः ॥कर्मणा पीडितो योऽसौ नारी वा पुरुषोऽथ वा ॥४॥
Let the sick person bathe. So too one whose son has died, or one who has a son. Whoever is troubled by past deeds should bathe, woman or man.
Classical view, not medical advice.
धात्रीफलानि लोध्रं च गोमयं तिलसर्षपान् ॥
Take amla fruits, lodhra bark, cow dung, sesame seeds and mustard seeds. Take seven kinds of earth, camphor, and vetiver root with nutgrass.
औषधैः समभागैस्तु स्नानं कुर्यात्प्रयत्नतः ॥
Bathe with these herbs in equal parts, with care. First please the gods and the ancestors with tarpana (water offering to the ancestors and gods)…
एवं सर्वविधिं कृत्वा संकल्पं कारयेत्ततः । अद्ये-
Having done the whole rite this way, he should then make the resolve. He says: Today, here, and so on. To see my past stored deeds and to fulfil the…