Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 100 · A Vegetable Seller's Trust
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
होमं वै कारयामास कुण्डे शुद्धे सुदारुणे ॥चतुष्कोणे विशालाक्षि योनिपल्लवशोभिते ॥ १६ ॥
He had homa (fire offering) done in a clean, strong fire pit, O large-eyed one. It was four-cornered, adorned with its leaf-shaped yoni (the lip on one side of a fire pit).
Classical view, not medical advice.
दशांशं विधिवद्देवि तर्पणं मार्जनं ततः ॥
By the rule, with a tenth part, there was tarpana (water offering to the ancestors and gods) and sprinkling. Then an image of a brahmin, of ten and…
विधिवत्कारयेद्देवि पूजयेच्चैव बुद्धिमान् ॥
It should be made by the rule, O Goddess. The wise man should worship it with clothes, ornaments, a bed and many kinds of jewels.
मन्त्रेणानेन देवेशि गन्धपुष्पैः पृथक् पृथक् ॥
With this mantra (sacred words), O Queen of the gods, one by one with scent and flowers: You are the maker of every cause, the witness in the three…