Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 101 · A Minister and a Grandson
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
अतः पुत्रो न जायेत कन्या चैव प्रजायते ॥शरीरे सततं चोग्रो ज्वरो जातः सुदारुणः ॥ ११ ॥
So a son is not born to him. Only a daughter is born. A fierce, terrible fever stays in his body.
Classical view, not medical advice.
शत्रवो बहवः सन्ति न सौख्यं लभते क्वचित् ॥
He has many enemies. He finds happiness nowhere. O fair one, now hear how the past wrong is ended.
गृहवित्तषडंशेन पुण्यकार्यं च कारयेत् ॥
He should do holy works with one sixth of his household wealth. He uses three Vedic verses. They are the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant) and the…
प्रतिमन्त्रे जपेल्लक्षं दशांशं हवनं ततः ॥
With each verse he should do 100,000 japa (repeating a mantra). Then comes a homa (fire offering) of one tenth of that. Then, O Goddess, a tarpana…