Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 101 · A Minister and a Grandson
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
शत्रवो बहवः सन्ति न सौख्यं लभते क्वचित् ॥पुण्यं शृणु वरारोहे पूर्वपापस्य संक्षयः ॥ १२ ॥
He has many enemies. He finds happiness nowhere. O fair one, now hear how the past wrong is ended.
Classical view, not medical advice.
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…
गोदानं तद्दशांशं च तद्दशांशं च भोजयेत् ॥
Then he gives cows, one tenth of that number. He feeds brahmins, one tenth of that again, O Queen of the gods. He does it with faith and devotion.