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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 108 · A Hunter of Magadha
रेवती नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
गृहवित्तषडंशेन पुण्यकार्यं च कारयेत् ॥गायत्र्या वा शिवायेति जातवेदेति वै पुनः ॥ ८ ॥
He should do holy works with one sixth of his household wealth. He uses the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant), or the 'Shivaya' mantra (sacred words). Or he uses the 'Jatavedas' (a name of the fire god) mantra.
Classical view, not medical advice.
दशायुतजपं कुर्याद्दशांशं हवनं ततः ॥
He should do a hundred thousand (ten times ten thousand) japa (repeating a mantra). Then a homa (fire offering) of one tenth of that. Then a tarpana…
ततो वै भोजयेद्भक्त्या द्विजान् देवि दशांशतः ॥
Then he should feed brahmins with devotion, one tenth of that, O Goddess. Then he should give a dashavarna (a gift of ten colours) and a fine…
पलपञ्चसुवर्णस्य माल्यं मेरुयुतं तु वै ॥
He should give a brahmin a garland of five pala (a unit of weight) of gold. It has a Meru (the head bead). Right after that comes a gift of a bed.