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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 111 · A Warrior and a Land Gift
रेवती नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
शरीरे व्याधिरुत्पन्नो ज्वरश्चैव मुहुर्मुहुः ॥अस्य शान्तिं प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणु देवि वरानने ॥ ११ ॥
Illness has arisen in his body, and fever again and again. I will tell the remedy for this. Hear it, O fair-faced Goddess.
Classical view, not medical advice.
गृहवित्तषडंशं तु ब्राह्मणाय प्रकल्पयेत् ॥
He should set apart one sixth of the wealth of his house for a brahmin. He should do 500,000 japa (repeating a mantra). It is the root mantra…
दशांशं कारयेद्देवि हवनं विधिपूर्वकम् ॥
He should have a homa (fire offering) of one tenth done by the rules, O Goddess. In the same way, tarpana (water offering to the ancestors and gods)…
ब्राह्मणस्य ततो देवि प्रतिमां कारयेद् बुधः ॥
Then, O Goddess, the wise man should have an image of a brahmin made. It should be of five pala (a unit of weight) of gold, decorated with cloth and…