Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 19 · Rohini 4th Pada
रोहिणी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
शरीरे रोगमुत्पन्नं सुखं नैव प्रजायते ॥प्रायश्चित्तं ततो देवि प्रवक्ष्यामि वरानने ॥ ७ ॥
Illness arises in his body. He never gets happiness. Then, O lovely one, I will tell the prayashchitta (remedy for a past wrong).
Classical view, not medical advice.
आकृष्णेति जपेन्मन्त्रं लक्षं वै विधिवत्प्रिये ॥
Dear one, let him do 100,000 japa (repeating a mantra) by the rules. The mantra (sacred words) begins Akrishnena. Let him carefully do a homa (fire…
कुण्डे वै वर्तुलाकारे दशांशं तर्पणं तथा ॥
It is offered in a round fire pit, one tenth of the count. The tarpana (water offering to the ancestors and gods) is done the same way. Above all…
दशवर्णाः प्रदातव्या गुडधेनुस्तथा प्रिये ॥
Dear one, he must give dashavarna (a gift of ten colours), and a cow made of jaggery. With care, by the rules, he gives a bed to a brahmin.