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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 19 · Rohini 4th Pada
रोहिणी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
कुण्डे वै वर्तुलाकारे दशांशं तर्पणं तथा ॥मार्जनं तु विशेषेण ततो ब्राह्मणभोजनम् ॥ ९ ॥
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, marjana (sprinkling) is done. After that he feeds brahmins.
Classical view, not medical advice.
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.
भोजयेद्ब्राह्मणान् शुद्धान् वेदपाठरतान् प्रिये ॥
Dear one, let him feed pure brahmins who love reciting the Vedas. They number seventy-seven. They are initiated and have clean minds.
प्रयागे माघमासे वै प्रातःस्नानं सभार्यया ॥
In Prayaga, in the month of Magha, he bathes in the morning with his wife. When this is done, there is no doubt. A son is born to him.