Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 20 · Mrigashira 1st Pada
मृगशिरा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
गयाश्राद्धं प्रयत्नेन तदर्थं नियतः प्रिये ॥प्रयागे मकरे मासि स्नानं कुर्यात्प्रयत्नतः ॥ १३ ॥
Dear one, he should keep to the rule and do a Gaya shraddha (rite for the dead ancestors) for this. He should carefully bathe in Prayaga in the month when the Sun is in Capricorn.
Classical view, not medical advice.
तत्पापस्य विशुद्ध्यर्थं प्रायश्चित्तमतः शृणु ॥
Now hear the prayashchitta (remedy for a past wrong) to clear that sin. It is 100,000 japa (repeating a mantra) of the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic…
दशवर्णाप्रदानेन भूमिदानेन पार्वति ॥
O Parvati, let him give dashavarna (a gift of ten colours) and give land. Then all sin born in the past life is destroyed.
ततः पापं क्षयं याति पुनः पुत्रश्च जीवति ॥
Then the sin is destroyed, and the son lives. All illnesses are destroyed. There is no need for doubt here.