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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 21 · Mrigashira 2nd Pada
मृगशिरा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
रोगवान्नृत्यशीलश्च पुत्रकन्याविवर्जितः ॥परान्नं प्रत्यहं भुङ्क्ते श्राद्धं नैव कृतं पुरा ॥ ६ ॥
He is sick and loves to dance, and he has no son or daughter. Each day he eats other people's food. He did not do a shraddha (rite for the dead ancestors) before.
Classical view, not medical advice.
अतो वंशस्य वै च्छेदः फलं चैव तु पूर्वजम् ॥
So his family line is cut off. That is the fruit of the past. I will tell his peace rite, by which the old sin is destroyed.
गायत्रीजातवेदाभ्यां द्विलक्षं जापयेच्छिवे ॥
O auspicious one, let him have 200,000 japa (repeating a mantra) done. The mantras are the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant) and the Jatavedas (a name…
तर्पणं मार्जनं देवि ब्राह्मणान् भोजयेत्ततः ॥
O Goddess, then come tarpana (water offering to the ancestors and gods) and marjana (sprinkling). Then let him feed one hundred pure brahmins…