Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 26 · Ardra 3rd Pada
आर्द्रा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
गायत्रीजातवेदाभ्यां त्र्यम्बकेण यथाविधि ॥जपं वै कारयामास हवनं तर्पणं तथा ॥ १० ॥
Let him have japa (repeating a mantra) done by the rules. The mantras are the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant), Jatavedas (a name of the fire god) and Tryambaka. Let the homa (fire offering) and the tarpana (water offering to the ancestors and gods) be done too.
Classical view, not medical advice.
लक्षत्रयं जपेद्देवि पूर्वपापविशुद्धये ॥
O Goddess, let him do 300,000 japa (repeating a mantra) to clear the old sin. Then, O Goddess, let him worship the pure tulasi (holy basil) plant.
पूजयेद्विविधैश्चान्नैर्धूपनैवेद्यदीपकैः ॥
Let him worship with many kinds of food, incense, food offerings and lamps. Then, O Goddess, let him give land as he is able.
एवं कृते महादेवि सर्वरोगक्षयो भवेत् ॥
O Great Goddess, when this is done, all illness is destroyed. A son is born, and the state of being a vandhya (a woman who cannot bear children) is…