Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 29 · Punarvasu 2nd Pada
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
गृहवित्ताष्टमैर्भागैः पुण्यकार्यं च कारयेत् ॥गायत्रीजातवेदाभ्यां याः फली त्र्यम्बकेण वा ॥२२॥
He should do good works with one-eighth of his household wealth. He should use the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant). Or the Jatavedas (a name of the fire god) verse, the verse beginning 'yah phali', or the Tryambaka verse.
Classical view, not medical advice.
विष्णोरराटमन्त्रेण जपं वै कारयेत्तथा ॥
He should have japa (repeating a mantra) done with the Vishnu mantra (sacred words) 'Vishno rarata'. It is five hundred thousand times, so that the…
होमं वै कारयेद्देवि दशांशं विधिपूर्वकम् ॥
O Goddess, he should have a homa (fire offering) done, a tenth part, by rule. Then he should do tarpana (water offering to the ancestors and gods)…
प्रतिमां कारयेत्तद्वद्विष्णोश्चैव सदाशिवे ॥
In the same way, O ever-auspicious one, he should have an image of Vishnu made. It is of eighteen pala (a unit of weight) of gold, for Hari, the…