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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 3 · Ashvini 1st Pada
अश्विनी नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
॥ ईश्वर उवाच ॥शृणु देवि प्रवक्ष्यामि यत्प्रश्नं भुवि जायते ॥प्रायश्चित्तं नराणां च मेषराशिक्रमादनु ॥ १ ॥
Ishvara said: Listen, O Goddess. I will tell the answer to the question asked on earth. I will give the prayashchitta (remedy for a past wrong) for people, in order from the sign Aries.
Classical view, not medical advice.
ब्राह्मणं स्वर्णलोभेन हत्वा चैव सपुत्रकम् ॥
He killed a brahmin together with his son, from greed for gold. His wife shared the gold. From that sin he is without a son.
प्रायश्चित्तं जपं देवि गायत्री त्र्यम्बकं ततः ॥
The prayashchitta (remedy for a past wrong) is japa (repeating a mantra) of the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant). Then the Tryambaka mantra (sacred…
ब्राह्मणस्य सपुत्रस्य प्रतिमां कारयेद्बुधः ॥
The wise one should have an image made of a brahmin with his son. It is of gold weighing ten pala (a unit of weight). He should worship it with care.