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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 32 · Pushya 1st Pada
पुष्य नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
तस्य शान्तिं प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणु देवि सुशोभने ॥षडंशं वै ततो दानं विदुषे ब्राह्मणाय च ॥ १६ ॥
I will tell his remedy. Hear, O fair Goddess. Then a sixth share should be given to a learned brahmin.
Classical view, not medical advice.
गां तथा महिषीं दद्याद्विधिवद्भोजयेद्द्विजान् ॥
He should give a cow and a buffalo, and feed brahmins by rule. Then he should do japa (repeating a mantra) two hundred thousand times. He uses the…
कुण्डे कोणत्रये चैव होमं वै कारयेत्ततः ॥
Then he should have a homa (fire offering) done in a pit with three corners. The homa and the rest should be a tenth of the japa (repeating a mantra).
ततो वै प्रतिमां कुर्याद्वैश्यस्यैव विधानतः ॥
Then he should make an image of the merchant by rule. It is of twelve pala (a unit of weight) of gold, with care.