Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 33 · Pushya 2nd Pada
पुष्य नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
शरीरे महती पीडा रात्रौ निद्रा न लभ्यते ॥कन्यकायाश्च वैधव्यं वृक्षच्छेदनतः प्रिये ॥ ९ ॥
There is great pain in the body. No sleep comes at night. A daughter's widowhood comes from the cutting of trees, dear one.
Classical view, not medical advice.
तस्य शांतिं प्रवक्ष्यामि ततः पापनिवर्त्तनम् ॥
I will tell the remedy for it, and then the end of the sin. He should have one fourth part of his wealth given to a brahmin.
दशायुतं जपं कुर्यात् गायत्रीमूलमन्त्रतः ॥
He should do a hundred thousand (ten times ten thousand) japa (repeating a mantra). It is of the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant) root mantra (sacred…
पूजयित्वा यथान्यायं वृक्षं विप्राय दापयेत् ॥
He should worship the tree as the rule says and give it to a brahmin. He should also give five cows and a bull with ornaments.