Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 36 · Ashlesha 1st Pada
आश्लेषा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
मानुषत्वं ततो लब्धं मध्यदेशे वरानने ॥पूर्वपापाच्च भो देवि पुत्रो नैव प्रजायते ॥ १३ ॥
Then he gained a human birth in the Middle country, fair one. Because of the old sin, O Goddess, no son is born.
Classical view, not medical advice.
शरीरे रोग उत्पन्नो विग्रहस्तु वरानने ॥
Illness arose in his body, and quarrels. I will tell the prayashchitta (remedy for a past wrong), to calm the old sin.
गायत्रीसूर्यमन्त्राभ्यां पञ्चलक्षजपं शिवे ॥
O dear one, he should do five lakh (a lakh is 100,000) japa (repeating a mantra). He uses the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant) and the Surya (the Sun…
होमं कारयितुं प्राज्यं कुण्डे चाष्टदले तथा ॥
He should have a rich homa (fire offering) done in a fire pit shaped with eight petals. Tarpana (water offering to the ancestors and gods) is a…