Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 36 · Ashlesha 1st Pada
आश्लेषा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
गायत्रीसूर्यमन्त्राभ्यां पञ्चलक्षजपं शिवे ॥करोतु विधिवद्भक्त्या तदा वै वरवर्णिनि ॥ १५ ॥
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 god) mantras. He should do it by the rule and with devotion.
Classical view, not medical advice.
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…
प्रतिमां रुचिरां कृत्वा सुवर्णस्य महेश्वरि ॥
O Great Goddess, he should make a lovely image in gold, of sixty pala (a unit of weight). He should worship it with care, by the rule.
मन्त्रेणानेन विधिना गन्धधूपादिभिस्तथा ॥
With this mantra (sacred words) and this rite, with scents, incense and the like, he says: Durga, O Goddess, salutation to you, giver of all success.