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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 37 · Ashlesha 2nd Pada
आश्लेषा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
गोसंग्रहः कृतः पूर्वं मृतो तृणकणं विना ॥तेन पापेन भो देवि महाव्याधिः प्रजायते ॥ १० ॥
He had gathered cows, and they died without even a blade of grass. By that sin, O Goddess, a great illness is born.
Classical view, not medical advice.
तस्य शांतिं प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणु देवि सुशोभने ॥
I will tell the remedy for it. Listen, lovely Goddess. He should give a tenth part to a brahmin, O dear one of the gods.
गायत्रीलक्षजाप्येन जपं कुर्यात्प्रसन्नधीः ॥
With a calm mind he should do a hundred thousand japa (repeating a mantra). It is of the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant). Then, O Goddess, a tenth…
दशवर्णास्ततो दद्याद्ब्राह्मणाय वरानने ॥
Then, fair-faced one, he should give dashavarna (a gift of ten colours) to a brahmin. When this is done, no doubt, a fine son is born.