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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 4 · Ashvini 2nd Pada
अश्विनी नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
कासश्वाससमायुक्तो विषमज्वरपीडितः ॥प्रायश्चित्तं ततस्तस्य प्रवक्ष्यामि दयानिधे ॥ १४ ॥
He has cough and breathlessness and is tormented by an irregular fever. Now I will tell his prayashchitta (remedy for a past wrong), O treasure of kindness.
Classical view, not medical advice.
प्रत्यहं ब्राह्मणे दानं भक्तिपूर्वं वरानने ॥
Every day, with devotion, give gifts to a brahmin, O fair-faced one. With care give ten cows, and hear the Harivamsha (a sacred book about Krishna).
सुवर्णप्रतिमां कृत्वा पलं पञ्चदशस्य च ॥
Make a gold image of fifteen pala (a unit of weight). With a cheerful mind, do a homa (fire offering) in a round fire pit.
गायत्रीलक्षजाप्यं च कारयेत्तु प्रयत्नतः ॥
With care have the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant) japa (repeating a mantra) done a lakh (100,000) of times. A tenth part is to be offered in homa…