Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 4 · Ashvini 2nd Pada
अश्विनी नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
शय्यादानं विशेषेण प्रतिमां पूजयेत्ततः ॥अथ प्रतिमापूजनम् ।षोडशाङ्गुलिका वेदी मृत्तिका सप्तसंयुता ॥चतुरस्रा विचित्रा च गन्धपुष्पसमन्विता ॥तत्रैव प्रतिमां कृत्वा स्थापितां पूजयेत्ततः ॥ १८ ॥
Give a bed as a gift, especially. Then worship the image. Now the worship of the image. The altar is sixteen finger-widths across, with seven kinds of earth. It is square, beautiful, with perfume and flowers. Put the image there and worship it.
Classical view, not medical advice.
ॐ चक्रधराय नमः ॥ ॐ गदाधराय नमः ॥
Om chakradharaya namah (Om, salutation to the bearer of the discus). Om gadadharaya namah (Om, salutation to the bearer of the mace). Om sharngine…
एवं पूजां समाप्यैव प्रतिमां तां च दापयेत् ॥
Having finished the worship in this way, he should give that image to the teacher. Then he should give gold as the fee.
ततः प्रदक्षिणां कृत्वा ब्राह्मणे व्यासरूपिणे ॥
Then he should walk around the brahmin, who is Vyasa in form. In the month of Magha, he should bathe at Prayaga with his wife.