Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 40 · A Trader Who Used a Friend's Wealth
मघा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
वृद्धत्वं च तथा तस्य जायते नात्र संशयः ॥तत्पापशमनार्थं च पुण्यं शृणु वरानने ॥ १४ ॥
Old age too comes to him, no doubt. To calm that sin, fair-faced one, hear the merit-work.
Classical view, not medical advice.
षडंशं च ततो दानं ब्राह्मणाय वरानने ॥
Then, fair-faced one, he should give a sixth part to a brahmin. He should carefully do one lakh (100,000) japa (repeating a mantra). It is of the…
हवनं विधिवत्कुर्यात् तर्पणं मार्जनं तथा ॥
He should do homa (fire offering) by the rule. He should also do tarpana (water offering to the ancestors and gods) and marjana (sprinkling). He…
दद्यात्प्रयत्नतो देवि ब्राह्मणाय महात्मने ॥
He should carefully give it, O Goddess, to a great-souled brahmin. Then, dear one, he should give a cow made of sesame, a vessel and cloth.