Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 47 · A Brahmin Teacher on the Narmada
पूर्वाफाल्गुनी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
तेन दोषेण भो देवि ततः पुत्रो न जीवति ॥दिने दिने कुक्षिपीडा तस्य चाभिनवा भवेत् ॥ ९ ॥
By that fault, O Goddess, his son does not live. Every day a new pain comes in his belly.
Classical view, not medical advice.
पुण्यं शृणु महादेवि यतः शान्तिर्भविष्यति ॥
Hear about the good deeds, O great Goddess, by which peace will come. Let him do good works with one sixth of his house and wealth.
वापीकूपतडागांश्च पथि मध्ये च कारयेत् ॥
Let him have step wells, wells and tanks made along the road. The wise man should do japa (repeating a mantra). He says the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic…
होमं च तद्दशांशेन तिलतण्डुलपायसैः ॥
Then a homa (fire offering) with one tenth of that count, with sesame, rice and milk pudding. A dashavarna (a gift of ten colours) is to be given. A…