Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 48 · A Merchant and the Brahmin's Gold
उत्तराफाल्गुनी नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
तस्य चोत्तरफाल्गुन्याः प्रथमे चरणे शुभे ॥जन्म वै चाप्यभूद्देवि पुत्रकन्याविवर्जितः ॥ १० ॥
His birth was in the first quarter of Uttara Phalguni, O Goddess, and he has no sons or daughters.
Classical view, not medical advice.
अस्य पापस्य वै शान्तिं पुण्यं शृणु वरानने ॥
Hear the good deeds that calm this sin, O lovely one. Let him, with full attention, have the Harivamsha (a sacred book about Krishna) heard once.
गृहवित्तषडंशेन पुण्यकार्यं च कारयेत् ॥
Let him do good works with one sixth of his house and wealth. Let him also do japa (repeating a mantra) a hundred thousand (ten times ten thousand)…
होमं च तद्दशांशेन तर्पणं मार्जनं तथा ॥
Then a homa (fire offering) with one tenth of that count. Then tarpana (water offering to the ancestors and gods) and marjana (sprinkling). A…