Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 48 · A Merchant and the Brahmin's Gold
उत्तराफाल्गुनी नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
गृहवित्तषडंशेन पुण्यकार्यं च कारयेत् ॥गायत्रीमूलमन्त्रेण दशायुतजपं तथा ॥ १२ ॥
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) times. He uses the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant) root mantra (sacred words).
Classical view, not medical advice.
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…
भूमिदानं ततो देवि विप्राय विदुषे प्रिये ॥
Then, O Goddess, let him give land to a learned brahmin, dear one. Let him keep a vrata (vow of fasting and worship) of the Sun with his wife, O…
कूष्माण्डं नारिकेरं च पञ्चरत्नसमन्वितम् ॥
A pumpkin and a coconut, set with five jewels, are to be given in the middle of the Ganga. Then gold is given as the fee.