Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 52 · A Goldsmith and a Merchant's Gold
हस्त नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
शरीरे महती पीडा सततं चिन्तया युतः ॥अस्य शांतिं प्रवक्ष्यामि यथोक्तं शृणु वल्लभे ॥ १० ॥
There is great pain in the body, and he is always full of worry. I will tell the calming rite as it is said. Hear it, dear one.
Classical view, not medical advice.
गृहवित्ताष्टमं भागं पुण्यकार्यं च कारयेत् ॥
Let him do good works with one eighth of his house and wealth. Let him do fifty thousand japa (repeating a mantra) with the Jatavedas (a name of the…
दशांशं हवनं कुर्य्यात्तर्पणं मार्जनं तथा ॥
Let him do a homa (fire offering) with one tenth of that count. Then tarpana (water offering to the ancestors and gods) and marjana (sprinkling). To…
गोदानं च विशेषेण शय्यादानं तथा प्रिये ॥
Above all, the gift of a cow and the gift of a bed, dear one. Then, dear one, let him have an image made of gold.