Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 53 · A Barber of Vanga
हस्त नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
गायत्रीमूलमन्त्रेण लक्षजाप्यं च कारयेत् ॥हवनं तद्दशांशेन तर्पणं मार्जनं तथा ॥ १० ॥
Let him have japa (repeating a mantra) done a hundred thousand times. He uses the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant) root mantra (sacred words). Then a homa (fire offering) with one tenth of that. Then marjana (sprinkling) and tarpana (water offering to the ancestors and gods).
Classical view, not medical advice.
वाटिकाकूपमार्गांश्च तडागं चैव कारयेत् ॥
Let him have a garden, a well, roads and a tank made. Let him serve the tulasi (holy basil) every day. Then let him keep a vrata (vow of fasting and…
वृंताकं मूलिकां चैव न भोक्तव्यं कदाचन ॥
He must never eat brinjal or radish. Then let him give a dashavarna (a gift of ten colours). Let him have the Harivamsha (a sacred book about…
एवं कृते न संदेहः पुत्रो भवति तस्य वै ॥
When this is done, without doubt a son is born to him. Daughters are not born, and the state of being vandhya (a woman who cannot bear children) is…