Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 53 · A Barber of Vanga
हस्त नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
धनधान्यसमायुक्तो ह्यपुत्रश्च सुशोभने ॥पञ्च कन्याः प्रजायन्ते व्याधिस्तस्य प्रजायते ॥ ८ ॥
He is rich in money and grain, O lovely one, but has no son. Five daughters are born, and he falls ill.
Classical view, not medical advice.
अस्य शांतिं प्रवक्ष्यामि पूर्वपापक्षयं यतः ॥
I will tell the calming rite, by which the old sin ends. Let him give one eighth of his house and wealth to a brahmin.
गायत्रीमूलमन्त्रेण लक्षजाप्यं च कारयेत् ॥
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…
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…