Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 54 · A Craftsman and the Sun Remedy
हस्त नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
पुनर्मानुषयोनिश्च मध्यदेशे वरानने ॥पुत्रकन्याविहीनश्च अर्शोरोगेण पीडितः ॥ ५ ॥
Then he was born as a man in the Middle Country, O fair-faced one. He has no sons or daughters. He is afflicted with piles.
Classical view, not medical advice.
अस्य शान्तिं प्रवक्ष्यामि पूर्वपापविशुद्धये ॥
I will tell the prayashchitta (remedy for a past wrong) for this, to clear the old sin. He should worship Surya (the Sun god) every day. He should…
गायत्रीमूलमन्त्रेण दशायुतजपं तथा ॥
He should do a hundred thousand (ten times ten thousand) japa (repeating a mantra). He should use the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant) root mantra…
भूमिदानं ततो देवि वित्तशाठ्यं न कारयेत् ॥
Then, O Goddess, he should give land. He should not cheat with his money. Then he should give a cow and bull pair, dressed in all ornaments.