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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 55 · A Clerk Who Scolded a Brahmin
हस्त नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
राजरोगसमायुक्तो जायागर्भो विनश्यति ॥अस्य शान्तिं प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणु देवि पतिव्रते ॥१०॥
He suffers from rajaroga (the royal disease, a wasting illness). His wife's pregnancies are lost. I will tell the prayashchitta (remedy for a past wrong) for this. Listen, O Goddess, faithful wife.
Classical view, not medical advice.
विष्णोरराटमन्त्रेण लक्षजाप्यं च कारयेत् ॥
He should have a lakh (100,000) japa (repeating a mantra) done with the mantra (sacred words) 'Vishnor aratam'. He should do a homa (fire offering)…
वित्तस्य च षडंशं च ब्राह्मणे दानमाचरेत् ॥
He should give a sixth of his wealth to a brahmin. He should have wells, ponds and tanks built along the road.
गामेकां कपिलां दद्यात् सवत्सां वस्त्रभूषिताम् ॥
He should give one tawny cow with her calf, dressed and decorated. He should also have a gold image of a brahmin made, of fifteen pala (a unit of…