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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 55 · A Clerk Who Scolded a Brahmin
हस्त नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
विष्णोरराटमन्त्रेण लक्षजाप्यं च कारयेत् ॥दशांशं हवनं कुर्यात् तर्पणं मार्जनं तथा ॥ ११ ॥
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) of a tenth of that. He should also do tarpana (water offering to the ancestors and gods) and marjana (sprinkling).
Classical view, not medical advice.
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…
दद्याद्विप्राय विदुषे सर्वप्राणिरताय वै ॥
He should give it to a learned brahmin who loves all beings. And, O Goddess, he should have the Harivamsha (a sacred book about Krishna) heard by…