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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 57 · A Brahmin of the Sarayu
चित्रा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
हवनं तद्दशांशेन मार्जनं तर्पणं तथा ॥दशवर्णास्ततो दानं भूमिदानं विशेषतः ॥ ११ ॥
Then a homa (fire offering) of a tenth of that. Then marjana (sprinkling) and tarpana (water offering to the ancestors and gods). Then he should give a dashavarna (a gift of ten colours), above all a gift of land.
Classical view, not medical advice.
गोविन्देति ततो नाम जपेन्नित्यं वरानने ॥
Then he should say the name 'Govinda' every day, O fair-faced one. He should bathe in the morning always, in Magha, Vaishakha and Kartik.
कृष्णस्य शतकं देवि भूर्जपत्रेण संयुतम् ॥
O Goddess, he should have a hundred names of Krishna written on birch bark, by the rule. Then he should set it up in his own house.
हरिवंशश्रुतिं कुर्यादेकादश्यां व्रतं चरेत् ॥
He should have the Harivamsha (a sacred book about Krishna) heard. He should keep the vrata (vow of fasting and worship) on Ekadashi. Doing this, O…