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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 59 · A Brahmin of Pratishthana
चित्रा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
हवनं तद्दशांशेन तर्पणं मार्जनं तथा ॥देवस्याराधनं नित्यं सूर्य्यस्य व्रतमाचरेत् ॥ १० ॥
Then a homa (fire offering) of a tenth of that. Then tarpana (water offering to the ancestors and gods) and marjana (sprinkling). He should worship the god every day. He should keep Surya's vrata (vow of fasting and worship).
Classical view, not medical advice.
प्रयागे नियतः स्नानं माघे मासि यथाविधि ॥
He should bathe with discipline at Prayaga in the month of Magha, by the rule. He should do it with his wife, O wide-eyed one. Then the sin is…
षडंशं च ततो देवि विप्रेभ्यो दानमाचरेत् ॥
Then he should give a sixth of his wealth to brahmins. After a year he should give a great milk cow.
भूमिं वृत्तिकरीं दद्यात् पुत्रपौत्रानुजीविनीम् ॥
He should give land that gives a living, to last for sons and grandsons. When this is done, there is no doubt. The family will go on, not otherwise…