Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 61 · A Brahmin Who Saved and Gave Nothing
स्वाती नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
दशांशहवनं चैव तदा पापक्षयो भवेत् ॥गोविन्दस्य सदा ध्यानं सदा गोविन्दकीर्तनम् ॥ ९ ॥
Then a homa (fire offering) of a tenth, and the sin is destroyed. He should always meditate on Govinda and always sing the praise of Govinda.
Classical view, not medical advice.
नित्यं प्रपूजयेद्देवं शङ्खचक्रगदाधरम् ॥
He should worship every day the god who holds conch, discus and mace. He wears yellow cloth, is dark in colour, and shines with the Shrivatsa mark.
प्रत्यब्दं कार्तिके मासि तुलसीं विष्णुरूपिणीम् ॥
Every year in the month of Kartik he should worship the tulasi (holy basil), who is Vishnu's form. He should give lamps, together with his wife.
गोदानं शास्त्ररीत्या च गोदानाच्च वसुंधराम् ॥
He should give a cow by the rules of the books. After the cow, he should give land, O Goddess, as his means allow. He gives them to a brahmin…