Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 62 · A Cowherd of Kurukshetra
स्वाती नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
रोगवान्नात्र संदेहो जङ्घापीडा ततोऽधिका ॥अस्य शांतिं प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणु त्वं च यथातथम् ॥ ८ ॥
There is no doubt he is ill. He has great pain in the legs. I will tell the remedy for this. Listen exactly as it is.
Classical view, not medical advice.
षडंशं च ततो दानं विप्राय विदुषे तथा ॥
He should give a sixth of his wealth to a learned brahmin. Then he should do a lakh (100,000) japa (repeating a mantra) of the Gayatri (a sacred…
दशांशं तर्पणं कुर्यात्तद्दशांशं च मार्जनम् ॥
He should do tarpana (water offering to the ancestors and gods) of a tenth of that. Then marjana (sprinkling) of a tenth of that. He should give one…
ब्राह्मणान्पञ्चपञ्चाशत् पक्वान्नेन च भोजयेत् ॥
He should feed fifty-five brahmins with cooked food. He should give five vessels. He should give a bed by the rule.