Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 65 · A Brahmin of Vishnu-Kanchi
विशाखा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
धनधान्यसमायुक्तोऽप्येवं दुःखं महद्भवेत् ॥अथ वक्ष्ये महादेवि पूर्वपापस्य निष्कृतिम् ॥ ८ ॥
Even with wealth and grain, great sorrow comes in this way. Now, O Great Goddess, I will tell the cleansing of the earlier wrong.
Classical view, not medical advice.
गङ्गामध्ये प्रदातव्यं पूर्वपापविशुद्धये ॥
To cleanse the earlier wrong, give a fine lotus in the middle of the Ganga. Make it of three nishka (a unit of gold weight) of gold.
दद्याद्वेदविदे देवि ब्राह्मणाय शुभार्थिने ॥
Give it to a brahmin who knows the Veda and wants good. Give one eighth of your wealth to the brahmin.
गायत्रीजातवेदाभ्यां दशायुतजपं तथा ॥
Do japa (repeating a mantra) a hundred thousand (ten times ten thousand) times. Use the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant) and the Jatavedas (a name of…