Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 70 · A Brahmin of Sukarma
अनुराधा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
चतुर्भागं गृहद्रव्यं ब्राह्मणाय समर्पयेत् ॥प्रयागे मकरे मासि पत्न्या सह वरानने ॥ ९ ॥
Give one quarter of the house wealth to a brahmin. Bathe at Prayaga in the month of Makara (when the Sun is in Capricorn), with his wife, O fair-faced one.
Classical view, not medical advice.
स्नानं तु नियतः कुर्यात्सप्ताहं च ततः शिवे ॥
Bathe there with discipline for seven days, O Shiva's wife. Then give gold and give land, O Parvati.
गायत्रीजातवेदाभ्यां त्र्यम्बकेण तदा जपम् ॥
Then do japa (repeating a mantra) with three: the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant), and the Jatavedas (a name of the fire god) hymn. The third is the…
ब्राह्मणान् भोजयेद्भक्त्या पक्वान्नैः पायसेन च ॥
Feed brahmins with devotion with cooked food and rice pudding. Give the brahmins a fee, with cloth and jewels.