Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 71 · A Bard and an Unwelcomed Guest
अनुराधा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
सा ज्वरेण समाविग्ना मध्ये तापयुता पुनः ॥तस्य पापस्य वै शांतिं शृणु त्वं गिरिजे वरे ॥१०॥
She is troubled by fever, with heat coming in between again. Listen, O noble daughter of the mountain, to the remedy for that wrong.
Classical view, not medical advice.
जातवेदस्य मन्त्रेण लक्षजाप्यं च कारयेत् ॥
Have 100,000 japa (repeating a mantra) done with the Jatavedas (a name of the fire god) mantra. Make an image of a cat with five kittens,
स्वर्णस्याथ च रौप्यस्य पलपञ्चदशस्य तु ॥
of gold and of silver, of 15 pala (a unit of weight). Give it with cloth to a brahmin, O fair-faced one.
गामेकां रक्तवर्णां च तां विप्राय प्रदापयेत् ॥
Give one red cow to the brahmin. Offer pinda (a rice-ball offering to the ancestors) on the new moon day, on Monday and on Thursday.