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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 72 · A Brahmin Who Found Treasure
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
गृहवित्ताष्टमैर्भागैः पुण्यकार्यं च कारयेत् ॥वापीकूपतडागादिजीर्णोद्धारं प्रयत्नतः ॥ ८ ॥
Spend one eighth of the house wealth on holy works. Carefully repair old step-wells, wells, ponds and the like.
Classical view, not medical advice.
प्रतिमां कारयेद्देवि स्वर्णे पलदशस्य तु ॥
Have a gold image made, of 10 pala (a unit of weight), O Goddess. It is the likeness of the brother. Worship it by the rule. (Our text is unclear…
गन्धधूपादिभिर्देवि भूषणैर्विविधैरपि ॥
Offer sandalwood paste, incense and many kinds of ornaments, O Goddess. Do 100,000 japa (repeating a mantra) of the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant)…
प्रयागे मकरे स्नानं सर्वपापक्षयो भवेत् ॥
Bathe at Prayaga in the month of Makara (when the Sun is in Capricorn), and all wrong is destroyed. Then give a milk cow to a brahmin.