Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 74 · A Betel Seller of Vijapura
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
व्याधिश्च बहुधा तस्य चांगे च महती तथा ॥महाचिन्तां समापन्नो ह्यतः शान्तिं शृणु प्रिये ॥११॥
He has many kinds of illness, and a great one in his body. He has fallen into great worry. So hear the remedy, dear one.
Classical view, not medical advice.
स्ववित्तस्य तृतीयांशं प्रगृह्य हरवल्लभे ॥
Let him take a third of his own wealth, O beloved of Shiva. Let him dig a well, dear one. Let him restore an old pond.
पौर्णमासीव्रतं देवि सकलत्रः समाचरेत् ॥
With his wife, let him keep the full-moon vrata (vow of fasting and worship), O Goddess. Let him have Shiva worshipped through brahmins, 100,000…
कृष्णां च गां च वृषभं ब्राह्मणाय प्रदापयेत् ॥
Let him give a black cow and a bull to a brahmin. Let him use the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant) as the root mantra (sacred words), 100,000 times.