Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 75 · A Weaver and a Sparrow's Nest
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
गृहवित्ताष्टमं भागं पुण्यकार्यं च कारयेत् ॥कपिलां गां सवत्सां च ब्राह्मणाय प्रदापयेत् ॥ १६ ॥
Let him spend an eighth of his house wealth on holy works. Let him give a tawny cow with her calf to a brahmin.
Classical view, not medical advice.
दशवर्णास्ततो दद्याद्ब्राह्मणान्भोजयेत्ततः ॥
Then let him give dashavarna (a gift of ten colours), and feed brahmins. Let him make an image of a sparrow with her young, O fair-faced one,
रौप्यस्य ताम्रस्वर्णस्य पञ्चविंशपलस्य तु ॥
made of silver, copper and gold, of twenty-five pala (a unit of weight). Then let him give it to a brahmin. Above all, let him give land.
हरिवंशश्रुतिं कुर्याद्भार्यया सहितस्तु वै ॥
Let him have the Harivamsha (a sacred book about Krishna) heard, together with his wife. Let him do homa (fire offering) and tarpana (water offering…