Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 75 · A Weaver and a Sparrow's Nest
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
दशवर्णास्ततो दद्याद्ब्राह्मणान्भोजयेत्ततः ॥चटकस्याकृतिं कृत्वा सार्भकस्य वरानने ॥ १७ ॥
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,
Classical view, not medical advice.
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…
जातवेदेति मन्त्रेण दशायुतजपं तथा ॥
Let him do japa (repeating a mantra) with the mantra (sacred words) 'Jatavedase'. Let it be a hundred thousand (ten times ten thousand). Jatavedas…