Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 77 · A Priest and His Brother's Share
मूल नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
वेदविद्यारतो देवि कन्यावान् पुत्रवर्जितः ॥रोगयुक्तो महादेवि सदा भिक्षारतो नरः ॥ १० ॥
Devoted to Veda learning, O Goddess, he has a daughter but no son. He is ill, O great Goddess, and always lives by begging.
Classical view, not medical advice.
पूर्वपापविशुद्ध्यर्थं प्रायश्चित्तं शृणुष्व मे ॥
Hear from me the prayashchitta (remedy for a past wrong) for clearing the past sin. Let him have the Harivamsha (a sacred book about Krishna) heard…
अमायां पिण्डदानं च गोदानं च विशेषतः ॥
On the new-moon day let him give pinda (a rice-ball offering to the ancestors), and above all a cow. Also my pure six-syllable mantra (sacred…
जपं वै कारयेत्सत्यं दशलक्षं वरानने ॥
Truly let him have japa (repeating a mantra) done, ten lakh (1,000,000), O fair-faced one. Let him have homa (fire offering) done, dear one, in a…