Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 78 · A Warrior's Gifts of Lamps
मूल नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
मद्यपानफलाद्देवि नानाज्वरसमुद्भवः ॥वेश्यासुरतसंयुक्तो यतोऽभूत्पूर्वजन्मनि ॥ ७ ॥
From the fruit of drinking liquor came many fevers, O Goddess. In the past birth he had been given to prostitutes and love-making.
Classical view, not medical advice.
तेन पापेन भो देवि पुत्राणां मरणं खलु ॥
By that sin, O Goddess, his sons die. His mind is always troubled, for in the past he loved gambling.
अस्य शांतिं प्रवक्ष्यामि सर्वपापविशुद्धये ॥
I will tell the remedy for him, to free him from all sin. Let him do holy works with a sixth of his house wealth.
वापीकूपतडागांश्च पथि मध्ये च कारयेत् ॥
Let him build step-wells, wells and ponds along the roads. Let him do one lakh (100,000) japa (repeating a mantra), O fair-faced one. Let him use…