Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 78 · A Warrior's Gifts of Lamps
मूल नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
अस्य शांतिं प्रवक्ष्यामि सर्वपापविशुद्धये ॥गृहवित्तषडंशेन पुण्यकार्यं च कारयेत् ॥ ९ ॥
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.
Classical view, not medical advice.
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…
दशांशं हवनं तद्वत्तर्पणं मार्जनं तथा ॥
Likewise homa (fire offering) with a tenth. Then tarpana (water offering to the ancestors and gods) and marjana (sprinkling). Then let him give…
एवं पापविशुद्धिः स्यान्नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥
When this is done, he is cleansed of sin, and there is no need to doubt. A son is born, O Goddess, and the state of being a vandhya (a woman who…