Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 81 · A Merchant and a Friend's Goods
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
तस्य देहेऽभवद्व्याधिः कफवातसमन्वितः ॥धनाढ्यो बहुधा कन्या जायन्ते च पुनः पुनः ॥१०॥
In his body came an illness with phlegm and wind. He is rich, but daughters are born again and again.
Classical view, not medical advice.
अस्य निग्रहहेत्वर्थं शृणु सर्वं वरानने ॥
Hear all of it, O fair-faced one, for ending this. Let him give half the wealth in his house to a brahmin.
ॐ लक्ष्म्यै नमोऽथ मन्त्रेण दशायुतजपं ततः ॥
Then let him do japa (repeating a mantra) with the mantra (sacred words) 'Om, salutation to Lakshmi'. Let it be a hundred thousand (ten times ten…
गामेकां कृष्णवर्णां वै स्वर्णयुक्तां सवत्सकाम् ॥
Let him give one black cow, with gold, with her calf, and with pearls on the tail, to a brahmin.