Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 81 · A Merchant and a Friend's Goods
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
भोजनं कारयेत्पूज्यान् ब्राह्मणान् वेदपारगान् ॥शतं वा द्विशतं देवि त्रिशतं वा विशेषतः ॥ १४ ॥
Let him feed worthy brahmins who know the Vedas fully: a hundred, or two hundred, or especially three hundred, O Goddess.
Classical view, not medical advice.
पलैः शतैः सुवर्णस्य वेदीं कृत्वा विचक्षणः ॥
Let the wise man make an altar with a hundred pala (a unit of weight) of gold. In its middle let him place an image of the brahmin, made of silver.
पूजयेच्छ्रद्धया देवि मन्त्रेणैव पुनः पुनः ॥
Let him worship it with faith, O Goddess, again and again, with this mantra (sacred words): O brahmin, you are Kapila, Vishnu, witness of all…
ममापराधं देवेश क्षम्यतां पूर्वजन्मनः ॥
Forgive my wrong of the past birth, O Lord of gods. The wealth of my friend was kept in my house by me.