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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 9 · Bharani 2nd Pada
भरणी नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
तदुद्देशेन मरणं ब्राह्मणस्याऽभवत् पुरा ॥मद्यपानं कृतं तेन ततः कुष्ठी प्रजायते ॥ ९ ॥
Long ago a brahmin died because of him. He also drank wine. So he is born with kushtha (a skin disease).
Classical view, not medical advice.
तस्य शान्तिः प्रवक्ष्यामि यतः पापात्प्रमुच्यते ॥
I will tell the remedy by which he is freed from the sin. Do japa (repeating a mantra) 100,000 times with care, with the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic…
दशांशहोमः कर्तव्यो विप्राणां भोजनं शतम् ॥
A homa (fire offering) of one tenth of that count is to be done. Feed a hundred brahmins. Worship a tawny cow adorned with gold by the rule, O…
दद्याद्विप्राय तां देवि विदुषे ज्ञानरूपिणे ॥
Give her, O Goddess, to a learned brahmin who is full of knowledge. Then a son is born, and the disease goes after that.