Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 91 · A Brahmin Who Lived by Theft
श्रवण नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
गृहवित्ताष्टमं भागं पुण्यकार्यं च कारयेत् ॥दशवर्णाप्रदानं च पूर्वपापविशुद्धये ॥ ९ ॥
Let him have good works done with one eighth of his house and wealth. Let him give a dashavarna (a gift of ten colours), to wash away the past wrong.
Classical view, not medical advice.
शय्यादानं ततः कुर्यादेकादश्यां व्रतं शुभम् ॥
Then let him give a bed and keep the good vrata (vow of fasting and worship) on the eleventh day. Let him use the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant) and…
लक्षजाप्यं प्रयत्नेनाश्वत्थबिल्वतलेऽबले ॥
Let him carefully do one hundred thousand japa (repeating a mantra) under a peepal or bilva tree, O gentle one. Let him do homa (fire offering) with…
विप्राणां भोजनं देवि घटदानं विशेषतः ॥
Let him feed brahmins, O Goddess, and above all give a pot. When this is done, there is no doubt: he will have a family line. It will not be…