Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 92 · A Farmer and His Sister's Son
धनिष्ठा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
कृतो वै मन्दमतिना तत्पापेनेह दुःखभुक् ॥पुत्रो न जायते देवि व्याधिश्चैव पुनः पुनः ॥ ८ ॥
That was done by a dull-minded man. For that sin he suffers here. No son is born, O Goddess, and illness comes again and again.
Classical view, not medical advice.
अस्य शान्तिं प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणु मत्तो वरानने ॥
I will tell the remedy for this. Listen to me, fair-faced one. Let him have good works done with one sixth of his house and wealth.
गायत्रीत्र्यम्बकाभ्यां च द्यौः शान्तीति मनुत्रयम् ॥
The Gayatri (a sacred Vedic chant), the Tryambaka (the mantra to three-eyed Shiva) and "Dyauh shanti": these are three mantras (sacred words). O…
दशांशहवनं देवि तर्पणं मार्जनं तथा ॥
Let him do homa (fire offering) with a tenth part, O Goddess. Add tarpana (water offering to the ancestors and gods) and sprinkling. Let him feed…