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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 93 · A Brahmin Who Left His Duties
धनिष्ठा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
म्लेच्छान्नं भुज्यते देवि संध्यां च तर्पणं विना ॥अतो व्याधियुतो नित्यं न सुखं लभते क्वचित् ॥ ९ ॥
He ate outsiders' food, O Goddess, without the twilight prayers and without tarpana (water offering to the ancestors and gods). So he is always full of illness and finds happiness nowhere.
Classical view, not medical advice.
शान्तिं शृणु वरारोहे पूर्वपापप्रणाशिनीम् ॥
Listen to the remedy that destroys the past sin, O fair-hipped one. A bright house, full of wealth and grain,
संचितान्नं वरारोहे ब्राह्मणाय प्रदापयेत् ॥
and his stored food, let him give to a brahmin. Let him have one hundred thousand japa (repeating a mantra) done. Use the Gayatri (a sacred Vedic…
हवनं तद्दशांशेन मार्जनं तर्पणं तथा ॥
Let him do homa (fire offering) with a tenth part. Add sprinkling and tarpana (water offering to the ancestors and gods). Let him keep a three-month…