Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 98 · A Brahmin Given to Drink and Gambling
शतभिषा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
दशांशं हवनं तद्वन्मार्जनं तर्पणं तथा ॥ब्राह्मणान्भोजयेत्पश्चात्पञ्चाशञ्च वरानने ॥ १० ॥
Let him do homa (fire offering) with a tenth part. Do likewise tarpana (water offering to the ancestors and gods) and sprinkling. After that let him feed fifty brahmins, O fair-faced one.
Classical view, not medical advice.
ततो गां कृष्णवर्णां च स्वर्णशृङ्गीं विभूषिताम् ॥
Then let him give a black cow with golden horns, adorned, with cloth and her calf. Let him give it to an excellent brahmin.
प्रतिमां तु ततः कुर्यात् विष्णोः साम्बस्य वा शिवे ॥
Then, O Parvati, let him make an image of Vishnu or of Samba (Shiva with Uma). For Vishnu it is of ten pala (a unit of weight) of gold, adorned with…
तद्वदेव शिवस्यैव रजतस्य वरानने ॥
In the same way, O fair-faced one, one of silver for Shiva. After worshipping with many clothes and ornaments, by the rule,