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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 98 · A Brahmin Given to Drink and Gambling
शतभिषा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
तत्पापेन महादेवि वंशच्छेदश्च जायते ॥शान्तिं शृणु वरारोहे पूर्वपापप्रणाशिनीम् ॥ ८ ॥
By that sin, great Goddess, the cutting off of his family comes. Listen to the remedy that destroys the past sin, O fair-faced one.
Classical view, not medical advice.
गृहवित्तषडंशेन पुण्यकार्यं च कारयेत् ॥
Let him have good works done with one sixth of his house and wealth. Let him have one hundred thousand japa (repeating a mantra) done with the…
दशांशं हवनं तद्वन्मार्जनं तर्पणं तथा ॥
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…
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.