Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 98 · A Brahmin Given to Drink and Gambling
शतभिषा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
गृहवित्तषडंशेन पुण्यकार्यं च कारयेत् ॥विष्णोरराटमन्त्रेण लक्षजाप्यं वरानने ॥ ९ ॥
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 Vishnu mantra "Vishno raratam", O fair-faced one.
Classical view, not medical advice.
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.
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…