The String of Planetary Combinations of Bhrigu

One should observe the ritual requirements. A vessel should be covered with a woolen cloth and green-colored rice grains. || 72 || Seated upon this, one should perform ten thousand recitations Japa|the meditative repetition of a mantra. One should perform the ritual of the seed-syllable of Padmanabha Padmanabha is a form of the god Vishnu, meaning 'the one with the lotus in his navel' according to the rules... || 73 ||

Wearing silken garments and following the previously mentioned method, a gift should then be made: sixteen pieces of gold. || 74 || Double that amount of silver should be given, along with clothes... a hundred. Four copper vessels, each weighing one Karsha|a traditional unit of weight, approximately 12 grams, should be filled with clarified butter Ghee and presented to the Brahmins. || 75 || Then, one should offer a vessel filled with wheat and rice grains, along with twenty copper vessels weighing twenty Karshas each. || 76 || Having made this gift, one should also provide a priestly fee Dakshina. Thus, one should perform various types of charity endowed with faith. || 77 ||

All diseases are destroyed, and past sins are wiped away. He who wears the mantra of Padmanabha on his arm or head likely as an amulet or talisman || 78 || will be freed from suffering once these gifts are performed. This question was asked by the Poet referring to Shukra and explained by Bhrigu. || 79 ||

|| Thus ends the Chapter on the Results of the Bhishmaka Yoga || 6 ||

When cruel planets are in the twelfth or eighth house, and the lord of the rising sign is in the twelfth; if benefics are in the tenth and cruel planets in the second, there will be happiness in the later life. || 80 || Because much service to Rudra the fierce form of Shiva was performed on the banks of the Ganges in a previous life, in this birth, the man will have an excess of bile Pitta|one of the three humors in Ayurvedic medicine, associated with fire and heat. || 81 || He will be a giver, an enjoyer, respected by kings, and highly virtuous; a helper of others, righteous, famous, and wealthy. || 82 || In the sixteenth and twentieth years, happiness will come through his own efforts. Endowed with elephants, horses, and a livelihood, he will be a king or a royal minister. || 83 || Such a man is born as a result of his service to Rudra. However, because he previously insulted an ascetic, there will be some miserable results. || 84 || Anxiety will arise for him, and his happiness regarding wealth and children will be slight. Even if he seeks liberation, he will suddenly become indifferent to worldly life. || 85 || In the thirty-sixth or fortieth year, there will be long-lasting pain in the stomach, hand, or foot; of this, there is no doubt. || 86 ||

Shukra said: What is the mantra to be chanted, who is to be worshipped, what gift should be given, and what is the medicine?
Bhrigu said: A vessel of brass or copper weighing seventeen Palas|a unit of weight should be used. || 87 ||

Having taken it, one should draw a Mandala|sacred circle with sandalwood paste upon it. Having fashioned an image of an ascetic in the center, one should perform worship. || 88 || One should provide twelve thick woolen or silken cloths. Seated upon them, one should recite the Rudra-mantra... || 89 || Two thousand recitations should be performed, and then meritorious acts should be done. Golden coins... faded text?