Vira Simhavaloka · by Virasimha
Chapter 1 · Jvara: the stars
ज्वर — ज्योतिःशास्त्रम्
अन्यच्च सारावल्याम्सुहृद्बंधुसमायोगो भूनिमित्ते कलिर्भवेत् ॥देहपीडा ज्वरो व्याधिःशिखिमध्यगते बुधे ॥
Also, from the Saravali: Meeting with friends and kin may come, and a quarrel over land. Body pain, fever and illness may come when Mercury is within Ketu. That is the sub-period of Mercury inside the period of Ketu.
Classical view, not medical advice.
शनेरंतर्गते तमस्यप्येवं । तत्तद्ग्रहवैकृतनिराकृतये जपहोमादिकं कुर्यात् ।
The same holds when Rahu is within Saturn. [That is the sub-period of Rahu inside the period of Saturn]. To remove the trouble from each such…
यथाह हारीतः —
As Harita says: A wrong deed done in another birth troubles one as illness. Peace from it comes by medicines, dana (gift), japa (repeating a…
तत्र नीचगे रवौ तद्बाधोपशांतये आकृष्णेनेति जपः आर्कीभिः समिद्भिर्जुहुयात् धेनुं दद्यात् ।
Here, to ease the trouble from the Sun at its nicha (low point): the Vedic mantra that begins "a krishnena" is used for japa (repeating a mantra)…