Vira Simhavaloka · by Virasimha
Chapter 13 · Pandu and Kamala: the stars
पाण्डु-कामला — ज्योतिःशास्त्रम्
अष्टमांशस्थितशनिजनितपाण्डुरोगप्रतीकाराय शनिप्रीतये पूर्वोक्तमेव सकलं जपहोमादिकं विधानं कुर्यात् । तथा च सिंहांशवर्त्तमानचंद्रजनितपांडुरोगप्रतीकाराय चंद्रप्रीतये यथोक्तं विधिवद्विधानं कुर्यात्तेनोपशान्तिर्भवति॥
Saturn may stand in the 8th amsha (division of a sign) and bring pandu (anaemia). To ease it, do the very same full rite told before, to please Saturn. That means japa (repeating a mantra), homa (fire offering) and the rest. The Moon may stand in a Leo amsha and bring pandu. Then do the rite told before to please the Moon, as the rules say. By this, the trouble eases.
Classical view, not medical advice.
इति पाण्डुरोगप्रतीकारविधिः ।
This is the rule for easing pandu (anaemia).
अथ कामलारोगो ज्योतिःशास्त्राभिप्रायेणाभिव्यज्यते ।
Next, the illness kamala (jaundice) is told from the view of the science of the stars.
यदुक्तं जातके —
As a jataka (birth chart reading) text says: When the Moon falls in the middle of Venus, sorrows and headache may come. So may kamala (jaundice)…