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Vira Simhavaloka · by Virasimha
Chapter 13 · Pandu and Kamala: the stars
पाण्डु-कामला — ज्योतिःशास्त्रम्
यदुक्तं जातके —दुःखानि च शिरोरोगं कमलावातविभ्रमः ।शरीरे क्लेशमाप्नोति शशांके शुक्रमध्यगे ॥
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), vata (the wind humour) trouble and confusion. The body meets pain. The next passage reads this as the Moon's sub-period inside Venus's period.
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.
शुक्रदशान्तःपतितचन्द्रजनितकामलारोगोपशान्तये प्रागुक्तं चंद्रजपहोमपूजादानस्नानविधानं विदध्यात् ।
The Moon's sub-period may fall inside Venus's period and bring kamala (jaundice). To ease it, do the rite for the Moon told before. It has japa…