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Vira Simhavaloka · Chapter 14
पाण्डु-कामला — कर्मविपाकः
This is the Pandu and Kamala karmavipaka chapter of Vira Simhavaloka, on the past-life deeds the text links to these troubles. For Pandu, it names taking the wealth of a god or a priest.
Classical view, not medical advice.
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Check free →Its amends centre on a silver image of the goddess Earth, worshipped and given away. For Kamala, it names stealing cooked food and gives a golden Garuda.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
Pandu (anaemia) - past deeds
अथ पाण्डुरोगस्य कर्मविपाकमाचष्टे तदुपशमप्रकारं च । देवब्राह्मणद्रव्यापहारी पाण्डुरोगवान्भवतिसकृच्छ्रातिकृच्छ्रचान्द्रायणानि कुर्यात् कूष्माण्डहोमं च कुर्यात् हिरण्यं दद्यात्
Next, the result of past deeds behind pandu (anaemia), and the way to ease it, are told. The text says that one who took away the wealth of a god or of a priest may have pandu. He should keep the krichchhra (penance fast), the atikrichchhra (a harder penance fast) and the chandrayana (moon-phase fast). He should do the homa (fire offering) with the kushmanda (a set of Vedic verses for making amends). He should give gold.
Pandu (anaemia) - past deeds
अपरं चशौनकोक्तम् ।अन्त्यजागमने मर्त्यःपाण्डुरोगी प्रजायते ।वक्ष्यामि तत्प्रतीकारं दानहोमादिकर्मणा ।
Also, Shaunaka says: A man may have lain with an antyaja (a person of the lowest caste, in the old social order) [woman]. Then he is born with pandu (anaemia). I will tell the remedy now. It is by dana (gift), homa (fire offering) and other acts.
Pandu (anaemia) - past deeds
Units 14.3 to 14.5 describe the silver image of the Earth, placed in a bronze vessel of eight pala.
Make an image of the Earth with one pala (weight unit of about 48 grams) of silver. Or use half of that. Do not be miserly about the cost.
Pandu (anaemia) - past deeds
सपर्वतवनां कृत्वा समुद्रपरिवेष्टिताम् ॥नवरत्नानि निक्षिप्य श्वेतवस्त्रेण वेष्टयेत् ।
Make her with mountains and forests, ringed by the sea. Put nine gems in her and wrap her in white cloth.
Pandu (anaemia) - past deeds
कांस्यपात्रे विनिःक्षिप्य पलाष्टकविनिर्मितम् ।देवीमावाहयेत्तत्र भूतधात्रीं हरिप्रियाम् ।
Place the image in a bronze vessel made of eight pala (weight unit of about 48 grams). There call the goddess Earth, who carries all beings and is dear to Hari (Vishnu).
Pandu (anaemia) - past deeds
एह्येहि वसुधे देवि रूपोस्मिन् सम्यगाविश ॥सहिता पर्वतैर्वृक्षैः सुमनोभिर्मनोहरैः ।
"Come, come, goddess Earth. Enter this form well, with the mountains, the trees and the lovely flowers."
Pandu (anaemia) - past deeds
एवमावाह्य तां देवीं गन्धमाल्यैः समर्चयेत् ॥उपचारैः षोडशभिराचार्यः सर्वशास्त्रवित् ।
Having called the goddess in this way, the teacher should honour her. He knows all the sacred books. He should use scent, garlands and sixteen acts of worship.
Pandu (anaemia) - past deeds
होमं चापि प्रकुर्वीत समिदाज्यतिलैः सह ॥भूमिर्भूमीति मन्त्रेण समिद्धोमं प्रकल्पयेत् ।
He should also do a homa (fire offering) with samidh (sacred firewood), ghee and sesame. The samidh offering is made with the Vedic mantra that begins "bhumir bhumi".
Pandu (anaemia) - past deeds
मंत्रः प्रकीर्तितश्चाग्नौ तिलाज्याहुतिभिर्हूयात् ॥अनेन तु ततश्चात्र कुंभं वस्त्रेण वेष्टितम् ।
The mantra has been told. With it, offer sesame and ghee into the fire. Then place a pot wrapped in cloth.
Pandu (anaemia) - past deeds
स्थापयेदव्रणं शुभ्रमश्वस्थानादिमृत्तिकाः ॥प्रक्षिपेच्च ततः शुद्धवारिणा परिपूरयेत् ।
The pot should be whole, clean and without a crack. Put in earth from a horse stable and other places. Then fill it with clean water.
Pandu (anaemia) - past deeds
पावमान्यादिभिर्मन्त्रैरभिषेकं च कारयेत् ॥शन्नोदेव्यनुवाकेन शान्तिं चापि प्रकल्पयेत् ।
Have the sick person bathed with abhisheka (ritual pouring of water), using mantras such as the pavamani. Also make the shanti (peace ritual) with the anuvaka that begins "shanno devi".
Pandu (anaemia) - past deeds
अभिषिक्तस्य चांगानि वस्त्रेण परिमार्जयेत् ॥अक्षीभ्यामनुवाकेन यथा लिङ्गं सदर्भकम् ।
Wipe the limbs of the one bathed with a cloth and darbha (sacred grass). Use the anuvaka (a section of the Veda) that begins "akshibhyam", touching each limb as the verses name it.
Pandu (anaemia) - past deeds
आचार्याय तु तां पृथ्वीं दद्याद्रोगी समाहितः ॥मन्त्रेणानेन विधिवत्प्राङ्मुखाय ह्युदङ्मुखः ।
The sick person, calm in mind, should give that Earth to the teacher by the rule. The giver faces north and the teacher faces east. He says this mantra:
Pandu (anaemia) - past deeds
धात्री धरित्री भूतानां वराहेणोद्धृता पुरा ॥रत्नगर्भा समुद्रैकवसना सर्वशोभना ।दानेनानेन सुप्रीता पाण्डुरोगं व्यपोहतु ॥
"Earth, who carries and holds all beings, was lifted up long ago by Varaha (the boar form of Vishnu). She holds gems in her womb, wears only the oceans as clothing, and is beautiful in every way. Pleased by this gift, may she drive away pandu (anaemia)." This is the dana (gift) mantra.
Pandu (anaemia) - past deeds
अनेन विधिना दद्यात्पृथ्वीदानं प्रयत्नतः ।तत्र जातं तु वैकृत्यमर्त्यजागमनेन तु ॥
Give this gift of the Earth with care, by this rule. "The disorder born of union with an antyaja (a person of the lowest caste, in the old social order) [woman],
Pandu (anaemia) - past deeds
तत्सर्वं नाशमायातु पाण्डुरोगादिकं महत् ।शान्त्यर्थं ब्राह्मणैः सार्द्धं कुर्यात्पुण्याहवाचनम् ॥
"May all of it be destroyed, the great illness pandu (anaemia) and the rest." For peace, one should do the punyahavachana (blessing rite) with the priests.
This is the rule of the gift of the Earth, meant to ease pandu (anaemia).
Next, the remedy for kamala (jaundice) is told, in the view of past deeds.
Kamala (jaundice) - past deeds
यथाह वृद्धगौतमः —कामली भक्तचौरःस्याद्भक्ष्यामितस्य तन्निष्कृतिम् ।कुर्याच्च पक्षिराजं तु विष्णोर्वाहनमुत्तमम् ॥
As Vriddha Gautama says: The text says that one with kamala (jaundice) was a thief of cooked food. [I will tell] the amends for it. He should have Garuda made, the king of birds, the best vehicle of Vishnu.
Kamala (jaundice) - past deeds
सुवर्णेनातिशुद्धेन पक्षयोमौंक्तिकद्वयम् ।नासिकायां तथा वज्रमुत्तरीयं च राजतम् ॥
Make him of very pure gold. Set two pearls on the wings and a diamond on the nose. Give him an upper cloth of silver. (Our text is unclear here: it is not clear what is made of gold and what of silver.)
Kamala (jaundice) - past deeds
एवं कृत्वा गरुत्मन्तं घृतद्रोणोपरि न्यसेत् ।श्वेतवस्त्रेण संवेष्ट्य श्वेतमाल्यैः समर्चयेत् ॥
Having made Garuda like this, place him on a drona (grain measure) of ghee. Wrap him in white cloth and honour him with white garlands.
Kamala (jaundice) - past deeds
सर्वशास्त्रार्थतत्त्वज्ञो वैष्णवो धर्मतत्परः ।ब्राह्मणस्त्वर्चितो भक्त्या यजमानेन शक्तितः ॥
The giver should honour a priest with devotion, as far as he can. The priest knows the meaning of all the sacred books. He is a devotee of Vishnu and firm in duty.
Kamala (jaundice) - past deeds
उपचारैः षोडशभिर्द्विजमभ्यर्चयेत्तदा ।आग्नेय्यां दिशि होमश्च कर्तव्यः स्थण्डिले शुभे ॥
Then he should honour the priest with sixteen acts of worship. The homa (fire offering) should be done on a clean, prepared patch of ground in the south-east.
Kamala (jaundice) - past deeds
समिदाज्यतिलैस्तत्र पालाशसमिधोपि च ।मन्त्रो गरुडगायत्रीसमिदाज्येन कीर्तितः ॥
There he should offer samidh (sacred firewood), ghee and sesame, and palasha (flame of the forest tree) sticks as well. For the firewood and ghee, the mantra named is the gayatri mantra of Garuda.
Kamala (jaundice) - past deeds
तिलहोमो व्याहृतिभिः कार्यं स्विष्टकृतं जपेत् ।पक्षिराजाय विद्महे स्वर्णपक्षाय धीमहि ।तन्नो गरुडःप्रचोदयात् ॥ इति गरुडगायत्री ॥
The sesame homa (fire offering) is done with the vyahritis (the sacred calls bhur, bhuvah, svah). Then he should say the svishtakrit (the final offering to the fire). The words are: "pakshirajaya vidmahe svarnapakshaya dhimahi tanno garudah prachodayat" (a mantra). This is the gayatri mantra of Garuda.
Kamala (jaundice) - past deeds
श्रीकृष्णपरमानन्दजगतः परिपालक ।पूर्वजन्मनि यत्पापं भक्तचौर्यं मया कृतम् ॥
"Shri Krishna, supreme joy, keeper of the world! The sin I did in a past birth, stealing cooked food,"
Kamala (jaundice) - past deeds
तेनावाप्तं हि वैरूप्यं यन्मया ह्यतिदुःसहम् ।कामलोत्थमिदं देव तव वाहनदानतः ॥विनाशयाशु मे कृष्ण जगतां पालको ह्यसि ।
"has brought me a very hard disfigurement. O God, destroy quickly this trouble born of jaundice, by this gift of your vehicle. O Krishna, you are the keeper of the worlds." This is the dana (gift) mantra.
Kamala (jaundice) - past deeds
स्थापयेदव्रणं कुंभं सितवस्त्रेण वेष्टयेत् ।क्षिपेत्तत्र च रत्नानि मृत्तिका पञ्च रोचनम् ॥
Place a whole pot and wrap it in white cloth. Drop in gems, earth from five places, and rochana (a yellow pigment).
Kamala (jaundice) - past deeds
अश्वस्थानाद्गजस्थानाद्वल्मीकात्संगमाद्ध्रदात् ॥पंचत्वक्पल्लवान् क्षिप्त्वा पूरयेत्तीर्थवारिणा ॥
[Take earth] from a horse stable, an elephant stable, an anthill, a river meeting and a lake. Put in five kinds of bark and young leaves, and fill the pot with water from a holy place. (Our text is unclear here: the five barks and leaves are not named.)
Kamala (jaundice) - past deeds
तेनाभिषेकं कुर्वीत आपोहिष्ठादिभिः क्रमात् ।हिरण्यवर्णामित्यृचा पावमानेन चैव हि ॥
With that water, do the abhisheka (ritual pouring of water) in order. Use the Vedic verses that begin "apo hishtha" and the rest, the Vedic verse that begins "hiranyavarna", and the pavamana hymn.
Kamala (jaundice) - past deeds
ततःस्नात्वा शुची रोगी विष्णोर्वाहनमुत्तमम् ।सदक्षिणं मुदायुक्तः प्राङ्मुखाय निवेदयेत् ॥
Then the sick person, clean after bathing and glad, should offer the best vehicle of Vishnu to the priest. The priest faces east. A dakshina (fee to the priest) goes with it.
Kamala (jaundice) - past deeds
मंत्रेणानेन विधिवदाचार्यायाप्युदङ्मुखः ॥एवं गरुडदानं च कृत्वा मर्त्यः सुखीभवेत् ।आचार्यं भोजयित्वा च प्रणिपत्य विसर्जयेत् ॥
With this mantra he should also offer it by the rule to the teacher, facing north. Having made the Garuda gift, the person becomes happy. He should feed the teacher, bow to him and send him off.
This is the rule of the gift of Garuda, meant to ease kamala (jaundice).