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Vira Simhavaloka · by Virasimha
Chapter 14 · Pandu and Kamala: past deeds
पाण्डु-कामला — कर्मविपाकः
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.
Classical view, not medical advice.
आचार्याय तु तां पृथ्वीं दद्याद्रोगी समाहितः ॥
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…
धात्री धरित्री भूतानां वराहेणोद्धृता पुरा ॥
"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…
अनेन विधिना दद्यात्पृथ्वीदानं प्रयत्नतः ।
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…