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Vira Simhavaloka · by Virasimha
Chapter 14 · Pandu and Kamala: past deeds
पाण्डु-कामला — कर्मविपाकः
इति पाण्डुरोगहरः पृथ्वीदानविधिः ।
This is the rule of the gift of the Earth, meant to ease pandu (anaemia).
Classical view, not medical advice.
अथ कामलारोगस्य प्रतीकारं कर्मविपाकाभिप्रायेणाह ।
Next, the remedy for kamala (jaundice) is told, in the view of past deeds.
यथाह वृद्धगौतमः —
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…
सुवर्णेनातिशुद्धेन पक्षयोमौंक्तिकद्वयम् ।
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…