Vira Simhavaloka · by Virasimha
Chapter 14 · Pandu and Kamala: past deeds
पाण्डु-कामला — कर्मविपाकः
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.
Classical view, not medical advice.
समिदाज्यतिलैस्तत्र पालाशसमिधोपि च ।
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…
तिलहोमो व्याहृतिभिः कार्यं स्विष्टकृतं जपेत् ।
The sesame homa (fire offering) is done with the vyahritis (the sacred calls bhur, bhuvah, svah). Then he should say the svishtakrit (the final…
श्रीकृष्णपरमानन्दजगतः परिपालक ।
"Shri Krishna, supreme joy, keeper of the world! The sin I did in a past birth, stealing cooked food,"