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Vira Simhavaloka · by Virasimha
Chapter 18 · Kshaya: past deeds
क्षय — कर्मविपाकः
वासोयुगेन संवेष्टच हिरण्यबहुभूषणैः ।अलंकृताय विप्राय दद्यान्मन्त्रमुदीरयेत् ॥
Wrap it in a pair of cloths, with gold and many ornaments. Give it to a priest who has been adorned, and say this mantra:
Classical view, not medical advice.
ये मां रोगाः प्रबाधन्ते देहस्थाः सततं ततः ।
"O best of priests, take in this likeness the illnesses that always trouble me in the body."
बाढमित्येव तद्रूपं गृह्णीयाच्चाधिभिः सह ।
The priest says "Be it so" and takes that form, with the mental pains. The text says that then the sick person and the giver reach a long life.
यद्यपि पात्र इति सामान्येनाभिहितं तथापि कांस्यमये विज्ञातव्यम्। कांस्यं च यक्ष्मणे देयमिति वचनात् ॥
The vessel is named in a general way, yet it should be understood as made of bronze. For bronze is to be given to one with yakshma (wasting…