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Vira Simhavaloka · by Virasimha
Chapter 2 · Jvara: past deeds
ज्वर — कर्मविपाकः
अन्यच्च —ये पुनःक्रूरकर्माणःपापाःपिशुनचेतसः ।ते भवेयुः सदाशीतज्वरवंतश्च तत्पराः ॥
Also: Some did cruel deeds, were wrongdoers and were spiteful in mind. They may always suffer from fever with chills, if they stay given to those ways.
Classical view, not medical advice.
शांतयेऽयुतसंख्याकं कुर्यात्तु प्रयतो जपम् ॥
For peace, a person with self-control should do japa (repeating a mantra) 10,000 times. It is done with the Jatavedas mantra. Then one should feed…
सुरामांसोपहाराद्यैः कल्पं तत्र प्रशस्यते ॥
Here the rite with offerings of liquor, meat and the like is praised. It also has a bath with a thousand pots, and a meal for a hundred.
तत्र ब्राह्मणभोजनं गुरुलघुभावेन द्रष्टव्यं अशक्तापेक्षया वा वित्तशाठ्यं न कुर्वीतेतिवचनात् । इति संततज्वरं ।
Here the feeding of brahmanas (priests) may be large or small. Or it may suit one who cannot afford much. But there is a saying: "Do not be stingy…