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Vira Simhavaloka · by Virasimha
Chapter 2 · Jvara: past deeds
ज्वर — कर्मविपाकः
शांतयेऽयुतसंख्याकं कुर्यात्तु प्रयतो जपम् ॥जातवेदसमंत्रेण ब्राह्मणान्भोजयेत्ततः ॥
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 brahmanas (priests).
Classical view, not medical advice.
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…
संनिपातज्वरमनुक्त्वा संततज्वरप्रतीकारस्य यत्कथनं तदार्षवचनानुरोधात् ।
The remedy for continuous fever is told without first naming sannipata (fever of all three humours mixed). This follows the words of the old seers.