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Vira Simhavaloka · by Virasimha
Chapter 20 · Kasa and Gadgadatva: past deeds
कास-गद्गदत्व — कर्मविपाकः
अथ कासश्वासकफरोगस्य कर्मविपाकहेतुमाह तत्प्रतीकारं च । यदुक्तं उपकारिणोप्रत्युपकर्त्ता अपकर्त्ता चश्वासी कासी कफवान् जायते । दुःखोष्णज्वरवातपित्तं च ।
Next, the cause of cough, hard breathing and phlegm trouble from past deeds is told, with its remedy. As it is said: one who does not repay a helper, and even harms him, may be born with hard breathing, cough and phlegm. Pain, hot fever, and troubles of wind and bile come too. (Our text is unclear here: the words about the helper and the harm are run together in our text.)
Classical view, not medical advice.
यदुक्तमुमामहेश्वरसंवादे ॥
As it is said in the talk of Uma and Maheshvara (Parvati and Shiva): a man who forgets the help he was given may be born with phlegm, hard breathing…
तच्छांतये पिपीलिकामध्यानि यवमध्यानि वा त्रीणि चांद्रायणानि कुर्यात् यथेप्सितं पंचाशद्ब्राह्मणान् भोजयेत् । अग्निन्दूतमिति सूक्तेन चरुघृताभ्यामष्टोत्तरायुतं जुहुयात् ।
To bring peace to this, he should keep three chandrayana (moon-phase fast) fasts. They may be of the ant-middle kind or the barley-middle kind. He…
तद्विष्णोरिति सूक्तेन जपं कुर्याद्द्विजोत्तमः ।
The best of the twice-born should do japa (repeating a mantra) of the sukta (Vedic hymn) that begins "tad vishnoh". With his mind fixed on this and…