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Vira Simhavaloka · by Virasimha
Chapter 20 · Kasa and Gadgadatva: past deeds
कास-गद्गदत्व — कर्मविपाकः
अत्रैव कारणांतरं विधानांतरमभिधीयते । लवणमधुकृष्णाजिनमहादानादिकुरुक्षेत्रादिविशिष्टदेशेषुग्रहणादिविशिष्टकालेषु निषिद्धदातृभ्यः प्रतिगृह्णाति । स्वयमपात्रीभूतो जन्मान्तरे पामाकंडूपीड्यमानः श्वासी कासी कृमिकुक्षिश्च भवति ।
Another cause and another rite are now told. Some take gifts from givers who are not allowed to give. These are gifts such as salt, honey, black antelope skin and the great gifts. They take them in special places such as Kurukshetra, or at special times such as an eclipse. Yet such a person is himself not fit to receive. In another birth he may suffer from scabies and itching. He may have hard breathing, cough and worms in the belly.
Classical view, not medical advice.
तदुपशांतये महिर्षीं यथोक्तविधानां दद्यात् । वित्तशाठ्यं विवर्जयेत् ।
To bring peace to this, he should give a she-buffalo, in the way already described. He should not be mean with money.
यतः
Because: A gift given for a wish brings happiness when it is complete. When it is not complete, it brings dosha (fault), here and in the next world.
पुरुषसूक्तं सहस्रनामस्तोत्रं उद्यन्नित्यृचं जपेत् । प्रत्यष्टोत्तरायुतं चरुघृताभ्यां जुहुयात् पंचाशद्ब्राह्मणान्भोजयेत् रक्तवासांसि दद्यात् ।
He should do japa (repeating a mantra) of three things. These are the Purusha sukta (Vedic hymn), the thousand-names praise, and the rik (Vedic…