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Vira Simhavaloka · by Virasimha
Chapter 20 · Kasa and Gadgadatva: past deeds
कास-गद्गदत्व — कर्मविपाकः
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 verse) that begins "udyann". For each of them he should offer 10,008 offerings of rice and ghee into the fire. He should feed fifty priests and give red cloths.
Classical view, not medical advice.
तदुक्तं महाभारते
The Mahabharata says this: Gold, red cloths, feeding fifty priests and a bath with a thousand water pots. One should do these to bring peace to the…
एतदुक्ता शक्तौ पंचाशद्ब्राह्मणभोजनम् । नामत्रयमष्टोत्तरायुतत्रयं जपेत् । अत्र नामत्रयमच्युतानंतगोविंन्देति अत्रापि ब्राह्मणभोजनं सहस्रकलशस्नानं वासुदेवप्रीतये हिरण्यं च दद्यात् ।
If he cannot do all this, he should feed fifty priests. He should do japa (repeating a mantra) of three names, 10,008 times three over. The three…
अथ वा श्वासकासी कृमिकुक्षिश्च यो भवति ।
Or else, for one who has hard breathing, cough and worms in the belly: the person with hard breathing and cough should bow to Varuna (god of…