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Vira Simhavaloka · by Virasimha
Chapter 31 · Daha: the stars
दाह — ज्योतिःशास्त्रम्
यथोक्तं जातके — तनौ भवति भूपुत्रो रंध्रे भवति भास्करः ॥जन्मकाले यदा यस्य स दाहज्वरवान्भवेत् ।
As a jataka (birth chart reading) text says: At a person's birth, Mars may be in the 1st house. The Sun may be in the 8th house. Then he may suffer from a burning fever.
Classical view, not medical advice.
अथेदानीं दाहरोगस्य गणितग्रंथाभिप्रायेण प्रकारमाचष्टे तत्प्रतीकारं च
Next, the text now describes the burning illness as the books on planet calculation see it, and its remedy.
मूर्तिस्थानस्थितस्य भूपुत्रस्य रंध्रस्थानगतस्य च भानोर्दाहपीडोपशमनार्थं तत्प्रीतये धेनुदानादिकं विधेयं मंगलप्रीतये च पूर्वोक्तमेव जपहोमदानादिकं कुर्यात् ॥
Mars is in the 1st house and the Sun in the 8th, and this brings burning pain. To ease it, the person should give a cow and the like as dana (gift)…