Vira Simhavaloka · by Virasimha
Chapter 34 · Apasmara: past deeds
अपस्मार — कर्मविपाकः
यथा देवे तथाचार्येऽप्यलंकारादि कल्पयेत् ॥आचार्यः परया भक्त्या गणेशाय प्रकल्पयेत्॥
Ornaments and the like are arranged for the lead priest just as for the god. The lead priest, with the highest devotion, should make the offering to Ganesha.
Classical view, not medical advice.
अपूपादि तथान्यच्च कारयेद्भक्षकादिकम् ।
He should have cakes and other things made, and other eatables. He should offer them to Parvati, and to Maheshvara (Shiva), the god of gods.
पूजयेत्परया भक्त्या आचार्यः स्वयमेव हि ।
The lead priest himself should worship them with the highest devotion. In the same way the sick person should worship Ganesha, leader of Shiva's…
गणानांत्वेति मंत्रेण तूष्णीं शूद्रस्तु पूजयेत् ।
[A twice-born man] worships with the mantra that begins "gananam tva". A shudra (a person of the labouring caste, in the old social order) should…