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Vira Simhavaloka · by Virasimha
Chapter 36 · Vatavyadhi: past deeds
वातव्याधि — कर्मविपाकः
अन्यच्च वातरोगकारणं प्रकृत्यंतरं चोच्यते देवब्राह्मणस्वापहरणात्स्वामिद्रोहाद्वातरोगी भवति । अस्य प्रायश्चित्तं कृच्छ्रातिकृच्छ्रचांद्रायणंकुर्यात् । अग्निरश्मीत्यृचं जपेत् । अनेन मंत्रेण होमं च कुर्यात् ।
Also, another cause of wind illness, of a different kind, is told. The text says that a person may suffer from vata (the wind humour) illness. The cause is stealing from gods and Brahmins, or betraying his master. As prayashchitta (making amends) for this, he should keep these fasts. They are the krichchhra (penance fast), atikrichchhra (a harder penance fast) and chandrayana (moon-phase fast). He should do japa (repeating a mantra) of the Vedic verse that begins "agnirashmi". With this mantra he should also do homa (fire offering).
Classical view, not medical advice.
वात आवातमंत्रोयं जप्यतेऽयुतसंख्यया ।
This is the Vedic mantra that begins "vata a vatu". It is repeated ten thousand times. Or one may repeat the Vedic verse that begins "agnirashmi"…
इति वाचस्पतिवचनं विश्वस्तस्य विषं दत्वाअभक्षयभक्षी वा वासो हिरण्यं दद्यात् ॥
This is the saying of Vachaspati. One who gave poison to someone who trusted him should give cloth and gold. So should one who ate what must not be…
यः पुनरक्षतयोनिमनिच्छंतीं परस्त्रियं बलादाक्रम्योपभुंक्ते स सर्वसंधिषु धनुर्वातरोगो वा विषमज्वरी वा तीव्रपीडावान्भवति । तदुपशांतये प्रतिरूपदानं महिषीदानं कृच्छ्रातिकृच्छ्रचांद्रायणानि कुर्यात् । उद्यन्नद्येत्यृचं जपेत् ।
The text speaks of a man who takes by force an unwilling virgin, a woman not his own. He may suffer from dhanurvata (a wind illness that bends the…