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Vira Simhavaloka · by Virasimha
Chapter 36 · Vatavyadhi: past deeds
वातव्याधि — कर्मविपाकः
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 eaten.
Classical view, not medical advice.
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…
तदुक्तं ब्रह्माण्डपुराणे । अपमृत्युप्रशांत्यर्थं प्रतिरूपं द्विजोत्तमे ।
As the Brahmanda Purana says: To ease untimely death, one should give a likeness to an excellent Brahmin. He should give a black buffalo cow with…
सहस्रनामस्तोत्रं वा सर्वं वारत्रयं जपेत् ।
Or he may recite the whole hymn of a thousand names three times. This is to ease death and illness, and for his own good gain.