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Vira Simhavaloka · by Virasimha
Chapter 46 · Gulma: past deeds
गुल्म — कर्मविपाकः
अस्य प्रतिक्रिया वातगुल्मवान्यदि भवति तर्हि मासमेकं पयोव्रतमाचरेत् । मुंचामीत्यनेन सूक्तेन प्रत्यृचं चरुघृताभ्यामयुतं जुहुयात् । वात आवातुभेषजमिति जपेत् अन्नदानं च कुर्यात् ।
The remedy for this is as follows. Say his gulma (abdominal lump) comes from vata (the wind humour). Then he should keep a payovrata (milk fast) for one month. He should offer charu (rice offering) and ghee ten thousand times. He does this with the sukta (Vedic hymn) that begins "munchami", verse by verse. He should do japa (repeating a mantra) of the Vedic mantra that begins "vata a vatu bheshajam". He should also give food as a gift.
Classical view, not medical advice.
प्रकारांतरमपि दर्शयति पद्मपुराणे गुल्मी स्यादंत्यजागमने ।
The text shows another cause too. The Padma Purana speaks of an antyaja (a person of the lowest caste, in the old social order) woman. One who went…
वोधायनः — सौवर्ण राजतं ताम्रं कारयेत्कांस्यतोऽपि वा ।
Baudhayana says: A man should make Vighnesha (Ganesha) of gold, silver, copper or bronze. Or he can make him of the wood of the arka (crown flower…
पुष्करं कारयेद्धैमं सौवर्ण लोचनद्वयम् ।
Make the tip of his trunk of gold, and his two eyes of gold. Also make his mouse, as the god's form is.