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Vira Simhavaloka · by Virasimha
Chapter 46 · Gulma: past deeds
गुल्म — कर्मविपाकः
वोधायनः — सौवर्ण राजतं ताम्रं कारयेत्कांस्यतोऽपि वा ।तथार्कमूलकाष्ठेन विघ्नेशं कल्पयेन्नरः ॥
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 plant) root. (Our text is unclear here: the word for bronze is printed in an odd form.)
Classical view, not medical advice.
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.
नागयज्ञोपवीतं च कल्पयेत्तस्य गुल्मवान् ।
The one with the lump should also make a snake as his sacred thread. Next [dress the image] in fine clothes, with sandalwood, agaru (aloe wood) and…
सहिरण्यं ब्राह्मणाय स्वशक्तया पूजिताय च ।
[He gives it] with gold to a priest whom he has honoured as he can. The priest has done the homa (fire offering), is calm and knows the meaning of…