Vira Simhavaloka · by Virasimha
Chapter 50 · Mutrakrichchhra: past deeds
मूत्रकृच्छ्र — कर्मविपाकः
अथाह बोधायनः — सौवर्णं कारयेत्पद्मं पलेनार्द्धपलेन वा ।यथावन्मतिमान्कुर्यात्पद्ममष्टदलं शुभम् ॥
Then Baudhayana says: Make a gold lotus of one pala (weight unit of about 48 grams) or half a pala. The wise one should make a good eight-petalled lotus, rightly.
Classical view, not medical advice.
वित्तशाठ्यं न कुर्वीत भवेन्निष्फलमन्यथा ।
Do not be stingy with the money, or the rite will bear no fruit. Place a copper vessel with water on a drona (grain measure) of sesame, or on an…
तस्य मध्ये तु तत्पद्मं विदध्यात्कुंकुमान्वितम् ।
In the middle of it, place the lotus with kumkum. [Then take] a poor priest who knows the Veda and keeps the sacred fire.
आहूय गंधमाल्याद्यैर्विधिना चातिभक्तितः ।
Invite him by the rule and honour him with scents, garlands and the like, with deep devotion. Then give the gold lotus with this mantra.