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Vira Simhavaloka · Chapter 60
श्वयथु — कर्मविपाकः
This Shvayathu karmavipaka chapter links the trouble to fouling clean places and to blocking people who are eating. It gives japa, homa and a gift of fine cloth with pearls.
Classical view, not medical advice.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
Shvayathu (swelling) - past deeds
अथ श्वयथुरोगस्य कर्मविपाकाभिप्रायेण हेतुमाह तत्प्रतीकारं च । मार्गे पुलिने पर्वताग्रे कपित्थच्छाया मधिरुह्य विष्ठां मुंचति तत्र ष्ठीवति आमवातश्वयथुभिः पीड्यमानोऽनिशं मूर्छितो भवति ।
Next, the text gives the cause of swelling from past deeds, and its remedy. In a past life, one may have passed stool and spat in some place. It was a road, a sandy river bank or a mountain top. Or he did it after going into the shade of a kapittha (wood-apple tree). The text says he may be pained by amavata (painful swollen joints) and swellings, and may often faint. (Our text is unclear here: the words about going into the tree's shade.)
Shvayathu (swelling) - past deeds
पर्वताग्रं नदीतीरं छायामारुह्य वा नरः ॥मूत्रं पुरीषमथवा यः प्रक्षिपति वा जले ।श्वयथुव्याधिमामोति इत्याह भगवाञ्छिवः ॥
A man may climb a mountain top or a river bank, or go into a tree's shade. There he passes urine or stool. Or he may throw urine or stool into water. Such a man may get a swelling illness. So says lord Shiva.
Shvayathu (swelling) - past deeds
स इदं वोविश्वतः शरीर इत्यादिना अष्टोत्तरशतायुतत्रयजपं कुर्यात् । आपो हिष्ठामयोभुव इत्यनेन चरुघृताभ्यामष्टोत्तरायुतशतत्रयं होमं कुर्यात् । अत्र व्याधिगुरुलघुभावौ च द्रष्टव्यौ ।
He should do japa (repeating a mantra) of the Vedic mantra that begins "sa idam vo vishvatah sharire". The count words read "one hundred eight, ten thousand, three". This may mean 30,108. He should also do homa (fire offering) of charu (rice offering) and ghee. It is done with the Vedic mantra that begins "apo hi shtha mayobhuvah". Its count words read "eight more, ten thousand, hundred, three". The illness should also be judged as heavy or light here.
Shvayathu (swelling) - past deeds
तथाच वृद्धबोधायनः ।विघ्नकर्त्ता च भोक्तॄणां शोफी भवति मानवः ॥तस्य कर्मविपाकोत्थव्याधिनाशनमुत्तमम् ।दानं वक्ष्याम्यशेषेण सर्वशोफविनाशनम् ॥
Old Bodhayana also says: A man who blocks people who are eating tends to get swellings. I will now tell in full the best gift. It is said to remove the illness born of past deeds, and all swellings.
Shvayathu (swelling) - past deeds
क्षौमवस्त्रं समानीय बहुमूल्यं च यद्भवेत् ।मुक्ताफलानि बध्नीयाद्वस्त्रप्रांते समंततः ॥
Bring a costly linen cloth. Tie pearls all around at its edge.
Shvayathu (swelling) - past deeds
कुंकुमेनान्वितं सम्यक्कर्पूरागरुधूपितम् ।तंडुलोपरि संस्थाप्य तंडुलाँश्च स्वशक्तितः ॥
Smear it well with saffron, and perfume it with camphor and agaru (aloe wood) smoke. Set it on rice, and add rice as he can afford.
Shvayathu (swelling) - past deeds
उपचारैः षोडशभिराचार्यं पूजयेत्ततः ।युवासुवासामंत्राभ्यां पूजनं च ततो विदुः ॥
Then he should worship the teacher with sixteen offerings. The wise say the worship is then done with the two mantras "yuvam vastrani" and "yuva suvasa".
Shvayathu (swelling) - past deeds
युवं वस्त्राणिइत्येको युवा सुवासा इत्यपरो मंत्रः ।
One Vedic mantra begins "yuvam vastrani". The other begins "yuva suvasa".
Shvayathu (swelling) - past deeds
होमं चापि प्रकुर्वीत समिदाज्यतिलैरपि ॥उद्बुध्यस्वेदंविष्णुसप्तर्षिमंत्रैः क्रमेण जुहुयात् ।
Also do homa (fire offering) with samidh (sacred firewood), ghee and sesame. Offer in order with the Vedic mantras that begin "udbudhyasva" and "idam vishnuh", and the mantra on the seven sages.
Shvayathu (swelling) - past deeds
स्विष्टकृच्चयदस्यकर्मणोऽत्यरीरिचमिति मंत्रेण होमः ।
The homa (fire offering) to Svishtakrit (Agni, who completes the offering) is done with a Vedic mantra. It begins "yad asya karmano atyariricham".
Shvayathu (swelling) - past deeds
हुत्वाथ संस्रवात्पूर्वपात्रे सर्वान्निवेश्य च ।संख्या चाष्टोत्तरशतमष्टाविंशतिरेव च ॥
After the homa (fire offering), he should put all the leftover drops into the first vessel. The count is one hundred eight, and also twenty-eight.
Shvayathu (swelling) - past deeds
संपातेनांगमार्ज्जनं सर्वमेव हि रोगिणः ।अक्षीभ्यामिति सूक्तेन यथा लिंगं तथैव हि ॥
With the leftover drops, he should wipe all the sick person's limbs. He does it with the Vedic hymn that begins "akshibhyam". He touches each part as the hymn names it.
Shvayathu (swelling) - past deeds
वाससा मार्जनं कुर्यात्स याजी दर्भमुष्टिना ।आचार्याय तु तद्वस्त्रं दद्यात्सोऽपि सदक्षिणम् ॥
The priest who does the offering should wipe him with a cloth and a fistful of kusha (sacred grass). The sick person should give that cloth to the teacher, with a dakshina (fee to the priest) too.
Shvayathu (swelling) - past deeds
मंत्रेणानेन विधिवद्दक्षिणाभिमुखः शुचिः ।ऋषीणां प्रवरोऽगस्त्यो लोपामुद्रापतिः प्रभुः ॥क्षौमवस्त्रप्रदानेन तुष्टो व्याधिं व्यपोहतु ।
Facing south, pure, he says this mantra by the rule. "Agastya, best of the sages, lord, husband of Lopamudra, be pleased by the gift of linen cloth. Drive away this illness."
Shvayathu (swelling) - past deeds
दानमंत्रः ॥
This is the mantra of the gift.
Shvayathu (swelling) - past deeds
ब्राह्मणेभ्यस्तथान्येभ्यो दद्याच्छक्त्या च दक्षिणाम् ।ततः स्नातः शुचिर्भूत्वा वस्त्रमाल्योपशोभितः ॥ब्राह्मणैर्बहुभिः सार्द्धं भुंजीतातीव भक्तितः ।
He should give a fee to the priests and others as he can. Then, bathed and pure, wearing clean clothes and garlands, he should eat with many priests, with great devotion.
This is the method of the linen gift that eases swellings.
Unit 60.5 describes a costly linen cloth with pearls tied around its edge, set on rice.
Unit 60.7 says to worship the teacher with sixteen offerings and two Vedic mantras.