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Vira Simhavaloka · by Virasimha
Chapter 60 · Shvayathu: past deeds
श्वयथु — कर्मविपाकः
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.)
Classical view, not medical advice.
पर्वताग्रं नदीतीरं छायामारुह्य वा नरः ॥
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…
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…
तथाच वृद्धबोधायनः ।
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…