Vira Simhavaloka · by Virasimha
Chapter 68 · Vidradhi: past deeds
विद्रधि — कर्मविपाकः
तिलहोमो व्याहृतिभिरष्टोत्तरसहस्रकम् ।यद्देवा इति मंत्रेण चाग्नौ होमः प्रशस्यते ॥
Offer sesame in homa (fire offering) with the vyahriti (the sacred calls bhur, bhuvah, svah), 1,008 times. Homa in the fire with the Vedic mantra that begins "yad deva" is praised.
Classical view, not medical advice.
ग्रहशांतिश्च कर्त्तव्या गृह्योक्तविधिना ततः ।
Then do the shanti (peace ritual) of the planets by the rule of the household texts. After the homa (fire offering), collect the leftover drops in a…
तस्यैव विद्रधिर्गच्छेद्व्याधिस्तस्याप्रयत्नतः ।
The text says his abscess and illness then go away without effort. Then, on the north side of the fire, a priest who knows the rules [sets up] a…
स्थापयेदव्रणं कुंभं सितवस्त्रेण वेष्टयेत् ।
He should set an unbroken pot and wrap it in white cloth. He should put in gems, five kinds of earth and gorochana (a yellow pigment).