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Vira Simhavaloka · by Virasimha
Chapter 76 · Kushtha: past deeds
कुष्ठ — कर्मविपाकः
श्वेतमौदुंबरं सर्वमथ वा श्वेतमेव चत्रिदोषजनितं यच्च मंडलान्यथ वानघ ॥
whether it is the white kind, or every audumbara kind, or only white; whether it comes from the three humours, or comes in round patches, O sinless one,
Classical view, not medical advice.
पूर्वकर्मविपाकोत्थं पार्वतीनाथ सर्वग ।
since it rises from the fruit of past deeds: O lord of Parvati, who are everywhere, O lord of all, be the one who destroys kushtha (skin disease)…
इति कुष्ठहरोरौप्यवृषभदानविधिः ।
This is the rule of the gift of a silver bull that takes away kushtha (skin disease).
विशेषांतरमपि ।
A further special point: The text says that one who kills a priest is born with a pale kushtha (skin disease). This is after the end of his time in…