Vira Simhavaloka · by Virasimha
Chapter 76 · Kushtha: past deeds
कुष्ठ — कर्मविपाकः
तदुपशांतयेमहिषीं यथोक्तविधिना दद्यात् वित्तशाठ्यं विवर्जयेत् ।
For peace from this, he should give a female buffalo by the rule told. He should not be miserly with his wealth.
Classical view, not medical advice.
तथा चोक्तम् ।
And it is said: A dana (gift) given for a wish brings happiness if it is complete. If it is not complete, it brings harm in this world and the next.
पुरुषसूक्तं सहस्रनामस्तोत्रं उन्नयेत्यृचो जपेत्भत्यष्टोत्तरायुतं चरुघृताभ्यां जुहुयात् । पंचाशद्ब्राह्मणभोजनं कारयेत् ।रक्तवासांसि दद्यात् ।
He should do japa (repeating a mantra) of the Purusha sukta and the sahasranama (hymn of a thousand names). He should also repeat the riks (Vedic…
तदुक्तं महाभारते ।
This is said in the Mahabharata: Gold, red clothes, feeding fifty priests, and a bath with a thousand water pots. These are [offered to] him, for…