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Vira Simhavaloka · by Virasimha
Chapter 76 · Kushtha: past deeds
कुष्ठ — कर्मविपाकः
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 verses) that begin "unnaya". He should make a homa (fire offering) of 10,008 offerings with charu (rice offering) and ghee. He should have fifty priests fed. He should give red clothes.
Classical view, not medical advice.
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…
तस्य वासुदेवस्य । इत्येतदुक्ताशक्तौ पंचाशद्ब्राह्मणभोजनं सहस्रकलशस्नानं नामत्रयमष्टोत्तरायुतं जपेत् । तेनोपशाम्यति । इति पामाकंडूप्रतीकारः ।
"Him" means Vasudeva. If he cannot do what was said, he should feed fifty priests. He should take the bath with a thousand water pots. He should do…
अथ दद्रूविचर्चिकादीनां कर्मविपाकेहेतुमाह । तत्प्रतीकारं च ।सुवर्णापहारी कुष्ठी दद्रूणो वा जायते । आयुत्सादी मंडलकुष्ठी भवति । कक्षवनदाही दद्रूणः ।
Next comes dadru (ringworm), vicharchika (a weeping skin rash) and the like. Their karmavipaka (fruit of past deeds) cause and remedy are told. One…