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Vira Simhavaloka · by Virasimha
Chapter 76 · Kushtha: past deeds
कुष्ठ — कर्मविपाकः
तदुक्तं महाभारते ।हिरण्यं रक्तवासांसि पंचाशद्विप्रभोजनम् ।सहस्रकलशस्नानं तस्य रोगस्य शांतये ॥
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 peace from the illness.
Classical view, not medical advice.
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…
बोधायनः
Bodhayana says: One who strikes a priest in the eyes may become one with dadru (ringworm). I will tell the remedy. He should have it made of gold.