Loading…
Vira Simhavaloka · by Virasimha
Chapter 76 · Kushtha: past deeds
कुष्ठ — कर्मविपाकः
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 japa (repeating a mantra) of the three names 10,008 times. By this the illness is eased. This is the remedy for pama (an itchy skin rash) and itching.
Classical view, not medical advice.
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.
तदर्धेन तदर्धेन तदर्धार्धे न वा पुनः ।
Or the weight may be half of that, or half again, or a quarter. It is a figure of Uma and Maheshvara, set on a bull.