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Vira Simhavaloka · by Virasimha
Chapter 82 · Kshudra roga: past deeds
क्षुद्ररोग — कर्मविपाकः
अथाविज्ञातरोगे हे० तत्प्र० । विषोद्बंधनशस्त्राद्यैरात्मानं यः प्रमापयेत् । जन्मजन्मांतरेऽविज्ञातरोगवान्भवति । वैद्यो रोगसंज्ञां कर्त्तुमपि न शक्नोति । स तु जपहोमादि सेतुबंधरामेश्वरदर्शनं च कुर्यात् ।
Next, the unknown illness: cause and remedy. One who ends his own life by poison, hanging or a weapon may have an unknown illness. This may go on birth after birth. The physician cannot even name the illness. He should do japa (repeating a mantra), homa (fire offering) and the rest. He should also visit Rameshvara at Setubandha (a holy place at the southern tip of India).
Classical view, not medical advice.
इति सर्वांगतोद्दाहरोगे पानीयादिदानविधिः ।
This ends the rite of giving water and the rest, for burning over the whole body.
तथा चोक्तं विष्णुना ।
And Vishnu has said: One should repeat hymns and other mantras. One is freed by seeing Rameshvara at Setu, or Shriparvata (a holy hill). Bathing in…
इति वैद्याविज्ञातक्षुद्ररोगशांतिः ।
This ends the peace rite for minor ailments that the physician cannot recognise.