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Vira Simhavaloka · Chapter 84
कर्णरोग — कर्मविपाकः
This Karna roga karmavipaka chapter links ear trouble to past-life deeds of listening wrongly. It gives japa of Vedic verses, charmed water, gifts and meals for priests.
Classical view, not medical advice.
The English below is our translation from the Sanskrit.
Karna roga (ear trouble) - past deeds
अथकर्णरोगस्य कर्मविपाके हेतुमाह तत्प्रतीकारं च । यो मातापितृभ्यां प्रवृत्तमैथुनं शृणोति स कर्णशूली भवति पश्चाद्बधिरः किंचिदेव शृणोति वा कपालेष्वसह्यध्वनिर्भवति इति।
Next, the cause of ear trouble in karmavipaka (fruit of past deeds), and its remedy, are told. The text says that one who listens to his parents making love may suffer ear pain. Later he may become deaf. Or he may hear only a little. Or a sound in the skull may trouble him beyond bearing.
Karna roga (ear trouble) - past deeds
तद्विष्णोरित्यष्टोत्तरायुतं जपेत्।पुरुषसूक्तं वा।अपामार्जनस्तोत्राभिमंत्रितं जलं पिबेत्।यथाविभवं ब्राह्मणेभ्यो भोजनं दद्यात् । महाधनीमिष्कविंशातिकं दद्यात् ।
He should do japa (repeating a mantra) of the Vedic mantra that begins "tad vishnoh", 10,008 times. Or he may do japa of the Purusha sukta (Vedic hymn). He should drink water charmed with the Apamarjana hymn of praise. He should feed brahmanas (priests) as far as his means allow. He should give a rich gift of twenty nishka (gold coin weight).
Karna roga (ear trouble) - past deeds
विष्णुप्रणामकृद्विद्वान् कर्णरोगप्रशांतये ।भोजनं ब्राह्मणेभ्यश्च प्रदद्यात्प्रयतो नरः ॥
The wise man who bows to Vishnu should give a meal to the brahmanas. He should do this with self-control, to bring peace to the ear trouble.
Karna roga (ear trouble) - past deeds
तथा च ।मैथुनं शृणुयात्पित्रोः कर्णशूली भवेत्तु सः
And so: one who hears his parents making love tends to suffer ear pain.
So the text says. Also: one who listens while others speak ill of his parents, the gods, brahmanas (priests) or teachers may suffer ear pain. Pus and blood may flow from the ear. To bring peace to it, he should give gold and red cloth. He should also feed brahmanas.
Karna roga (ear trouble) - past deeds
सर्वाचार विहीनः प्रेतश्राद्धभोक्ता कृमिकर्णो भवति ।
Take one who has dropped all right conduct. He eats at a shraddha (ancestor rite) held for a preta (ghost), one newly dead. He may get worms in the ear.
Karna roga (ear trouble) - past deeds
दद्यान्नीलवृषंचान्नं कृमिकर्णो नृपोत्तम ।
O best of kings, for worms in the ear he should give a blue bull and food.
This ends the remedy for ear trouble.
Unit 84.2 names a Vedic mantra to Vishnu 10,008 times, or the Purusha hymn.