Vira Simhavaloka · by Virasimha
Chapter 84 · Karna roga: past deeds
कर्णरोग — कर्मविपाकः
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.
Classical view, not medical advice.
तथा च ।
And so: one who hears his parents making love tends to suffer ear pain.
इति वाक्यात् अपरं च मातापित्रोर्देवब्राह्मणानां गुरूणां चान्येन क्रियमाणां यो निंदां शृणोति सः कर्णशूली प्रस्रवत्पूयशोणितो भवति । तदुपशांतये हिरण्यं रक्तवाससां दानं ब्राह्मणानां च भोजनं दद्यात्।
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…
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…