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Vira Simhavaloka · by Virasimha
Chapter 87 · Netra roga: the stars
नेत्ररोग — ज्योतिःशास्त्रम्
यथोक्तं जातके ॥विकलेक्षणोऽर्कलग्ने तैमिरिकोऽजेच भे तु रात्र्यंधः ।बुद्बुददृष्टिः कर्किणि काणो व्ययगे शशांके वा ॥
As a jataka (birth chart reading) text says: with the Sun in the lagna (rising sign), the eyes are damaged. With the Sun in Aries, sight is dim. With the Sun in its own sign, night blindness comes. With the Sun in Cancer, the sight is like bubbles. With the Moon in the 12th house, the person is blind in one eye. (Our text is unclear here: the word "bhe" in the second line seems to mean the Sun's own sign, as the prose below reads it.)
Classical view, not medical advice.
तथा च ।
And also: the man is tormented by the king's prison. He loves the road and dislikes young women. With the [Sun] in the 8th house, his eyes are…
अन्यच्च ।
Also: a man may have eye trouble, yet be of good family, well liked and full of affection. He becomes rich when Mars, Jupiter and the Sun stand in…
अथार्के लग्नस्थे विकलनयनो मेषस्थे सूर्ये तिमिरदष्टिः स्वराशौ रात्र्यंधः कर्कटस्थे बुद्बुददृष्टिः व्ययगे शशांके च काणः ।
Next: with the Sun in the lagna (rising sign), the eyes are damaged. With the Sun in Aries, sight is dim. With the Sun in its own sign, night…