Vira Simhavaloka · by Virasimha
Chapter 88 · Netra roga: past deeds
नेत्ररोग — कर्मविपाकः
भक्त्यासंपूज्य विधिवन्नूपुरैः कटकादिभिः ।मंत्रेणानेन विधिवत्प्राङ्मुखो नेत्ररोगवान् ॥
The one with eye trouble should honour him with devotion, by the rules, with anklets, bracelets and the like. He should face east. Then he should speak this mantra by the rules.
Classical view, not medical advice.
देवदेव जगन्नाथ लक्ष्मीप्रियपरायण ।
"God of gods, lord of the world, dear to Lakshmi, I give this vehicle. [Destroy] the illness born of the ripening of bad deeds.
अक्षिरोगं नाशय मे नारायण जगन्मय ।
Narayana, who fills the world, destroy my eye illness: a flower or a film, blindness, or redness [of the eyes],
स्रवज्जलं वा पूयं वा रक्ताक्षं वा तथार्बुदान् । इति दानमन्त्रः ।
or watering, or pus, or red eyes, or growths." This is the mantra for the dana (gift). Then he should send off the best of brahmanas, together with…