Vira Simhavaloka · by Virasimha
Chapter 88 · Netra roga: past deeds
नेत्ररोग — कर्मविपाकः
तंडुलोपरि संस्थाप्य यथाविभवविस्तरम् ॥पूजां च कारयेन्मंत्री शुभैः पूर्वोदितैः क्रमात् ।होमं तत्र प्रकुर्वीत समिदाज्यतिलैः सह ॥
He should set it on raw rice and make the display as grand as his means allow. One who knows mantras should have the worship done in order with the good things told before. There he should do homa (fire offering) with samidh (sacred firewood), ajya (ghee) and tila (sesame).
Classical view, not medical advice.
देवस्य दद्यान्नैवेद्यं हविः सर्वं समंत्रितम् ।
He should give the god a food offering, all of it charmed with mantras. Or he may offer 108 times with the root mantra, as is well known.
जुहुयादथ रोगार्तः प्राङ्मुखः प्रयतः शुचिः ।
Then the one troubled by the illness should offer into the fire. He should face east, be self-controlled and clean, and wear white clothes. He…
सदक्षिणां पुनर्दद्यात्प्राङ्मुखो वाप्युदङ्मुखः ।
Then, facing east or north, he should give [the image] again with dakshina (fee to the priest). He should bow with devotion and give it with this…