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Vira Simhavaloka · by Virasimha
Chapter 88 · Netra roga: past deeds
नेत्ररोग — कर्मविपाकः
अथ मंददृष्टौ — — यः उच्छिष्ट उद्यंतं भास्करं मध्याह्नगतं भास्वंतं वा नक्षत्राणि वा निरीक्षते स मंदभूतनेत्रदृष्टिर्भवति । स उद्यन्नद्य मित्रमःइत्यादिऋचा चरुघृताभ्यामष्टोत्तरसहस्रं जुहुयात् ।
Next, for dim sight: one may look at the rising Sun, the midday Sun or the stars while unclean after eating. He may get weak, dim sight. He should do homa (fire offering) 1,008 times with charu (rice offering) and ajya (ghee). The Vedic mantra for it begins "udyann adya mitramahah".
Classical view, not medical advice.
घृतेन चरुणा चैव नेत्रहीनो हुताशने ॥
The man who has lost his sight should offer ghee and charu (rice offering) into the fire. He should do it rightly, ten thousand times. This is the…
कूर्म पुराणे ।
In the Kurma Purana: he should give twelve nishka (gold coin weight) and red cloths.
अपरं च यः पूर्वजन्मनि ब्राह्मणदेवमंदिरे वर्तमानं ज्वलंतं दीपं निर्वापयति सोऽन्यजन्मनि तिमिरव्याधिर्भवति । समस्तभूमिदैवतमंत्रान् जपेत् । जलमभिमंत्र्य सर्वांगेषु प्रोक्षयेत् मुक्तो भवति । महादेवस्य सहस्रकलशाभिषेकं कुर्यात् ॥
Also: one who in a past life puts out a burning lamp may be born with dim sight in another life. The lamp stood in the temple of a brahmana (priest)…