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Vira Simhavaloka · by Virasimha
Chapter 90 · Shiroroga: past deeds
शिरोरोग — कर्मविपाकः
अपरं च ब्रह्मचारी पूर्वजन्मनि भिन्नकांस्यपात्रे भुक्त्वा एकदेशशिरोरोगी भवति । तदा अक्षिभ्यामिति सूक्तमष्टोत्तरशतं जपेत् । चरुघृताभ्यां जुहुयात् । वैद्यशास्त्रोक्तान्यौषधानि दद्यात् ।
Also: a brahmachari (celibate student of the Veda) may have eaten from a broken bronze vessel in a past life. He may suffer head trouble on one side. Then he should do japa (repeating a mantra) of the sukta (Vedic hymn) that begins "akshibhyam", 108 times. He should do homa (fire offering) with charu (rice offering) and ajya (ghee). He should give the medicines named in the medical books.
Classical view, not medical advice.
ब्रह्मचारी यदाश्नीयाद्भिन्नपात्रे विशेषतः ।
A brahmachari (celibate student of the Veda) may eat from a broken vessel. Then, most of all, he may have head trouble on one side. So says Narada.
इति नारदीयपुराणवचनात् । द्वादशब्राह्मणान्भोजयेत् । इत्यर्द्धशीर्षरोगः ।
This comes from the words of the Naradiya Purana. He should feed twelve brahmanas (priests). This ends [the part on] pain in half of the head.
ब्राह्मणोर्द्धशिरोरोगी वायुपुराणात्
A brahmana (priest) with pain in half of the head: from the Vayu Purana. A sacred thread should be made of gold, counted in palas (weight unit of…