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Vira Simhavaloka · by Virasimha
Chapter 92 · Pradara and Yonidosha: past deeds
प्रदर-योनिदोष — कर्मविपाकः
तद्विष्णोरिति मंत्रं जपेत् । अयुत त्रयम् आज्यसहितं मधु मंडकान्नं दद्यात् । विप्रपादक्षालितोदकेन संमार्जयेत् । विप्रोच्छिष्टेनानुलिंपेत् । या इत्थमाचरति तस्या अवश्यं चिकित्सायां रोगो नश्यति ।
She should do japa (repeating a mantra) of the Vedic mantra that begins "tad vishnoh", thirty thousand times. She should give honey and mandaka bread (a thin flat bread) with ghee. She should wash herself with the water that has washed the feet of a brahmana (priest). She should rub on herself a brahmana's leftover food. The text says that for a woman who does so, the illness surely goes when it is treated.
Classical view, not medical advice.
यथोक्ते तु व्रते चीर्णे यथोक्तफलभाग्भवेत् ।
When the vow is done as told, one gets the fruit that is told.
इति पितामहसंहितावचनात्पुरुषस्यापि द्रष्टव्यम् । इति प्रदर व्याधिहरोविधिः ।
From the words of the Pitamaha Samhita, this should be seen as true for a man too. This ends the rite that removes the pradara (heavy menstrual…
अथ स्त्रीणां योनिदोषे कर्मविपाके हेतुमाह तत्प्रतीकारं च ॥
Next, the cause of womb trouble in women in karmavipaka (fruit of past deeds), and its remedy, are told.