Vira Simhavaloka · by Virasimha
Chapter 99 · Visha: the stars
विष — ज्योतिःशास्त्रम्
अथ मंगलदशाजनितविषाद्युपशमाय मंगलप्रीतये सकलमपि विधानं विधिवत्कुर्यात् । तथा चादित्यदशायामपि विषाद्युपद्रवे आदित्यप्रीतये पूर्वोक्तमेव सकलं कुर्यात् । तदुपद्रवोपशांतिर्भवति ।
Next, Mars's dasha (planet period) may cause poison and the like. To ease it, one should do the whole rite as laid down, to please Mars. In the same way, poison or like trouble may come in the Sun's dasha. Then all that was said before should be done to please the Sun. The trouble then eases.
Classical view, not medical advice.
अथ विषोपद्रवहेतुमाह तत्प्रतीकारं च।
Next, the text gives the cause of trouble from poison, and its remedy.
यथोक्तंजातके।
As a jataka (birth chart reading) text says: In Mars's dasha (planet period), one may suffer from snakes, poison, weapons and bonds. One may suffer…
अन्यच्च —
Also: In the Sun's dasha (planet period), danger to life may come through claws, drugs, a journey, poison or a forest. It may also come through…