How should the patient's house and bed be arranged?

Detailed answer

Verses 18-21 describe the house first because it matters most: built in an auspicious direction and place, protected by mantra, yantra and tantra rites, always swept, lit, scented with incense and hung with flowers, guarded and entered only by tested men and women, not draughty or full of holes or defects, and stocked with equipment and good medicines. Verses 22-23 give a good cot with new, wide, pleasing bedding, curtains all round and a canopy above; steady, alert and calm friends and relatives watch over the patient, who lies with the head to the east or south.