Causes of pox

Pox is said to arise from the anger of cruel grahas, smelling the poisonous flowers of poison trees, poisoning, irregular eating, disturbed seasons, transgressing religious duties, sacrifices involving killing, killing, gravely harassing monks and the anger of monks; lentil-like red, black, white and yellow eruptions of many shapes then appear on the body. The commentary calls it devi, mata or chechak.