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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 100 · A Vegetable Seller's Trust
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
मरणं वै ततो जातं ब्राह्मणस्य सुरेश्वरि ॥ब्राह्मणस्य वधे जाते हाहाकारो गृहे गृहे ॥ ६ ॥
Death came to the brahmin, O queen of the gods. When the brahmin was killed, cries of woe rose in every house.
Classical view, not medical advice.
श्रुत्वा तच्च पुरीं त्यक्त्वा प्रयागे साधुरागतः ॥
Hearing of it, the good man left the city and came to Prayaga. He gave up his body there, firm in his resolve, O fair-faced one.
पश्चात्तत्रैव सा गत्वा पत्नी प्राणांस्ततोऽत्यजत् ॥
Afterwards his wife went there too and gave up her life. She left Mathura for Prayaga for his sake, O lovely one.
बहुवर्षसहस्राणां स्वर्गवासस्ततोऽभवत् ॥
He lived in heaven for many thousands of years. Then, when his merit was used up, a human birth came.