Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 101 · A Minister and a Grandson
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
ततो रोषपरीतात्मा पौत्रो भवति वै शिवे ॥विषं भुक्तं तदा तेन बहुरोषाकुलेन तु ॥ ६ ॥
Then the grandson, filled with anger, ate poison. He was full of rage, O Shiva's wife.
Classical view, not medical advice.
मरणं तस्य वै जातं पौत्रस्यैव वरानने ॥
So the grandson died, O fair-faced one. After many days the brahmin died too.
तस्य पत्नी सती जाता सत्यलोकेऽवसत्तदा ॥
His wife became a sati (a wife who dies with her husband). She then lived in Satyaloka (the world of truth). When that merit was used up, O Queen of…
मानुषत्वं ततो जातमयोध्यानगरे शिवे ॥
Then, O Shiva's wife, he was born as a man in the city of Ayodhya. He was a wise king's minister, rich in wealth and grain.