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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 103 · A Hunter's Gold Garland
पूर्वाभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
प्रत्यहं मृगमांसेन व्ययं कुर्य्याद्दिनेदिने ॥एवं सर्वं वयो जातं लुब्धकस्य तदा प्रिये ॥ २ ॥
Every day he met his spending with deer meat. In this way, dear one, the hunter's whole life passed.
Classical view, not medical advice.
मरणं तस्य वै जातं यमदूतैर्यमाज्ञया ॥
He died. The messengers of Yama (the god of death) threw him into a terrible hell. This was at Yama's order, for sixty thousand years.
भुक्तं च विविधं दुःखं कृमिसूचीमुखैर्युतम् ॥
He suffered many kinds of pain there, from worms with mouths like needles. Then he was born as a man, with wealth and grain.
पुत्राणां मरणं देवि जायते हि विपाकतः ॥
Sons die, O Goddess, as the ripening of that deed. He should have a garland made with five pala (a unit of weight) of gold. It has a Meru (the head…