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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 105 · A Salt-Maker's Wrong
उत्तराभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥मणिकाख्यपुरे रम्ये वसन्ति बहवो जनाः ॥लवणकारो वसत्येको नित्यं लवणविक्रयी ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: In the lovely city called Manika many people live. One salt-maker lived there, who always sold salt.
Classical view, not medical advice.
ब्राह्मणीगमनं तेन कृतं शूद्रेण वै शिवे ॥
That shudra (servant class) man, O Shiva's wife, went with a brahmin woman. By that wrong, O Goddess, he is born without a family line.
व्याधियुक्तो महेशानि पीडा चाङ्गेषु जायते ॥
He is sick, O Great Goddess, and pain comes in his limbs. Hear the remedy, O Great Goddess, by which the wrong is ended.
गृहवित्ताष्टमैर्भागैर्ब्राह्मणं तोषयेद्यदि ॥
Let him please brahmins with one eighth of his household wealth. Let him also hear the Harivamsha (a sacred book about Krishna) by the rules, O…