Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 107 · A Proud Initiate and a Traveller
उत्तराभाद्रपदा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥अयोध्यानिकटे देवि विप्र एकोऽवसत्पुरा ॥वैष्णवोक्तप्रकारेण दीक्षां प्राप्तो हि गार्वितः ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: Near Ayodhya, O Goddess, a brahmin once lived. He took initiation in the Vaishnava way and became proud.
Classical view, not medical advice.
वेदनिन्दारतो साधुः श्राद्धादिविधिवर्जितः ॥
That 'good man' loved speaking against the Vedas. He left off shraddha (rite for the dead ancestors) and such rites. He would not greet people…
विप्रद्रोहरतश्चैव हरिमन्दिरशोभितः ॥
He loved harming brahmins. He was adorned with the Harimandira (Vishnu's temple mark). Once, dear one, a traveller came to his house.
रुद्राक्षालंकृतो दान्तस्तस्मै क्रूरमभाषत ॥
The traveller wore rudraksha (Shiva's holy beads) and was self-controlled. The brahmin spoke cruelly to him. Then he gave that twice-born man poison…