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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 110 · A Salt-Maker and a Friend's Jewels
रेवती नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥माणिक्ये च पुरे देवि वसन्ति बहवो जनाः ॥लवणकृद्वसत्येको प्रत्यहं लवणं कृतम् ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: In the city of Manikya, O Goddess, many people live. One salt-maker lived there, who made salt every day.
Classical view, not medical advice.
लवणं विक्रयेन्नित्यं व्ययं कृत्वा दिने दिने ॥
He sold salt every day and lived on it. A brahmin, his friend, came to his house.
धनाढ्यो रत्नसंयुक्तस्तत्र वासमकारयत् ॥
The friend was rich and carried jewels. He stayed there, and his friend honoured him greatly, O Shiva's wife.
पत्नी शूद्रस्य वै हृष्टा पुंश्चली चपला तु सा ॥
The wife of that shudra (servant class) man was lively, loose and fickle. The friend stayed for one month, O fair one.