Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 12 · Krittika 1st Pada
कृत्तिका नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
नामतो अहिशर्मेति तस्य पत्नी कला शुभा ॥धनधान्यसमायुक्तो रूपवान् मन्मथो यथा ॥ ३ ॥
His name was Ahisharma. His wife was the good Kala. He had wealth and grain. He was handsome as the god of love.
Classical view, not medical advice.
याति चाखेटकं नित्यं मृगीं हत्वा च गार्भिणीम् ॥
He went hunting every day. He killed even a pregnant doe. Each day he fed his body on deer meat.
शरीरे वृद्धता जाता दया तस्य न चाभवत् ॥
Old age came to his body. He had no mercy. Then at his death, O Goddess, his wife became a sati (a wife who dies with her husband).
सत्यलोकं गतस्तेन भार्यायाः सुकृतेन तु ॥
He went to Satyaloka (the world of truth) through his wife's good deeds. He enjoyed merit for a kalpa (a very long age) in Satyaloka, O fair-faced…