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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 13 · Krittika 2nd Pada
कृत्तिका नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
वेदपाठरतो नित्यं षडङ्गस्य च पाठकः ॥एकदा तत्र वै देशे कश्चित् क्षत्री नराधिपः ॥ ७ ॥
He was always busy with Vedic recitation and read the six limbs of the Veda. Once in that land a warrior king,
Classical view, not medical advice.
मरणे तस्य वै याते तद्विप्रस्य निमन्त्रणम् ॥
a ruler of men, died. That brahmin was invited. He ate then, O Goddess, at the death rites of the warrior.
गृहीतं तस्य वै दानं शय्यां चैव गजादिकम् ॥
He took his gifts: a bed, elephants and the like. Taking it all home, he lived on it for many days, dear one.
ततो बहुगते काले तस्य विप्रस्य पञ्चता ॥
After much time had passed, that brahmin died. He went to the world of Yama (the god of death), to a very terrible hell.