Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 14 · Krittika 3rd Pada
कृत्तिका नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
भुङ्क्ते नरकजं दुःखं स्त्रीपुत्रेण च संयुतः ॥युगमेकं वरारोहे प्रेतत्वं काकतां गतः ॥ ८ ॥
He suffered hell's pain with his wife and son. For one yuga (an age), O fair-hipped one, he was a preta (ghost) and then a crow.
Classical view, not medical advice.
ततः शृगालयोनिं च मानुषत्वं ततो गतः ॥
Then he took a jackal birth, and then he became a man. The deed of a past life is suffered in this world. (Our text is unclear here: one letter…
पाठयामास वै वेदान् ब्राह्मणेभ्यो वरानने ॥
He had taught the Vedas to brahmins, O fair-faced one. From that stored fruit he gets great wealth.
भार्या मृता ततः पुत्रो द्वितीया च विवाहिता ॥
His wife died. Then there was a son, and a second wife was married. His body has many diseases. He has no happiness.