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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 21 · Mrigashira 2nd Pada
मृगशिरा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥कान्यकुब्जे शुभे देशे कश्चिच्च नन्दने पुरे ॥बोधशर्मा द्विजश्चासीत् भिक्षुवृत्तिस्तु निर्धनः ॥१॥
Shiva said: In the good land of Kanyakubja, in a town named Nandana, lived a brahmin named Bodhasharma. He was poor and lived by begging.
Classical view, not medical advice.
परान्नं भुज्यते नित्यं परप्रेष्यरतः सदा ॥
He always ate other people's food and always loved serving others. His wife was known by the name Badhama.
जन्मतो मरणं यावत् परान्नं भुज्यते च वै ॥
From birth to death he ate other people's food. Because of taking gifts, both of them fell into hell.
बहुवर्षसहस्राणि प्रवासो नरकेऽभवत् ॥
He lived in hell for many thousands of years. O Goddess, coming out of hell, he became a crow and a deer.