Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 21 · Mrigashira 2nd Pada
मृगशिरा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
जन्मतो मरणं यावत् परान्नं भुज्यते च वै ॥नरके पतनं तेन तयोर्जातं प्रतिग्रहात् ॥ ३ ॥
From birth to death he ate other people's food. Because of taking gifts, both of them fell into hell.
Classical view, not medical advice.
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.
पुनर्वै मेषयोनिश्च पूर्वकर्मविपाकतः ॥
Then, by the ripening of his past deeds, he was born a sheep. Then he became human in the Middle Country, O lovely one.
रोगवान्नृत्यशीलश्च पुत्रकन्याविवर्जितः ॥
He is sick and loves to dance, and he has no son or daughter. Each day he eats other people's food. He did not do a shraddha (rite for the dead…