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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 22 · Mrigashira 3rd Pada
मृगशिरा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥नर्मदादक्षिणे तीरे पुरीका नाम वै पुरी ॥तस्यां पुर्यां विशालाक्षि कुलालो धनवानपि ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: On the south bank of the Narmada is a city named Purika. O large-eyed one, in that city lived a rich potter.
Classical view, not medical advice.
कुलालकर्मतो देवि बहु द्रव्यमुपार्जितम् ॥
O Goddess, he earned much wealth from the potter's work. His name was Karmachandra, and his wife was Devaki.
स्वकर्मनिरतो नित्यं पात्रं कृत्वा दिने दिने ॥
He was always busy at his own work, making pots day after day. In this way all his youth passed, and then old age came.
वृद्धे जाते तदा देवि दारिद्र्यत्वमजायत ॥
O Goddess, when he was old, poverty came. In a business dealing he took money from a maker of winnowing baskets.