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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 22 · Mrigashira 3rd Pada
मृगशिरा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
कुलालकर्मतो देवि बहु द्रव्यमुपार्जितम् ॥कर्मचन्द्र इति ख्यातस्तस्य पत्नी च देवकी ॥ २ ॥
O Goddess, he earned much wealth from the potter's work. His name was Karmachandra, and his wife was Devaki.
Classical view, not medical advice.
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.
शतसंख्यामितं स्वर्णं व्ययं सर्वं कृतं शिवे ॥
O wife of Shiva, he spent all of it, one hundred pieces of gold. The potter died, and his wife had died before him.