Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 27 · Ardra 4th Pada
आर्द्रा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥अथातः संप्रवक्ष्यामि तृतीयचरणं शिवे ॥कृतं नरेण यद्देवि पूर्वजन्मनि किल्बिषम् ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: Now I will tell you of the third charana (quarter of a star), O Parvati. Hear the wrong a man did in a past life, O Goddess.
Classical view, not medical advice.
अवन्तीपुरतोऽवात्सीत् शूद्र एको महाधनः ॥
A very rich shudra (servant class) lived near the city of Avanti. He sold goats and sheep kept in houses.
गजमश्वं तथा रत्नं वस्त्राणि विविधानि च ॥
He also sold elephants, horses, jewels and many kinds of cloth. Once, O fair-faced one, he saw an eclipse of the Sun.
गोसहस्रं कृतं दानं भार्यया सहितेन वै ॥
With his wife he gave a thousand cows in gift on the Narmada river, O large-eyed one. He gave gold and cloth with them.