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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 28 · Punarvasu 1st Pada
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
महाशोकसमायुक्तः काश्यां चैव समागतः ॥शरीरं चापि तत्याज स्वर्णशोकेन वै द्विजः ॥ १२ ॥
Full of great grief, the brahmin came to Kashi. There he gave up his body, in sorrow for his gold.
Classical view, not medical advice.
शूद्रेणैव महादेवि तस्य स्वर्णं प्रभुज्यते ॥
Only the shudra (servant class) enjoyed the brahmin's gold, O great Goddess. Then, after much time, the shudra died.
नरके पातयामास यमदूतो यमाज्ञया ॥
By the order of Yama (the god of death), his messenger threw him into hell. He suffered the pains of hell for sixty thousand years.
ततस्तेन तु प्रेतत्वं भुक्तमब्दसहस्रकम् ॥
Then he lived as a preta (ghost) for a thousand years. After that, O lovely one, he was an owl near the Kaushiki river.