Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 28 · Punarvasu 1st Pada
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
ततस्तेन तु प्रेतत्वं भुक्तमब्दसहस्रकम् ॥उलूकत्वं वरारोहे कौशिक्या निकटे ततः ॥ १५ ॥
Then he lived as a preta (ghost) for a thousand years. After that, O lovely one, he was an owl near the Kaushiki river.
Classical view, not medical advice.
सरय्वा उत्तरे कूले मानुषत्वं ततोऽभवत् ॥
On the north bank of the Sarayu river he then became human, O Goddess. It was in the Middle Country, with his wife, O fair-faced one.
धनधान्यसमायुक्तो राजसेवासु तत्परः ॥
He was rich in wealth and grain, and keen to serve the king. He was born in the first charana (quarter of a star) of Punarvasu, O Goddess.
पूर्वजन्मनि भो देवि यतो गोशतदत्तवान् ॥
In the past life he gave a hundred cows. So he becomes a king and is very rich, O Goddess.