Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 28 · Punarvasu 1st Pada
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
तस्य भार्या तु विख्याता नाम्ना वै सुन्दरी प्रिये ॥सर्वथा च महादेवि कृपणः सह भार्यया ॥ ६ ॥
His wife was famous, dear one, named Sundari. Both of them, O great Goddess, were utterly miserly.
Classical view, not medical advice.
मित्रं तस्य महादेवि ब्राह्मणो वेदपारगः ॥
He had a friend, O great Goddess, a brahmin who knew the Vedas fully. He lived in the middle of the city and had much wealth.
प्रत्यहं च परान्नेन भोजनं कुरुते स तु ॥
Every day he ate food given by others. When he grew old, he left the city.
आगतो मित्रपार्श्वं वै वसन्ते वै पुरे शुभे ॥
He came to his friend in the good town of Vasanta. The cowherd himself gave him a place to live in his house, out of friendship. (Our text is…