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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 30 · Punarvasu 3rd Pada
पुनर्वसु नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
एकदा समये देवि नापितेन सह स्त्रिया ॥प्रयागे मकरे मासि मासमेकं निरन्तरम् ॥ ६ ॥
Once, O Goddess, the barber and his wife were at Prayaga. It was the month of Makara, and they stayed a whole month without a break.
Classical view, not medical advice.
प्रत्यहं क्रियते स्नानं प्रातःकाले सदाशिवे ॥
Every day at dawn, O ever-auspicious one, he bathed. He also gave a gift of a cow and a bull decorated with gold.
ततो वै मरणं तस्य नापितस्य सुरेश्वरि ॥
Then the barber died, O Queen of gods. He died on a stony road with no water, in the middle of the way.
यमदूतैर्महादेवि नरके नाम कर्दमे ॥
By the order of Yama (the god of death), O Goddess, his messengers threw him into a hell. It is called Kardama (mud). He stayed there sixty thousand…