Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 35 · Pushya 4th Pada
पुष्य नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥अयोध्यानगराद्देवि पूर्वे क्रोशचतुर्दशे ॥तत्राप्येको वसच्छाककारो वैडुम्बराभिधः ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: East of the city of Ayodhya, O Goddess, fourteen krosha (a measure of distance) away, there lived a vegetable seller. His name was Vaidumbara.
Classical view, not medical advice.
चिन्ता तस्याऽभवत्पत्नी पतिसेवापरायणा ॥
His wife was Chinta, devoted to serving her husband. The vegetable seller was a very good man, always devoted to Vishnu.
गुरुसेवारतो नित्यं प्रत्यहं शाकविक्रयी ॥
He always served his teacher. Every day he sold vegetables. He kept one white cat, and it was killed by him.
प्राप्तो वै तमसातीरे तीर्थे मृत्युर्मम प्रिये ॥
He met his death at a holy place on the bank of the Tamasa river, dear one. This was because he was devoted to Vishnu, and also by the fruit of…