Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 35 · Pushya 4th Pada
पुष्य नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
चिन्ता तस्याऽभवत्पत्नी पतिसेवापरायणा ॥शाककारो महासाधुर्विष्णुभक्तिरतः सदा ॥ २ ॥
His wife was Chinta, devoted to serving her husband. The vegetable seller was a very good man, always devoted to Vishnu.
Classical view, not medical advice.
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…
न गतो यमलोकं तु भुक्त्वा स्वर्गे तु चाऽभवत् ॥
So he did not go to the world of Yama (the god of death). He enjoyed heaven for sixty thousand years. Then his merit ran out again.