Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 37 · Ashlesha 2nd Pada
आश्लेषा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
वृष्टिस्तत्र महाजाता गावश्च पीडिता भृशम् ॥तासां मध्ये भूरि गात्रो वर्षणेन मृताः पुरा ॥ ४ ॥
A great rain fell there, and the cows suffered badly. Many of them died from the rain.
Classical view, not medical advice.
रक्षां शूद्रो नाऽकरोत्स तृणैराच्छादनादिभिः ॥
The shudra (servant class) did not protect them with grass covers and the like. After much time the sinful shudra died.
नरके पातयामास यमदूतो यमाज्ञया ॥
By the order of Yama (the god of death), a messenger of Yama threw him into hell. He suffered the fruit of hell for many thousand years.
नरकान्निर्गतो देवि गजयोनिमवाप्तवान् ॥
Coming out of hell, O Goddess, he took an elephant's birth. After the elephant's life he reached a human birth.