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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 38 · A Garland Maker and Unreturned Gold
आश्लेषा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥गङ्गाया उत्तरे कूले मालाकारोऽवसत्पुरा ॥डेलचन्द्रेति विख्यातो महाज्ञानी गुणाकरः ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: On the north bank of the Ganga a garland maker once lived. He was known as Delachandra, very wise, a mine of good qualities.
Classical view, not medical advice.
स्वकर्मनिरतो नित्यं द्विजसेवासु तत्परः ॥
He was always busy with his own work and keen to serve brahmins. His wife, O large-eyed one, was named Chandravati, a good woman.
गुरुदास इति ख्यातो वैश्यवर्णेषु पूजितः ॥
There was a man known as Gurudasa, honoured among the vaishyas (trader class). Then he gave gold to the garland maker, his dear friend.
लक्षत्रयं स्थितं स्वर्णं तस्य वैश्यपतेः प्रिये ॥
That vaishya chief's gold came to three lakh (a lakh is 100,000), dear one. The garland maker then put all of it in the ground.