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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 40 · A Trader Who Used a Friend's Wealth
मघा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
तस्य मृत्युरभूद्देवि काश्यां चैव स्वकर्मतः ॥बहुकाले गते देवि वैश्यो दारिद्र्यपीडितः ॥ ७ ॥
The brahmin died in Kashi, O Goddess, by his own karma. After much time the vaishya was pressed by poverty.
Classical view, not medical advice.
पुत्रदारैश्च संयुक्तस्तस्य द्रव्यं तदा प्रिये ॥
Then, with his sons and wife, dear one, he used up all of the brahmin's wealth. He used up even his own gift, which gives merit.
वृद्धत्वे च पुनर्जाते तस्य मृत्युरभूत्किल ॥
When he grew old, his death came. Because he died in Ayodhya, he then lived in heaven.
बहुवर्षसहस्राणि विष्णुलोके वरानने ॥
For many thousand years, fair one, he enjoyed many kinds of pleasure in the world of Vishnu. Then, when his merit ran out, sinless one,