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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 41 · A Brahmin Lost to Wine and Gambling
मघा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
पुत्रस्य मरणं देवि जातं वेश्यातिसंगमात् ॥पूर्वजन्मकृतं पापं पुण्यं च गिरिजे वरे ॥ १० ॥
The death of a son came from too much going to courtesans. The sin and the merit done in a past birth,
Classical view, not medical advice.
मानुषैर्भुज्यते सर्वे मृत्युलोके सुरेश्वरि ॥
All of it is lived through by humans in the mortal world, O Goddess. I will tell the remedy for this. Listen as it truly is, lovely one.
गृहवित्ताष्टमं भागं ब्राह्मणाय समर्पयेत् ॥ १२ ॥
He should give an eighth part of the wealth of the house to a brahmin.
वार्पाकूपतडागेषु जीर्णोद्धारः प्रयत्नतः ॥
He should carefully repair old step-wells, wells and ponds. He should do it in Magha, Kartik and Vaishakha, and especially in Shravana. (Our text is…