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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 42 · A Potter and a Brahmin Friend
मघा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥अयोध्यायां विशालाक्षि कुलालो वसति प्रिये ॥मथुराग्राममध्ये वै स्वकर्मनिरतः सदा ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: In Ayodhya, O large-eyed one, a potter lived, dear one. He lived in the middle of Mathura village. He was always busy with his own work.
Classical view, not medical advice.
पात्रं वै मृन्मयं देवि प्रकरोति तदा प्रिये ॥
He made clay pots, dear one. A friend of his came, a brahmin who knew the Veda fully.
तस्य स्त्री च महादुष्टा ब्राह्मणी व्यभिचारिणी ॥
The brahmin's wife was very wicked and unchaste. She fell in love with the potter and lay with him.
ब्राह्मण्यां गमनं नित्यं बहुवर्षं निरंतरम् ॥
He went to the brahmin's wife daily, for many years without a break. Time passed in this way, O Goddess. (Our text is unclear here: the word for…