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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 42 · A Potter and a Brahmin Friend
मघा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
पात्रं वै मृन्मयं देवि प्रकरोति तदा प्रिये ॥तस्य मित्रं समायातो ब्राह्मणो वेदपारगः ॥ २ ॥
He made clay pots, dear one. A friend of his came, a brahmin who knew the Veda fully.
Classical view, not medical advice.
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…
कुलालस्य ततो मृत्युर्वृद्धे जाते सुरेश्वरि ॥
The potter died when he was old. Afterwards his wife died too, the one who had been unchaste before.