Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 42 · A Potter and a Brahmin Friend
मघा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
कुलालस्य ततो मृत्युर्वृद्धे जाते सुरेश्वरि ॥पश्चात्तस्य मृता पत्नी या पुरा व्यभिचारिणी ॥ ५ ॥
The potter died when he was old. Afterwards his wife died too, the one who had been unchaste before.
Classical view, not medical advice.
यमदूतैर्महाघोरैः कर्दमे नरके प्रिये ॥
By the order of Yama (the god of death), Yama's terrible messengers threw him into the hell of mud. It was for three lakh years (a lakh is 100,000)…
पतिव्रता समायाता लक्षत्रयगते सति ॥
When three lakh years had passed, his faithful wife came, dear one. She lifted her husband out of the ocean of hell,
सत्यलोके समायाता स्वपत्या सह भामिनि ॥
She came with her husband to Satyaloka (the world of truth), fair one. They enjoyed many kinds of pleasures there for three lakh years (a lakh is…