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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 43 · A Merchant Who Skipped the Ancestors' Rite
मघा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥काञ्चीपुर्यां महादेवि वैश्य एकोऽवसत्पुरा ॥मेदसिन्द इति ख्यातस्तस्य स्त्री पालिका शुभा ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: O great Goddess, long ago a merchant lived in the city of Kanchi. He was called Medasinda. His wife was Palika, a good woman.
Classical view, not medical advice.
अश्वादिविक्रयं देवि च्छागपक्ष्यादिकं तथा ॥
O Goddess, he sold horses and the like, and also goats, birds and the like. Every day he piled up much wealth.
न देवान् मन्यते देवि पितॄन्नैव च मन्यते ॥
He did not honour the gods. He did not honour his ancestors. As many days passed, his father and mother died.
स तयोर्नाकरोच्छ्राद्धं यत्कर्तव्यं सुतैः प्रिये ॥
He did not do for them the shraddha (rite for the dead ancestors) that sons must do, dear one. Then, as many days passed, he grew old, O lovely one.