Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 44 · A Warrior Who Skipped Atonement
पूर्वाफाल्गुनी नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
मोहनेति च विख्यातस्तस्य पत्नी सती शुभा ॥वैश्यवृत्तिरतो नित्यं व्यापारं कुरुते सदा ॥ २ ॥
He was called Mohana. His wife was good and fair. He always did a merchant's work and traded all the time.
Classical view, not medical advice.
व्यापारार्थं ततो देवि वृषभा बहु पालिताः ॥
For trade, O Goddess, he kept many oxen. Two oxen were yoked, dear one, and fell into a well.
मृतौ तौ रात्रिकालेऽपि जगाम स तदा न च ॥
They died in the night, and he did not even go there. In his pride he did not know it was a sin, O lovely one.
यत्किंचित्क्रियते कर्म शुभं तु कलुषं बहु ॥
Whatever deeds he did, the good was little and the stain was great. His good qualities were few and his faults many, this kshatriya (warrior class)…