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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 47 · A Brahmin Teacher on the Narmada
पूर्वाफाल्गुनी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥नर्मदादक्षिणे कूले ब्राह्मणो वसति प्रिये ॥ब्रह्मकर्मकरो नित्यं सदा वेदपरायणः ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: Dear one, a brahmin lived on the south bank of the Narmada. He always did the work of a brahmin and was always devoted to the Veda.
Classical view, not medical advice.
शंकरस्य पुरे देवि प्रत्यहं वेदपाठनम् ॥
O Goddess, every day in Shiva's town he taught the Veda. He taught young boys of the brahmin class.
तस्य भार्याद्वयं चासीदेका प्रीतिमती सदा ॥
He had two wives. One was always loving. The other was hostile. That was the elder wife, and he left her.
एवं बहुगते काले ब्राह्मणस्य तदा शिवे ॥
Much time passed for the brahmin in this way, O Parvati. Then he fell into the power of death. His dearest wife,