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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 48 · A Merchant and the Brahmin's Gold
उत्तराफाल्गुनी नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
धनधान्यसमायुक्तो विप्रसेवासु तत्परः ॥पत्नी तस्य वरारोहे सुन्दरी च पतिव्रता ॥ २ ॥
He was rich in money and grain and keen to serve brahmins. His wife, O lovely one, was beautiful and faithful to her husband.
Classical view, not medical advice.
कश्चिन्मित्रं प्रियस्तस्य ब्राह्मणो वेदपारगः ॥
He had a dear friend, a brahmin who knew the Veda. Every day, near him, the brahmin earned much gold. The brahmin gave his own gold to the merchant…
तीर्थयात्राप्रसङ्गेन वाराणस्यां गतः स वै ॥
On a pilgrimage the brahmin went to Varanasi. Having gone to Kashi, O lovely one, the brahmin gave up his body.
सर्वं वैश्येन तद्द्रव्यं भुक्तं बहुदिनोपरि ॥
The merchant enjoyed all that wealth for many days. Because he gave up his body with his wife in a holy place, O Goddess,