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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 51 · A Brahmin of Gaya Who Fell from Duty
उत्तराफाल्गुनी नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥गयापुर्यां पुरा देवि ब्राह्मणोऽध्यवसत्प्रिये ॥वेदकर्मपरिभ्रष्टो मद्यपानरतः सदा ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: Long ago, O Goddess, in the city of Gaya, a brahmin lived, dear one. He had fallen from Vedic duties and was always fond of drinking wine. (Our text is unclear here: one word of address in the first line is smudged.)
Classical view, not medical advice.
स्तेयवेश्यासुसंसर्गी स प्रतिग्रहवानपि ॥
He kept company with thieves and prostitutes, and he took gifts. His whole life passed so. When he grew old, he died.
यमदूता महाघोरे कटाहनरकेऽक्षिपन् ॥
The messengers of Yama (the god of death) threw him into the terrible hell of the cauldron. He suffered the fruit of hell for three hundred thousand…
चाणूरस्य कुले जन्म ततः प्रेतोऽगमत्पुरा ॥
Then he was born in the family of Chanura. After that he became a preta (ghost). Then he became a cat, and he died at the holy Phalgu river.