Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 52 · A Goldsmith and a Merchant's Gold
हस्त नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
नरकान्निःसृतौ तौ तु शुनो योनिं तदा गतौ ॥पुनर्वृषभयोनिं च नरयोनिस्ततोऽभवत् ॥ ७ ॥
Coming out of hell, both took a dog's birth. Then a bull's birth, and then a human birth.
Classical view, not medical advice.
महद्धनैः समायुक्तो देशे पुण्यतमे शुभे ॥
He is rich in great wealth, in a most holy and good land. By the link from the past birth, the merchant became his son.
भार्या तस्य तु भो देवि या पुरा व्यभिचारिणी ॥
O Goddess, his wife was unfaithful before. Any son born from her dies soon.
शरीरे महती पीडा सततं चिन्तया युतः ॥
There is great pain in the body, and he is always full of worry. I will tell the calming rite as it is said. Hear it, dear one.