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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 53 · A Barber of Vanga
हस्त नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
तस्यां पुत्रद्वयं जातं नापितस्य तदा प्रिये ॥एको द्यूतपरः पुत्रो द्वितीयश्चोरसंमतः ॥३॥
Two sons were born to the barber from her, dear one. One son was fond of gambling. The second was thought to be a thief.
Classical view, not medical advice.
परस्त्रीलम्पटो देवि नापितस्य च वै सुतः ॥
The barber's son was also, O Goddess, greedy for other men's wives. The wife of the eldest son was loose and very beautiful.
नापितं प्राभजत्सा तु श्वशुरं खङ्गनामकम् ॥
She took the barber Khadga, her husband's father, as her lover. Then, after much time had passed, he died.
तदा पत्नी सती जाता नापितस्य चिताग्निना ॥
Then his wife became a sati (a wife who dies with her husband) in the barber's funeral fire. O Goddess, he reached Satyaloka (the world of truth)…