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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 55 · A Clerk Who Scolded a Brahmin
हस्त नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥हस्तिनानगरे कश्चित्कायस्थो वसति प्रिये ॥कवलेति समाख्यातस्तस्य स्त्री कमला शुभे ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: Dear one, a kayastha (clerk caste) man lived in Hastinapur. He was called Kavala. His wife, O fair one, was Kamala.
Classical view, not medical advice.
महाधनसमायुक्तो मद्यपानरतः सदा ॥
He was very rich and always fond of drinking wine. He enjoyed prostitutes. He used to mock brahmins.
एकस्मिन् समये देवि कश्चिद्विप्रः समागतः ॥
One day, O Goddess, a brahmin came to him. He asked for a meal with Ganga water.
तच्छ्रुत्वा देहजक्रोधाद्ब्राह्मणं निरभर्त्सयत् ॥
Hearing this, he scolded the brahmin in a burst of anger. The brahmin was beaten and scolded by him. He drank poison and died.