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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 55 · A Clerk Who Scolded a Brahmin
हस्त नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
तच्छ्रुत्वा देहजक्रोधाद्ब्राह्मणं निरभर्त्सयत् ॥ताडितो भर्त्सितस्तेन विषं पीत्वा द्विजो मृतः ॥ ४ ॥
Hearing this, he scolded the brahmin in a burst of anger. The brahmin was beaten and scolded by him. He drank poison and died.
Classical view, not medical advice.
ततो बहुगते काले मरणं तस्य चाभवत् ॥
Then, after a long time, Kavala died. On that same day his wife became a sati (a wife who dies with her husband), O fair-faced one.
बहून्यब्दसहस्राणि सत्यलोकेऽवसत्तदा ॥
Then for many thousands of years he lived in Satyaloka (the world of truth). He enjoyed many kinds of joy there, O fair-faced one.
ततः पुण्यक्षये जाते मानुषत्वं पुनर्गतः ॥
Then, when his merit ran out, he came back to human birth. He is born in a brahmin family, rich in money and grain.