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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 57 · A Brahmin of the Sarayu
चित्रा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥पुण्येन जायते पुत्रः पुण्येन लभते श्रियम् ॥पुण्येन रोगनाशः स्यात् सर्वशास्त्रे च संमतः ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: By merit a son is born. By merit a person gains wealth. By merit disease is destroyed. All the books agree on this.
Classical view, not medical advice.
मध्यदेशे वरारोहे ब्राह्मणो न्यवसत्प्रिये ॥
Dear one, a brahmin lived in the Middle Country, O fair-hipped one. It was on the south bank of the Sarayu, near a fine town called Kalikapura.
शुभे कालीपुरे तत्र द्विजोऽतिष्ठन्महाशनः ॥
In that fine town of Kalipura the brahmin lived as a big eater. He kept company with thieves. He chased prostitutes and other men's wives.
मद्यपानं विना देवि निद्रा तस्य न जायते ॥
Without wine, O Goddess, he could not sleep. His wife was named Subhava. She was devoted to serving her husband.