Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 57 · A Brahmin of the Sarayu
चित्रा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
प्रत्यहं पूजयेद्देवि स्वपतिं पापकारिणम् ॥ततो बहुगते काले मरणं व्याघ्रतोऽभवत् ॥ ५ ॥
She worshipped her sinful husband every day, O Goddess. Then, after a long time, a tiger killed him.
Classical view, not medical advice.
तस्य पत्नी सती जाता चिताग्नौ च तदाहिता ॥
His wife became a sati (a wife who dies with her husband). She was then placed in the funeral fire. Then, O Goddess, she enjoyed Satyaloka (the…
पत्या सह वरारोहे ततः पुण्यक्षये सति ॥
She was there with her husband, O fair-hipped one. Then, when their merit ran out, he was born in the world of mortals. It was in a great and…
धनधान्यसमायुक्तो बाल्यतो रोगवानपि ॥
He was rich in money and grain, yet sickly from childhood. By the bond of their merit, that good wife was there with him again.