Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 58 · A Seller of Goods and a Cowherd's Wealth
चित्रा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
नरकान्निःसृता सा तु सर्पयोनिं तथा गता ॥सर्पयोनिं ततो भुक्त्वा गङ्गायां मरणात् खलु ॥११॥
She came out of hell and went into a snake's birth. After the snake's life she died in the Ganga.
Classical view, not medical advice.
शूद्रं प्रति पुरा स्नेहस्ततः शूद्रः स चाभवत् ॥
Earlier he had a friendship with a shudra (servant class) man. So he became a shudra. The merchant enjoyed the fruit of heaven and then came to…
धनधान्यसमायुक्तो रूपवानतिथेर्हितः ॥
He is rich in money and grain, handsome, and kind to guests. He is good, very rich and wise. But he has no sons or daughters.
वैश्यस्य शूद्रजातित्वं पूर्वस्नेहफलं यतः ॥
The merchant's birth as a shudra is the fruit of his old love. That wife came to him because of the old tie.