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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 61 · A Brahmin Who Saved and Gave Nothing
स्वाती नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
अनाचाररतो नित्यं परस्त्रीलम्पटः शठः ॥व्यापारं कुरुते नित्यं गोहिरण्यगजादिकम् ॥ २ ॥
He was always badly behaved, fond of other men's wives, and cunning. He did trade in cows, gold, elephants and the like.
Classical view, not medical advice.
बहुद्रव्यमभूत्तस्य त्रिंशत्कोटिप्रमाणकम् ॥
He had wealth of thirty crore (a crore is ten million). He kept saving wealth and gave nothing at all.
स्वभार्यां च परित्यज्य परभार्यारतो द्विजः ॥
The brahmin left his own wife and loved other men's wives. His name in that time was famed as Dhaneshvara.
ततो बहुगते काले तस्य मृत्युरभूत्किल ॥
After a long time he died. The messenger of Yama (the god of death) bound him and threw him into the ocean of hell. (Our text is unclear here: one…