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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 63 · A Shudra Man of Hastinapur
स्वाती नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥हस्तिनानगरं ख्यातमासीज्जन्तुमनोहरम् ॥अवसन् तत्र भो देवि नराः सर्वे विचक्षणाः ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: There was a famed city, Hastinapur, that pleased all beings. O Goddess, all the people who lived there were wise.
Classical view, not medical advice.
तन्मध्ये शूद्र एको हि धर्मात्मा ज्ञानवानपि ॥
Among them was one shudra (servant class) man, righteous and wise. He did his own duties and spent his money day by day.
तस्य पुत्रद्वयं जातं शठं पापयुतं सदा ॥
He had two sons, cunning and always sinful. Every day they killed living beings. They loved wine and prostitutes.
द्यूतेनैव महादेवि रात्रावह्नि च जक्षतः ॥
They lived by gambling, night and day, O great Goddess. The shudra could not stop these two then, dear one.