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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 63 · A Shudra Man of Hastinapur
स्वाती नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
तन्मध्ये शूद्र एको हि धर्मात्मा ज्ञानवानपि ॥स्वधर्मकर्मणी कृत्वा व्ययकर्ता दिने दिने ॥ २ ॥
Among them was one shudra (servant class) man, righteous and wise. He did his own duties and spent his money day by day.
Classical view, not medical advice.
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.
ततस्तु दैवयोगेन प्रयागे शूद्र आगतः ॥
Then, by the turn of fate, the shudra came to Prayaga. He stayed there one month and then he died.