Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 64 · A Warrior Who Gave Up His Duty
विशाखा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
प्रत्यहं वैश्यवृत्त्या तु व्ययं कुर्यादिने दिने ॥बहुद्रव्यं तदा तेन संचितं त्यक्तधर्मणा ॥ २ ॥
Every day he lived by trade and met his costs day by day. He gave up his duty and gathered much wealth.
Classical view, not medical advice.
महालोभेन संयुक्तो धर्मचर्चा न कुत्रचित् ॥
He was full of great greed. He never spoke of duty anywhere. This lion among misers gave his wife and son nothing to enjoy.
एवं बहुतिथे काले मरणं सर्पतस्तदा ॥ ४ ॥
After a long time he died from a snake bite.
आसीत्तदीयप्रमदा तादृक् यतो जनो योग्यमु-
His wife was just like him, for a person gets all that suits him. The messengers of Yama (the god of death) chained his feet. They threw him into…