Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 64 · A Warrior Who Gave Up His Duty
विशाखा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
महालोभेन संयुक्तो धर्मचर्चा न कुत्रचित् ॥पत्नी पुत्राय भोगार्थं नादात्कृपणकेसरी ॥ ३ ॥
He was full of great greed. He never spoke of duty anywhere. This lion among misers gave his wife and son nothing to enjoy.
Classical view, not medical advice.
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…
युगमेकं वरारोहे कष्टं भुक्त्वा सुदारुणम् ॥
For one age, O noble lady, he bore terrible pain. Then he became a buffalo, a bull and a horse. (Our text is unclear here: the words just before…