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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 67 · A Warrior and the Goldsmith's Gold
विशाखा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
एकस्मिन् समये देवि हेमकारः समागतः ॥धनाढ्यः स्वर्णसंयुक्तो गृहे तस्यावसत्स च ॥ ३ ॥
Once, O Goddess, a goldsmith came. He was rich and carried gold. He stayed in the kshatriya's house.
Classical view, not medical advice.
क्षत्रियाय स्वमित्राय शतं स्वर्णस्य वै पलम् ॥
The goldsmith gave 100 pala (a unit of weight) of gold to his friend, the kshatriya (warrior class). Other gold was also handed over.
अत्रान्तरे महादेवि स्वर्णकारस्ततो मृतः ॥
Meanwhile, O Great Goddess, the goldsmith died. A fierce snake bit him, and he had no son.
स्वर्ण सर्वं गृहीत्वा तु प्रभुक्तं क्षत्रियेण तत् ॥
The kshatriya (warrior class) took all the gold and used it. He came to have sons and a wife. Yet he gave none of it to a brahmin.