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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 67 · A Warrior and the Goldsmith's Gold
विशाखा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
क्षत्रियाय स्वमित्राय शतं स्वर्णस्य वै पलम् ॥प्रदत्तं हेमकारेण चान्यत्स्वर्ण समर्पितम् ॥ ४ ॥
The goldsmith gave 100 pala (a unit of weight) of gold to his friend, the kshatriya (warrior class). Other gold was also handed over.
Classical view, not medical advice.
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.
ततो बहुगते काले तस्य मृत्युरभूत्किल ॥
After a long time he died, O Great Goddess. The kshatriya (warrior class) went to the world of the gods.