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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 69 · A Carpenter Who Kept an Ascetic's Money
अनुराधा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥मगधे वै शुभे देशे काष्ठकारोऽवसत् प्रिये ॥पुत्रपौत्रसमायुक्तो धनाढ्यो गुणवानपि ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: "In the fair land of Magadha lived a carpenter, dear one. He had sons and grandsons, was rich and full of good qualities."
Classical view, not medical advice.
यदा चार्द्धं वयो यातं दरिद्रत्वं तदाऽगमत् ॥
When half his life had gone, poverty came. He had taken a hundred and five pala (a unit of weight) of money from an ascetic.
व्ययं कृत्वा तदा तेन न दत्तं यतिने शिवे ॥
He spent it and did not give it back to the ascetic, O Shiva's wife. Then the carpenter of Magadha died.
द्वे दत्त्वा कपिले गावौ स्वर्णरौप्यविभूषिते ॥
Two tawny cows adorned with gold and silver were given. His son also did the shraddha (rite for the dead ancestors). He did it at Gaya and other…