Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 73 · A Blacksmith of Pattana
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
निक्षिप्तो नरके घोरे कृमिविष्ठादिसंयुतः ॥त्रिंशद्वर्षसहस्राणि भुक्त्वा नरकयातनाम् ॥ ७ ॥
He was thrown into a dreadful hell full of worms and filth. He bore the torment of hell for 30,000 years.
Classical view, not medical advice.
नरकान्निर्गतो देवि मानुषत्वं ततोऽलभत् ॥
Leaving hell, O Goddess, he was born a man. Then he took the birth of a snake, and then became a mongoose.
मानुषत्वं ततो देवि धनधान्यसमाकुलः ॥
Then he was a man again, rich in wealth and grain. He was brave, wise, learned and dear to the king.
पुरैव यत्कृतं सर्वं तत्प्राप्नोति न संशयः ॥
One gets all one did before, without doubt. Long ago, on the full moon of the month of Kartik, O Shiva's wife,