Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 73 · A Blacksmith of Pattana
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
नरकान्निर्गतो देवि मानुषत्वं ततोऽलभत् ॥पुनः सर्पस्य योनिं च ततो नकुलतां गतः ॥ ८ ॥
Leaving hell, O Goddess, he was born a man. Then he took the birth of a snake, and then became a mongoose.
Classical view, not medical advice.
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,
धेनुः प्रदत्ता युवती विधिवन्मम वल्लभे ॥
he gave a young cow by the rule, O my beloved. By the fruit of that gift he gained wealth here.