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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 74 · A Betel Seller of Vijapura
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥वीजापुरमिति ख्यातं पुरं देवि मनोहरम् ॥न्यवसन् बहवो वर्णा ब्राह्मणाश्च वणिग्जनाः ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: There is a lovely city called Vijapura, O Goddess. Many classes of people lived there, brahmins and traders.
Classical view, not medical advice.
तन्मध्ये शूद्र एको हि ताम्बूलं च करोति सः ॥
Among them was one shudra (servant class), a seller of betel rolls. He always drank liquor, O Goddess.
तस्य पुत्रद्वयं जातं धनं च बहु संचितम् ॥
Two sons were born to him, and he gathered much wealth. Then came the turn of fate and the pride of great wealth.
ज्येष्ठपुत्रस्य हननं कृतं तेन वरानने ॥
He killed his elder son, O fair-faced one. Then he brought his son's wife to be his own wife.