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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 75 · A Weaver and a Sparrow's Nest
ज्येष्ठा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
भुक्तं च विविधं चान्नं तत्क्षणे पक्षिशालकाः ॥विष्ठां चक्रुस्तथा दृष्ट्वा पट्टकारो रुषा खलु ॥ ७ ॥
While he ate many kinds of food, at that moment the young birds dropped dung. Seeing it, the weaver was angry. (Our text is unclear here: the word for the young birds may be misprinted.)
Classical view, not medical advice.
कुलं तस्याकरोन्नष्टं बालानां हननेन सः ॥
He destroyed her brood by killing the young ones. Much time went by for the weaver, O good-vowed one.
गङ्गायां मरणं जातं भार्यया सहितस्य वै ॥
He died in the Ganga together with his wife. The weaver went to heaven, O good-vowed one.
सप्ततिर्वै सहस्राणि स्वयं भुक्त्वा फलं बहु ॥
He enjoyed much fruit there himself for seventy thousand years. Then his merit ran out, and he fell from heaven. (Our text is unclear here: the…