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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 76 · A Clerk and a Brahmin's Gold
मूल नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥अयोध्यानगरे देवि कायस्थोऽवसद्द्विजे ॥रामदास इति ख्यातस्तस्य भार्या तु देविका ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: In the city of Ayodhya, O Goddess, a kayastha (clerk caste) lived among brahmins. He was known as Ramadasa, and his wife was Devika.
Classical view, not medical advice.
विष्णुभक्तिरतो नित्यं ब्राह्मणस्य च सेवकः ॥
He was always devoted to Vishnu and served brahmins. His wife was faithful, and keen in serving her husband.
भाग्यवान् सर्ववस्तूनां विक्रेता गजवाजिनाम् ॥
He was lucky, and sold all kinds of goods, elephants and horses. A brahmin who knew the Vedas fully became his friend.
आगतो वै गृहे तस्य प्रेम्णा मित्रस्य भामिनि ॥
That brahmin came to his friend's house with love, O lady. He stayed there through the four months of the rains, with a hundred pala (a unit of…