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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 81 · A Merchant and a Friend's Goods
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥कर्णाटे वै ततो देवि पुरं च शिवसंज्ञकम् ॥वसन्ति तत्र बहवो वैश्याः पण्योपजीविनः ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: Then, O Goddess, in Karnata there is a city named Shiva. Many vaishyas (trader class) lived there, living by trade.
Classical view, not medical advice.
तन्मध्ये वैश्य एको हि धरणीकरविश्रुतः ॥
Among them was one vaishya (trader class), famed as Dharanikara. His wife was beautiful and lovely, and had much.
व्यापारेण महादेवि धनं बहु च संचितम् ॥
By trade, O great Goddess, he gathered much wealth. After many days, a brahmin became his friend.
ब्राह्मणः सोऽपि वै भ्रष्टः कष्टं भुक्त्वा दिने दिने ॥
That brahmin too had fallen, and he suffered day by day. He had gold of a hundred pala (a unit of weight), a diamond and a pearl.