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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 81 · A Merchant and a Friend's Goods
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
तन्मध्ये वैश्य एको हि धरणीकरविश्रुतः ॥तस्य रूपवती भार्या सुन्दरी बहुसंयुता ॥ २ ॥
Among them was one vaishya (trader class), famed as Dharanikara. His wife was beautiful and lovely, and had much.
Classical view, not medical advice.
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.
स्थापितं ब्राह्मणद्रव्यं स्वगृहे मित्रकारणात् ॥
For the friend's sake, the brahmin's goods were kept in the vaishya's own house. Then, when he was old, the vaishya died first.