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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 81 · A Merchant and a Friend's Goods
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
व्यापारेण महादेवि धनं बहु च संचितम् ॥ततो बहुदिने काले तस्य मित्रं द्विजोऽप्यभूत् ॥ ३ ॥
By trade, O great Goddess, he gathered much wealth. After many days, a brahmin became his friend.
Classical view, not medical advice.
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.
पश्चात्पत्नी मृता तस्य व्रतिनी गर्ववर्जिता ॥
Afterward his wife died, keeping her vows and free of pride. The merchant stayed in heaven for a thousand divine years. (Our text is unclear here…