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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 81 · A Merchant and a Friend's Goods
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
ब्राह्मणः सोऽपि वै भ्रष्टः कष्टं भुक्त्वा दिने दिने ॥स्वर्णं शतपलं देवि हीरकं मौक्तिकं तथा ॥ ४ ॥
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.
Classical view, not medical advice.
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…
पत्न्या सह वरारोहे भुक्त्वा स्वर्गफलं ततः ॥
With his wife, O fair one, after enjoying the fruit of heaven, he got a crane's birth. Then he became a ruddy goose.