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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 81 · A Merchant and a Friend's Goods
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
स्थापितं ब्राह्मणद्रव्यं स्वगृहे मित्रकारणात् ॥ततो वृद्धे तु संजाते वैश्यमृत्युरभूत्पुरा ॥ ५ ॥
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.
Classical view, not medical advice.
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.
हंसयोन्यां ततो जातो मानुषत्वं ततोऽगमत् ॥
Then he was born a swan, and then he went to human birth. Because of the old tie, past merit and her faithfulness as a wife,