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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 81 · A Merchant and a Friend's Goods
पूर्वाषाढा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
पश्चात्पत्नी मृता तस्य व्रतिनी गर्ववर्जिता ॥वैश्यस्य चाभवत्स्वर्गे दिव्यवर्षसहस्रकम् ॥ ६ ॥
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: the word for heaven may carry another ending in print.)
Classical view, not medical advice.
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,
पुनर्विवाहिता देवि ब्राह्मणस्वापहारतः ॥
she was married to him again, O Goddess. Because the brahmin's goods were taken, that woman became a vandhya (a woman who cannot bear children). She…