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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 85 · A Brahmin and His Nephew's Jewels
उत्तराषाढा नक्षत्र द्वितीय चरण
पश्चात्पत्नी मृता तस्य तौ गतौ नरकार्णवे ॥षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि महाकष्टेन पीडितौ ॥ ८ ॥
Later his wife died. The two of them went to the ocean of hell. They were tormented with great pain for sixty thousand years.
Classical view, not medical advice.
नरकान्निःसृतौ द्वौ तु गजयोनी बभूवतुः ॥
Coming out of hell, the two were born as elephants. Then they were born as tortoises, and then as monitor lizards.
एवं योनित्रयं भुक्त्वा सरय्या उत्तरे तटे ॥
After these three births, on the north bank of the Sarayu, he got a human birth. He was lucky, and known as a good man. (Our text is unclear here…
सुशीलः सुमतिर्दक्षः स्वल्पविद्यायुतो नरः ॥
He is good-natured, wise and clever, with a little learning. He has no son and is ill, O Goddess. He is a king, honoured by people.