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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 87 · A Scholar Who Ate the Wrong Food
उत्तराषाढा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥गुर्जरे नगरे देवि न्यवसञ्ज्ञानवान् द्विजः ॥बलभद्रः समाख्यातो वेदानां पाठकः सुधीः ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: In a city of Gurjara, O Goddess, there lived a wise brahmin named Balabhadra. He recited the Vedas and was clever.
Classical view, not medical advice.
ऋग्वेदं च यजुर्वेदं सामवेदमथर्वणम् ॥
He studied the Rigveda, the Yajurveda, the Samaveda and the Atharvaveda. He was a knower of four Vedas, the best of brahmins.
एकस्मिन् दिवसे देवि देशे कश्चिन्मृतः खलु ॥
One day, O Goddess, someone died in that land. Balabhadra ate a meal there, though the funeral rite had not been done, dear one.
म्लेच्छद्रव्यं गृहीतं च भुक्तं पुत्रयुतेन च ॥
He took the wealth of a mleccha (outsider). He enjoyed it with his son and his wife, O fair one. Then he grew old.