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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 88 · A Brahmin Who Kept a Friend's Wealth
श्रवण नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
तस्य भार्या विशालाक्षि मालिनी मातृपालिनी ॥धनं च बहु संगृह्य म्लेच्छसेवारतो हि सः ॥ २ ॥
His wife, O large-eyed one, was Malini, who looked after his mother. He gathered much wealth. He loved serving the mleccha (outsider).
Classical view, not medical advice.
तस्य मित्रो द्विजः कश्चित् तपस्वी सत्यवाक् शुचिः॥
A friend of his, a brahmin, an ascetic, truthful and pure, came to him. With love he practised austerity there.
अब्दे चैके ततो जाते पुनः काश्यां गतोऽपि सः ॥
After one year he set out again for Kashi. He handed gold and jewels to Gautama, O great Goddess.
रक्षार्थं तेन द्रव्यं च गृहीतं गौतमेन च ॥
Gautama took the wealth for safekeeping. The ascetic went to Varanasi and gave up his life.