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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 88 · A Brahmin Who Kept a Friend's Wealth
श्रवण नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
तस्य मित्रो द्विजः कश्चित् तपस्वी सत्यवाक् शुचिः॥आगतस्तस्य निकटे प्रेम्णा तत्र तपोऽकरोत् ॥ ३ ॥
A friend of his, a brahmin, an ascetic, truthful and pure, came to him. With love he practised austerity there.
Classical view, not medical advice.
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.
गौतमेन तु स्वद्रव्यं स्थापितं भूमिमध्यके ॥
Gautama buried his own wealth in the ground. But that brahmin's wealth he sold,