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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 91 · A Brahmin Who Lived by Theft
श्रवण नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
तन्मध्ये ब्राह्मणोऽप्येकः सिद्धलाल इति श्रुतः ॥तस्य भार्या विशालाक्षि देवी नाम्नी सदाशिवे ॥ २ ॥
Among them was one brahmin, known as Siddhalala. His wife, O large-eyed one, was named Devi, O ever-auspicious one.
Classical view, not medical advice.
पतिव्रता गुणोपेता मिष्टवाक्यप्रवादिनी ॥
She was faithful to her husband, full of good qualities, and spoke sweetly. Siddhalala was a great thief, always fond of stealing.
दारपुत्रादिभृत्यानां चौर्येण पोषणं कृतम् ॥
He fed his wife, sons and servants by theft. So his whole life went by. Then he met death.
तस्य भार्या सती जाता तत्प्रभावाद्गतो द्विजः ॥
His wife became a sati (a wife who dies with her husband). By her power the brahmin went to Satyaloka (the world of truth), O lovely one. There he…