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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 91 · A Brahmin Who Lived by Theft
श्रवण नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
दारपुत्रादिभृत्यानां चौर्येण पोषणं कृतम् ॥एवं सर्वं वयो जातं ततो मृत्युमुपागमत् ॥ ४ ॥
He fed his wife, sons and servants by theft. So his whole life went by. Then he met death.
Classical view, not medical advice.
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…
भुक्तं पूर्वकृतात्पुण्यात्ततः पुण्यक्षये सति ॥
He enjoyed the merit of his past deeds. Then, when the merit was used up, he was born again as a human. This is hard to get for every living being.
धनधान्येन संयुक्तः कन्यापुत्रविवर्जितः ॥
He has wealth and grain, but no daughters or sons. He gave up a brahmin's way and did the work of a shudra (servant class).