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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 95 · A Family Quarrel Over Money
धनिष्ठा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥मथुरादक्षिणे भागे योजने वै त्रयोपरि ॥पुरं सिद्धमिति ख्यातं वसन्ति बहवो जनाः ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: More than three yojanas (a measure of distance) south of Mathura there is a town named Siddha. Many people live there.
Classical view, not medical advice.
क्षिपकारो वसत्येको धनधान्यसमन्वितः ॥
One Kshipakara lives there, with wealth and grain. He was named Balabhadra, a devotee of Vishnu, who loved knowledge.
तस्य पुत्रत्रयं जातं कनीयांस्तस्य चादरः ॥
He had three sons. The youngest was dear to him. He had no regard for the eldest, and the same for the middle one.
धनं च संचितं तेन महाशूद्रेण चानघे ॥
O faultless one, that great shudra (servant class) had gathered wealth. The brothers quarrelled over dividing the money. (Our text is unclear here…