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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 95 · A Family Quarrel Over Money
धनिष्ठा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
तस्य पुत्रत्रयं जातं कनीयांस्तस्य चादरः ॥नादरो ज्येष्ठपुत्रस्य मध्यमस्य तथैव च ॥ ३ ॥
He had three sons. The youngest was dear to him. He had no regard for the eldest, and the same for the middle one.
Classical view, not medical advice.
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…
ब्राह्मणस्तस्य वै मित्रं विग्रहस्तेन वै श्रुतः ॥
A brahmin was his friend. He heard of the quarrel and came near Kshipakara, dear Parvati.
ब्राह्मणस्य वधो जातः शूद्राणां विग्रहे सति ॥
The brahmin was killed in the shudras' (servant class) quarrel. Kshipakara himself gave all the wealth to the youngest.