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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 96 · A Herdsman and His Cattle
शतभिषा नक्षत्र प्रथम चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥मथुरार्यां विशालाक्षि आभीरस्तत्र तिष्ठति ॥गोपालेति समाख्यातो सदा गोधनजीवितः ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: In Mathura, O large-eyed one, there lived a herdsman. He was called Gopala and always lived by his cattle. (Our text is unclear here: a mark over one letter of the city name looks like a stray mark; we read it as Mathura.)
Classical view, not medical advice.
तस्य भार्या विशालाक्षि सती नामातिसुन्दरी ॥
His wife, O large-eyed one, was named Sati and was very beautiful. Gopala had many thousands of cattle, O queen of the gods.
वत्सानां वृषभाणां च पालनं क्रियते सदा ॥
He always looked after the calves and bulls. In the cold season, great Goddess, rain fell, O fair-faced one.
गौः सवत्सा महादेवि पीडिता भोजनं विना ॥
A cow with her calf, great Goddess, was hurt by want of food. For lack of a shed she died outside, together with her calf.