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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 98 · A Brahmin Given to Drink and Gambling
शतभिषा नक्षत्र तृतीय चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥गोमतीनिकटे देवि पुरमस्ति धुरंधरम् ॥वसन्ति बहवो देवि जना धर्मविचक्षणाः ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: Near the Gomati, O Goddess, there is a city named Dhurandhara. Many people live there, O Goddess, wise in duty.
Classical view, not medical advice.
तन्मध्ये ब्राह्मणोऽप्येको ब्रह्मकर्मविवर्जितः ॥
Among them was one brahmin who did none of a brahmin's work. He gambled, and he was fond of pleasure with prostitutes.
मद्यपानरतो नित्यं वेदशास्त्रविनिन्दकः ॥
He always drank liquor and mocked the Vedas and the scriptures. After many days passed, O Goddess, he died.
यमदूतैर्महाघोरैर्नरके तु निपातितः ॥
The very terrible messengers of Yama (the god of death) threw him into hell. He was thrown into terrible hell, O great Goddess, for one hundred…