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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 99 · A Merchant's Unpaid Loan
शतभिषा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
॥ शिव उवाच ॥पञ्चक्रोशमिते देवि मथुराउत्तरे तथा ॥हेमन्तपुरसद्ग्रामे वसन्ति बहवो जनाः ॥ १ ॥
Shiva said: Five krosha (a measure of distance) north of Mathura, O Goddess, there is a good village named Hemantapura. Many people live there.
Classical view, not medical advice.
तन्मध्ये वैश्य एको हि क्रयविक्रयतत्परः ॥
Among them was one vaishya (trader class), busy with buying and selling. He was famed as Sukarma and had gathered much wealth.
तस्य स्त्री पार्वती नाम रूपयौवनसंयुता ॥
His wife was named Parvati, full of beauty and youth. The merchant, O great Goddess, reached middle age, O queen of the gods.
दरिद्रत्वं भवेद्देवि दरिद्रत्वात्सुपीडितः ॥
Poverty came, O Goddess, and he was badly troubled by it. He took a loan of a hundred and five from a brahmin, O queen of the gods.