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Karma Vipaka Samhita · by Anonymous
Chapter 99 · A Merchant's Unpaid Loan
शतभिषा नक्षत्र चतुर्थ चरण
तन्मध्ये वैश्य एको हि क्रयविक्रयतत्परः ॥स सुकर्मा इति ख्यातो धनं च बहु संचितम् ॥ २ ॥
Among them was one vaishya (trader class), busy with buying and selling. He was famed as Sukarma and had gathered much wealth.
Classical view, not medical advice.
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.
व्यापारार्थं विशालाक्षि न दत्तं ब्राह्मणाय वै ॥
For trade, O large-eyed one, it was not repaid to the brahmin. After a long time passed, he had used it all.