Vipaak विपाक
The Scripture of Karmic Ripening. Twenty stories — ten of suffering from past evil, ten of joy from past virtue — demonstrating exactly how karma ripens across lifetimes.
Mrigaputra
The born-blind child and the fruit of a tax-collector's cruelty.
Ujjhitak
The son of merchants entangled by desire and his father's karmic inheritance.
Abhagrasena
Greed, abuse of power, and the bitter harvest of a life without restraint.
Shakatkumar
The violence of trade, the suffering of an animal-killer, karma's perfect memory.
Bruhaspatidat
Systematic falsehood and the collapse of a merchant's world.
Nandivardhana
Arrogance, the misuse of prosperity, and how excess destroys itself.
Umbaradatt
Betrayal of trust, deception in sacred bonds, and many lives of atonement.
Shaurikadatt
The violence of the hunt and a future of suffering across many realms.
Devdatta
Sin through service to power, guilt by association, and the road to redemption.
Anjushri
Feminine suffering, the ripening of past cruelty, and the soul's passage through shame.
Subahukumar
The prince whose virtue across a past life blossomed into radiant fortune.
Bhadranandi
The story of a soul whose generosity and devotion brought joyful fruition.
Sujatkumar
Non-violence, compassion toward all beings, and the happiness it plants in the future.
Suvasankumar
Right livelihood, ethical conduct in commerce, and the fruit of a clean conscience.
Jindas
Faith in the teachings, the power of right knowledge, and liberation drawn near.
Dhanpati
How generosity compounds across lifetimes like interest on gold.
Mahabhal
The strength that comes from righteousness, and the kingdom that virtue builds.
Bhadrandiikumar
Protecting the weak, the merit of protection, and the radiant life it generates.
Mahachandrakumar
Renunciation, the beauty of a life given wholly to the path, and liberation within reach.
Varadatt
The final ripening of virtue, the soul that has earned its freedom.