Adhyaya 15 — Karmic Retribution: Rebirths After Naraka and the King’s Compassion in Hell
भर्तृपिण्डमुपाश्नन् यस्तदिष्टं न निषेवते । सोऽपि मोहसमापन्नो जायते वानरो मृतः ॥
bhartṛpiṇḍamupāśnan yastadiṣṭaṃ na niṣevate / so 'pi mohasamāpanno jāyate vānaro mṛtaḥ
যি স্বামীৰ বাবে নিৰ্দিষ্ট পিণ্ড ভক্ষণ কৰে আৰু বিধি অনুসাৰে নিজৰ বাবে যি উচিত তাক গ্ৰহণ নকৰে, সেই মোহগ্ৰস্ত ব্যক্তি মৃত্যুৰ পিছত বানৰৰ যোনিত জন্ম লয়।
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Ritual resources are not mere ‘food’ but carriers of intention and obligation; misappropriation and neglect of prescribed conduct are treated as delusion that degrades one’s future embodiment.
Ancillary dharma teaching (karma-vipāka) rather than one of the five defining Purāṇic topics; it supports the Purāṇa’s role as a dharma-śikṣā text.
The monkey image is often used for restless, imitative, undisciplined mind; the rebirth metaphor underscores how ritual irreverence mirrors inner instability.