Shloka 65
Adhyaya 14 — The Messenger of Yama Explains Karmic Retribution and the Causes of Naraka Torments
यैः प्रपा-देव-विप्रौको-देवालयसभाः शुभाः ।
भङ्क्त्वा विध्वंसमानिताः क्रोधलोभानुवर्तिभिः ॥
yaiḥ prapā-deva-vipra-uko-devālaya-sabhāḥ śubhāḥ /
bhaṅktvā vidhvaṃsam ānītāḥ krodha-lobhānuvartibhiḥ
যারা ক্রোধ ও লোভে প্ররোচিত হয়ে জনসাধারণের পানীয়জল-স্থান, দেব ও ব্রাহ্মণদের আশ্রয়গৃহ, মন্দির এবং মঙ্গলসভামণ্ডপ ভেঙে ধ্বংস করে—তারা দণ্ডিত হয়।
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FAQs
Dharma includes protection of common goods and sacred infrastructure. Harming places that sustain society (water, shelter, assembly, worship) is portrayed as a grave societal sin rooted in krodha and lobha.
Dharma-ācāra and phala teaching (social ethics), not sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vamśa focus.
Temples and prapās symbolize inner supports—faith, nourishment, and community. To destroy them externally reflects inner vandalism of one’s own sattva.