Shloka 5
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
যে স্বামীর উদ্দেশ্যে নির্দিষ্ট পিণ্ড ভক্ষণ করে এবং বিধি অনুযায়ী নিজের জন্য যা যথাযথ তা গ্রহণ করে না, সেই মোহগ্রস্ত ব্যক্তি মৃত্যুর পরে বানরের যোনিতে জন্মায়।
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FAQs
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.