Shloka 31
Umā–Maheśvara-saṃvāda: Varṇa-bhraṃśa, Ācāra (Vṛtta), and Karmic Ascent/Decline
वैमनस्यं च देवानां कृतं भवति पुष्कलम् | पावकश्च महातेजा हव्यं न प्रतिगृह्नति
vaimanasyaṃ ca devānāṃ kṛtaṃ bhavati puṣkalam | pāvakaś ca mahātejā havyaṃ na pratigṛhṇati ||
Dharma said: “A great hostility arises in the gods toward such a person, and even the mighty, radiant Fire does not accept the oblation offered by him.”
धर्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Unrighteous conduct can make a person spiritually and ritually unfit: it provokes divine hostility and renders sacrificial offerings ineffective, showing that outer ritual cannot compensate for inner ethical failure.
Dharma is describing the consequences that follow a wrongdoer: the gods become antagonistic, and Agni (the sacrificial fire) refuses to accept that person’s offerings—signaling a breakdown of the person’s relationship with the sacred order.