Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 14, Shloka 63
Adhyaya 14 — The Messenger of Yama Explains Karmic Retribution and the Causes of Naraka Torments
गुरु-देव-द्विजातीनां वेदानाञ्च नराधमैः ।
निन्दा निशामिता यैश्च पापानामभिनन्दताम् ॥
guru-deva-dvijātīnāṃ vedānāñ ca narādhamaiḥ /
nindā niśāmitā yaiś ca pāpānām abhinandatām
Those base men who listen to the disparagement of teachers, gods, the twice-born, and the Vedas—and who approve of such sinners—are punished.
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FAQs
Ethics includes complicity: not only speaking harmfully but also endorsing or enjoying it is karmically binding. The verse warns against passive participation in adharma.
Dharma instruction (ācāra and its phala). It supports Purāṇic social theology rather than cosmic genealogy.
Speech is creative power; to corrupt it through blasphemy (or approval) is to misuse śakti of vāk, leading to inner ‘piercing’ consequences described next.