Shloka 25
नरक-निर्णयः, पाप-कर्म-फल-व्यवस्था, प्रायश्चित्त-क्रमः, तथा हरि-स्मरण-परमत्वम्
धनयौवनमत्तास् तु मर्यादाभेदिनो हि ये ते कृष्णे यान्त्य् अशौचाश् च कुहकाजीविनश् च ये
dhanayauvanamattās tu maryādābhedino hi ye te kṛṣṇe yānty aśaucāś ca kuhakājīvinaś ca ye
Those intoxicated by wealth and youth, who break the bounds of rightful conduct, go to Kṛṣṇa—the dark fate; and so too do the impure, and those who make their living by deceit and trickery.
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Moral causes of post-mortem destinies; breaches of maryādā and deceit
Teaching: Ethical
Quality: admonitory
Cosmic Hierarchy: Lokas (worlds)
Concept: Pride-intoxication in wealth and youth, boundary-breaking (maryādā-bheda), impurity, and deceitful livelihood lead to dark post-mortem outcomes.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Cultivate humility, sexual/financial restraint, cleanliness of conduct, and honest work; treat power and youth as responsibilities, not license.
Vishishtadvaita: Maryādā (right order) is the Lord’s governance; violating it is rebellion against the divine immanence that sustains social and moral harmony.
Vishnu Form: Krishna
FAQs
This verse treats attachment and arrogance born from prosperity and youth as a Kaliyuga symptom that leads people to violate dharma and incur a dark karmic outcome.
Parāśara links decline to concrete behaviors—breaking social and ethical limits (maryādā), impurity in conduct (aśauca), and earning through deception (kuhaka)—showing how adharma becomes normalized.
By contrasting dharma with a 'dark' destiny, the passage implicitly points to Vishnu as the sovereign upholder of cosmic order—where turning away from righteousness is also turning away from the divine ground of stability and liberation.