Vamana Purana — Harihara Revelation, Shloka 15
Harihara Revelation and the Kurukshetra Tirtha Cycle: Sthanu in Vishnu and the Sanctification of Saptasarasvata
अज्ञानं चाप्यमुयत्वमशौचमशुभावहम् स्मृतं तत् पञ्चदशममस्त्यवचनानि च
ajñānaṃ cāpyamuyatvamaśaucamaśubhāvaham smṛtaṃ tat pañcadaśamamastyavacanāni ca
La ignorancia, y también “amuyatva” (un estado de extravío, como si ‘no se estuviera aquí’), y la impureza (aśauca) que acarrea resultados infaustos: todo ello se recuerda como el decimoquinto punto; y también las palabras falsas (enunciados no veraces).
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FAQs
In Purāṇic dharma lists, ajñāna and aśauca are not only states but causes of harmful action: ignorance leads to adharma through wrong judgment, while aśauca denotes both ritual pollution and moral uncleanliness that obstructs worship, social order, and self-restraint—thus producing ‘aśubha’ (inauspicious karmic results).
The word is rare; in context with ajñāna and aśauca it most plausibly denotes culpable delusion, heedlessness, or a ‘not-present’ mental state (as if one is ‘elsewhere’), i.e., negligence that enables wrongdoing. A critical edition or parallel dharma-list would be needed to fix the exact nuance.
It places lying alongside foundational inner faults (ignorance, delusion, impurity), implying that untruth is not a minor lapse but a root-level breach of dharma that destabilizes trust, ritual integrity, and moral order.