Vamana Purana — Karmic Causes of Narakas, Shloka 32

Karmic Causes of Narakas and the Irremediability of Ingratitude (Kṛtaghna-doṣa)

Devanagari script

मूत्रश्लेष्मपुरीषाणि यैरुत्सृष्टानि वारिणि ते पात्यन्ते च विण्मूत्रे दुर्गन्धे पूयपूरिते

Transliteration

mūtraśleṣmapurīṣāṇi yairutsṛṣṭāni vāriṇi te pātyante ca viṇmūtre durgandhe pūyapūrite

Translation

Those by whom urine, phlegm, and feces are discharged into water— they are made to fall into excrement and urine, foul-smelling and filled with pus.

Word by Word

• मूत्र-श्लेष्म-पुरीषाणि: urine, phlegm, and feces
• मूत्र-श्लेष्म-पुरीषाणि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + श्लेष्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + पुरीष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (मूत्रं च श्लेष्मा च पुरीषं च)

• यैः: by whom
• यैः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम

• उत्सृष्टानि: voided/expelled
• उत्सृष्टानि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्सृष्ट (कृदन्त; √सृज् धातु with उत्-उपसर्ग)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; ‘thrown/voided’

• वारिणि: in water
• वारिणि: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• पात्यन्ते: are made to fall
• पात्यन्ते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पत् (धातु) (णिच् causative: पातयति)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive): ‘are made to fall’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• विण्-मूत्रे: in feces-and-urine (filth)
• विण्-मूत्रे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विण्/विट् (प्रातिपदिक) + मूत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; द्वन्द्वः (विण् च मूत्रं च)

• दुर्गन्धे: foul-smelling
• दुर्गन्धे: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्गन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying viṇmūtre)

• पूय-पूरिते: filled with pus
• पूय-पूरिते: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूय (प्रातिपदिक) + पूरित (कृदन्त; √पॄ/√पूर् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (पूयेन पूरिते)

Speakers

• Not specified in the provided excerpt (often framed as Pulastya → Nārada in the Vāmana Purāṇa)

Key Themes

• Dharma/ethics
• Purity (śauca) norms
• Environmental/sacred-water protection
• Karmic retribution / naraka imagery

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Waters are treated as shared sacred resources; to defile them is to harm community and ritual life. The text teaches that public harm and ritual impurity carry severe consequences.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa?

Primarily dharma-anuśāsana (ethical injunction) within a purāṇic setting, rather than one of the five classic markers (sarga, pratisarga, vaṃśa, manvantara, vaṃśānucarita).

What is the symbolic significance?

The punishment mirrors the act (a karmic ‘reflection’): those who pollute clean water are immersed in extreme filth. Symbolically, inner impurity manifests as outer degradation.