Varaha Purana 187.83: Adhyaya 187, Shloka 83
Determination of the Origin and Procedure of the Ancestral Offering
Pitṛyajña/Śrāddha
तामसं तद्विजानीयादुच्यमानो न बुद्ध्यति ॥ दुर्मदोऽश्रद्धधानश्च विज्ञेयास्तामसा नराः ॥
tāmasaṃ tadvijānīyād ucyamāno na buddhyati | durmado 'śraddadhānaś ca vijñeyās tāmasā narāḥ ||
तुम समझ लो कि तामस वाला बंदा वोह है जो समझाया जाए फिर भी ना समझे। जो लोग अकड़ में रहते हैं, जो विश्वास नहीं करते, वो तामस वाले लोग होते हैं।
Varāha (default, instructor voice)
FAQs
It preserves a traditional criterion for moral-epistemic evaluation: refusal or incapacity to learn from instruction is framed as a guṇa-condition rather than merely an intellectual deficit.
None; the verse concerns traits related to understanding and attitude.
Cultivate humility and receptivity; arrogance and distrust are presented as tamas-linked obstacles to moral learning.
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