Varaha Purana 50.19: Adhyaya 50, Shloka 19
The Procedure for the Dharaṇī Vow
Kārtika Dvādaśī Observance
प्रतिपद्य गुरुं यस्तु मोहाद् विप्रतिपद्यते । स जन्मकोटि नरके पच्यते पुरुषाधमः ॥ ५०.१९ ॥
pratipadya guruṃ yastu mohād vipratipadyate | sa janmakoṭi narake pacyate puruṣādhamaḥ || 50.19 ||
जिसने गुरु को मान लिया, फिर भांग के मारे उसकी बात उल्टा कर दिया, वो इंसान सबसे नीची लेवल का है। ऐसे लोगों को करोड़ जन्मों तक नरक में सज़ा मिलती है।
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It reflects a common Purāṇic and Dharma-śāstra concern with the stability of instruction and discipline, framing deviation from an accepted teacher’s guidance as a serious ethical breach.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the focus is ethical conduct rather than sacred geography.
Consistency and integrity in learning: once one has accepted a teacher’s guidance, willful contrariness arising from delusion is presented as a grave moral failing.
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