Vamana Purana — Karmic Causes of Narakas, Shloka 5
Karmic Causes of Narakas and the Irremediability of Ingratitude (Kṛtaghna-doṣa)
कुरुनिन्दाकरा ये च सखविघ्नकराश्च ये दातुर्निवारकाये च तेषु ते निपतन्ति हि / 12.4 सुहृद्दम्पतिसोदर्यस्वामिभृत्यपितासुतान् याज्योपाध्याययोर्यैश्च कृतो भेदो ऽधमैर्मिथः
kurunindākarā ye ca sakhavighnakarāśca ye dāturnivārakāye ca teṣu te nipatanti hi / 12.4 suhṛddampatisodaryasvāmibhṛtyapitāsutān yājyopādhyāyayoryaiśca kṛto bhedo 'dhamairmithaḥ
Mereka yang mencela para Kuru, yang menimbulkan rintangan di antara sahabat, dan yang menghalangi seorang dermawan untuk memberi—kepada mereka pasti jatuh buah hukuman. Demikian pula orang-orang hina yang menabur perpecahan di antara para sahabat baik, suami‑istri, saudara kandung, tuan‑pelayan, ayah‑anak, serta antara yajamana (penyelenggara yajña) dan pendeta/guru upādhyāya—kepada mereka juga akibat itu pasti turun.
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FAQs
The text frames social sabotage—especially blocking generosity and rupturing core relationships—as a serious ethical violation. Dharma is upheld not only by personal purity but by protecting trust, charity (dāna), and the integrity of teacher–patron relationships that sustain ritual and learning.
Like many Purāṇic passages, it functions as dharma-upadeśa (ethical injunction) embedded within the Purāṇa’s narrative framework, rather than directly expressing one of the five hallmark topics.
The listed pairs (spouses, siblings, master–servant, father–son, patron–priest) represent the social ‘joints’ of dharmic society. Creating bheda is symbolically akin to attacking the body of dharma itself—disabling both household order (gṛhastha-dharma) and sacrificial order (yajña).