उत्सन्नपतृदेवेज्याः स्वकर्मत्यागिनश्च ये । दुःशीला नास्तिकाः पापा न सदा सत्यवादिनः
utsannapatṛdevejyāḥ svakarmatyāginaśca ye | duḥśīlā nāstikāḥ pāpā na sadā satyavādinaḥ
祖霊と神々への供養を怠って廃れさせ、自らの正しい務めを捨て、行いが乱れ、不信(ナースティカ)で罪深く、真実の言葉に堅く立たぬ者—そのような人々は断罪される。
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Listener: An inquiring sage/assembly (contextual)
Scene: A didactic assembly: a sage-teacher enumerates adharma; in the background, neglected ancestral rites—unlit śrāddha fire, unattended pitṛ-tarpaṇa vessel—contrasted with a devotee maintaining worship and truthfulness.
Spiritual life requires fidelity to truth, worship, and svadharma; neglect and denial erode merit and character.
None is named; it is a general dharma-criterion for purity in pilgrimage and worship.
Maintain pitṛ offerings and deva worship and uphold truth; no specific procedure is given here.