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Vamana Purana — Karmic Causes of Narakas, Shloka 40

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

Devanagari script

कूटसभ्यास्त्वशौचाश्च नित्यनैमित्तनाशकाः कूटसाक्ष्यप्रदा ये च ते महारौरवे स्थिताः

Transliteration

kūṭasabhyāstvaśaucāśca nityanaimittanāśakāḥ kūṭasākṣyapradā ye ca te mahāraurave sthitāḥ

Translation

ಕೂಟಸಭೆಯ ಸದಸ್ಯರಾಗಿರುವವರು, ಅಶುಚಿಗಳಾದವರು, ನಿತ್ಯ ಹಾಗೂ ನೈಮಿತ್ತಿಕ ಕರ್ಮಗಳನ್ನು ನಾಶಮಾಡುವವರು ಅಥವಾ ತಡೆಯುವವರು, ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಸುಳ್ಳು ಸಾಕ್ಷ್ಯ ನೀಡುವವರು—ಅವರು ಮಹಾರೌರವ ಎಂಬ ಮಹಾ ನರಕದಲ್ಲಿ ವಾಸಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ।

Word by Word

कूटसभ्याःdishonest/false assessors (members of an assembly)

तुbut/indeed

अशौचाःimpure/unclean

चand

नित्यनैमित्तनाशकाःdestroyers of (rites) obligatory and occasional

कूटसाक्ष्यप्रदाःgivers of false testimony

येwho (those who)

चand

तेthey/those

महारौरवेin (the hell) Mahāraurava

स्थिताःare situated/abide

Speakers

Dialogue framework not stated in input (commonly Pulastya → Nārada in Vāmana Purāṇa; uncertain here)

Key Themes

Dharma-śāstra ethicsKarma and retributionTruthfulness in legal/religious lifeProtection of ritual order (nitya/naimittika)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Social dharma depends on truth in testimony and integrity in assemblies/courts; falsifying evidence and sabotaging obligatory rites is treated as a grave harm to both society and cosmic order (ṛta), hence severe karmic consequence.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This passage aligns best with Dharma/karma-phala narration often embedded within Vamśānucarita or ancillary instruction; it is not strictly sarga/pratisarga, but an ethical-eschatological teaching (naraka-varṇana) supporting purāṇic dharma.

What is the symbolic significance?

‘False assembly’ and ‘false witness’ symbolize the collapse of truth (satya) that upholds yajña and social trust; Mahāraurava functions as a moral deterrent, marking the gravity of institutional corruption.