Vamana Purana — Karmic Causes of Narakas, Shloka 10
Karmic Causes of Narakas and the Irremediability of Ingratitude (Kṛtaghna-doṣa)
यः करोति च पैशुन्यं साधूनामन्यथामतिः वज्रतुण्डनखा जिह्वामाकर्षन्ते ऽस्य वायसाः
yaḥ karoti ca paiśunyaṃ sādhūnāmanyathāmatiḥ vajratuṇḍanakhā jihvāmākarṣante 'sya vāyasāḥ
സാധുക്കളെ കുറിച്ച് പൈശുന്യം (ദുഷ്പ്രചാരം) ചെയ്യുകയും അവരോടു വിപരീതബുദ്ധി പുലർത്തുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നവന്റെ നാവിനെ വജ്രസമമായ കൊക്കും നഖങ്ങളും ഉള്ള കാക്കകൾ വലിച്ചുകീറി പറിച്ചെടുക്കുന്നു।
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FAQs
Speech (vāk) is treated as a potent karmic instrument. Slandering the virtuous is framed as a direct moral inversion (anyathāmati), and the tongue—the organ of the offense—becomes the locus of retribution, reinforcing restraint, truthfulness, and reverence toward the good.
This belongs to Dharma/Adharma-kathana and karmaphala narration rather than the five primary lakṣaṇas proper; it aligns most closely with didactic material often embedded within Vamśānucarita-era instruction or ancillary moral teaching sections.
Crows (vāyasāḥ) function as agents of karmic consequence; the “vajra-like” beak/claw imagery stresses inevitability and sharpness of retribution. The tongue being seized symbolizes that harmful speech rebounds upon the speaker.