Shloka 50
मायामोह-प्रवर्तन, वेदमार्ग-बहिष्कार, तथा पाषण्ड-संसर्ग-दोषः
Māyāmoha’s Delusion, Rejection of the Vedic Path, and the Fault of Heretical Association
अनभ्यर्च्य ऋषीन् देवान् पितृभूतातिथींस् तथा यो भुङ्क्ते तस्य संभाषात् पतन्ति नरके नराः
anabhyarcya ṛṣīn devān pitṛbhūtātithīṃs tathā yo bhuṅkte tasya saṃbhāṣāt patanti narake narāḥ
ഋഷിമാരെയും ദേവന്മാരെയും പിതൃകളെയും ജീവികളെയും അതിഥിയെയും ആദ്യം ആദരിക്കാതെ ആരെങ്കിലും ഭക്ഷിച്ചാൽ, അവനോടുള്ള സഹവാസവും സംഭാഷണവും കൊണ്ടും മനുഷ്യർ നരകത്തിൽ പതിക്കുന്നു।
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
FAQs
This verse frames eating as a dharmic act: food should be preceded by reverence and sharing—toward rishis (learning), devas (cosmic powers), pitrs (lineage), bhutas (compassionate coexistence), and atithis (social responsibility).
Parāśara states that one who eats without these preliminaries incurs grave demerit, and even those who keep close association—symbolized here by “conversation”—are said to share the downward moral pull.
Though Vishnu is not named in the verse, the teaching assumes Vishnu as the sustaining Supreme Reality: aligning daily acts like eating with dharma is a form of living worship that upholds the order Vishnu maintains.