Vamana Purana — Karmic Causes of Narakas, Shloka 20
Karmic Causes of Narakas and the Irremediability of Ingratitude (Kṛtaghna-doṣa)
पायसं कृशरं मांसं वृथा भुक्तानि यैर्नरैः तेषामयोगुडास्तप्ताः क्षिप्यन्ते वदने ऽद्भुताः
pāyasaṃ kṛśaraṃ māṃsaṃ vṛthā bhuktāni yairnaraiḥ teṣāmayoguḍāstaptāḥ kṣipyante vadane 'dbhutāḥ
ज्यांनी व्यर्थ (देवांना अर्पण न करता) पायस, कृशर (खिचडी) आणि मांस भक्षण केले आहे, त्यांच्या मुखात तप्त लोखंडाचे गोळे टाकले जातात.
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FAQs
Food is not merely consumption but a moral act tied to gratitude, restraint, and (often) ritual context. ‘Vṛthā-bhojana’ here warns against waste, heedlessness, or indulgence divorced from dharma—implying that misuse of sustenance incurs grave demerit.
It functions as dharma-śikṣā embedded in cosmological narrative (naraka descriptions). While not one of the five core genealogical/cosmic headings by itself, it is commonly housed within sarga/pratisarga-style cosmography and moral instruction sections.
The mouth receiving heated iron balls mirrors the misuse of the mouth (overindulgence, waste, irreverent eating). The punishment is a reversal: what was sought as pleasure through taste becomes the instrument of pain.