Shloka 27
Sukesha's Boon & Twelve Dharmas — Sukesha’s Boon, the Twelve Dharmas of Beings, and the Cosmography of the Seven Dvipas with the Twenty-One Hells
अविवेकमथाज्ञानं शौचहानिरसत्यता पिशाचानामयं धर्मः सदा चामिषगृध्नुता
avivekamathājñānaṃ śaucahānirasatyatā piśācānāmayaṃ dharmaḥ sadā cāmiṣagṛdhnutā
अविवेक, अज्ञान, शौचाची हानी व असत्यता—हा पिशाचांचा धर्म आहे; आणि ते सदैव मांसास लोभी असतात।
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FAQs
Ethical collapse is mapped as a chain: loss of discernment → ignorance → impurity → untruth, culminating in compulsive craving. The verse frames moral life as rooted in viveka (discernment) and śauca (purity), without which appetite dominates.
Like the prior verses, it is auxiliary dharma-instruction rather than sarga/pratisarga. It supports purāṇic teaching by contrasting conduct-types and implicitly recommending viveka, śauca, and satya as universal virtues.
Piśācas symbolize the mind trapped in tamas: confusion, impurity, falsehood, and compulsive consumption. The “flesh-craving” motif functions as a concrete emblem for unchecked appetite and the degradation of consciousness.