Shloka 16
Book 12, Chapter 93 — Vāmadeva’s Counsel to King Vasumanā on Dharmic Kingship (धर्मप्रधान-राजधर्मोपदेशः)
अथ पापकृतं बुद्धया न च पश्यत्यबुद्धिमान् । अकीर्याभिसमायुक्तो भूयो नरकमश्ञुते
atha pāpakṛtaṃ buddhyā na ca paśyaty abuddhimān | akīrtyābhisamāyukto bhūyo narakam aśnute ||
ਫਿਰ ਜੋ ਅਬੁੱਧ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਆਪਣੇ ਹੀ ਵਿਵੇਕ ਦੇ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ ਨਾਲ ਕੀਤੇ ਪਾਪ ਨੂੰ ਨਹੀਂ ਵੇਖਦਾ, ਉਹ ਇਸ ਲੋਕ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਪਕੀਰਤੀ ਨਾਲ ਦਾਗ਼ਦਾਰ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਪਰਲੋਕ ਵਿੱਚ ਮੁੜ ਨਰਕ ਦਾ ਭਾਗੀ ਬਣਦਾ ਹੈ।
वामदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Without buddhi (moral discernment), a person fails to acknowledge his own wrongdoing; this denial leads to akīrti (public disgrace) in this life and naraka (painful post-mortem consequence) thereafter.
Vāmadeva is instructing on ethical governance and personal responsibility, warning that a ruler or person who commits sin yet does not recognize it through discernment becomes socially dishonored and incurs severe consequences after death.