Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 14, Shloka 19
Adhyaya 14 — The Messenger of Yama Explains Karmic Retribution and the Causes of Naraka Torments
मृतेभ्यः प्रमृता यान्ति दरिद्राः पापकर्मिणः ।
गतिं नानाविधां यान्ति जन्तवः कर्मबन्धनात् ॥
mṛtebhyaḥ pramṛtā yānti daridrāḥ pāpakarmiṇaḥ / gatiṃ nānāvidhāṃ yānti jantavaḥ karmabandhanāt
ਮਰੇ ਹੋਏ ਤੋਂ ਵੀ ਜਿਵੇਂ ‘ਹੋਰ ਵੱਧ ਮਰੇ’ ਪੈਦਾ ਹੁੰਦੇ ਹਨ—ਅਰਥਾਤ ਗਰੀਬ, ਪਾਪਕਰਮੀ। ਕਰਮ ਦੇ ਬੰਧਨ ਨਾਲ ਬੱਝੇ ਜੀਵ ਅਨੇਕਾਂ ਕਿਸਮ ਦੀਆਂ ਗਤੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਹਨ।
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FAQs
Destiny (gati) is not uniform; it varies with one’s karmic pattern. The verse frames poverty and deprivation as karmically conditioned states, urging ethical reform rather than fatalism.
Dharma/karma teaching (didactic layer). It is not a direct treatment of Sarga or Vaṃśa; it functions as ethical philosophy within the narrative framework.
‘Pramṛta’ suggests spiritual inertia—life lived without dharma is likened to a living death. Karma-bandha is the subtle chain binding consciousness to repeated states and births.