Vamana Purana — Harihara Revelation, Shloka 6
Harihara Revelation and the Kurukshetra Tirtha Cycle: Sthanu in Vishnu and the Sanctification of Saptasarasvata
यन्त्रः फलादिहरणं यमनं योगनाशनम् यानयुग्यस्य हरणं षष्ठमुक्तं नृपाचनम्
yantraḥ phalādiharaṇaṃ yamanaṃ yoganāśanam yānayugyasya haraṇaṃ ṣaṣṭhamuktaṃ nṛpācanam
ਫਲ ਆਦਿ ਚੁਰਾਉਣ ਲਈ ‘ਯੰਤਰ’ (ਨਰਕ); ਦੂਜੇ ਦੇ ‘ਯੋਗ’ ਦਾ ਨਾਸ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ‘ਯਮਨ’; ਅਤੇ ਵਾਹਨਾਂ ਤੇ ਜੂਏ ਨਾਲ ਜੁਤੇ ਪਸ਼ੂਆਂ ਦੀ ਚੋਰੀ ਲਈ ‘ਯਾਨਯੁਗ੍ਯਹਰਣ’। ਛੇਵਾਂ ਨਰਕ ‘ਨ੍ਰਿਪਾਚਨ’ ਕਿਹਾ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ।
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FAQs
The verse clusters ‘appropriation’ harms: petty theft of produce (phalādi-haraṇa), theft of transport resources (yāna/yugya), and a more subtle harm—undermining another’s ‘yoga’, i.e., sabotaging spiritual discipline or an established beneficial arrangement/means.
Not necessarily. In Purāṇic dharma usage, yoga can denote spiritual discipline, but also a ‘means/connection/arrangement’. Thus yoga-nāśana can include obstructing vows, rites, study, or even deliberately ruining someone’s settled livelihood-supporting arrangement when framed as their ‘yoga’.
The śloka appears to be part of a running catalogue where some narakas are paired with sins and others are referenced by ordinal position. Nṛpācana is identified as the sixth in the sequence; its detailed cause may be given in adjacent verses or earlier/later in the chapter’s list.