Vamana Purana — Karmic Causes of Narakas, Shloka 42
Karmic Causes of Narakas and the Irremediability of Ingratitude (Kṛtaghna-doṣa)
तावच्चैव घटीयन्त्रे तप्तकुम्भे ततः परम् प्रपातो भवते तेषां यैरिदं दुष्कृतं कृतम्
tāvaccaiva ghaṭīyantre taptakumbhe tataḥ param prapāto bhavate teṣāṃ yairidaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ kṛtam
ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਹੀ ਸਮੇਂ ਲਈ ਉਹ ਘਟੀ-ਯੰਤਰ ਅਤੇ ਤਪਤ-ਕੁੰਭ ਵਿੱਚ ਪੀੜਾ ਭੋਗਦੇ ਹਨ। ਇਸ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਜਿਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੇ ਇਹ ਦੁਸ਼ਕਰਮ ਕੀਤਾ ਹੈ, ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਉੱਤੇ ਪ੍ਰਪਾਤ—ਭਿਆਨਕ ਪਤਨ—ਆ ਪੈਂਦਾ ਹੈ।
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FAQs
Deliberate wrongdoing (duṣkṛta), especially that which corrupts collective institutions and sacred duties, is framed as inevitably ‘ripening’ into suffering—presented as a moral law rather than arbitrary divine anger.
This is best treated as dharma-phala teaching within purāṇic narration (ancillary to the five marks), offering practical moral governance through vivid consequence-descriptions.
Mechanical devices and boiling cauldrons externalize inner consequences: deception ‘heats’ the conscience and entangles the doer in self-made machinery; ‘prapāta’ signifies the final collapse of status and stability produced by sustained adharma.