Shloka 29
मानवसर्गः, चातुर्वर्ण्य-गुणकर्म, यज्ञ-प्रतिपादनम्, आश्रमधर्म-फल, नरकवर्णनम्
येषां तु कालसृष्टो ऽसौ पापबिन्दुर् महामते चेतःसु ववृधे चक्रुस् ते न यज्ञेषु मानसम्
yeṣāṃ tu kālasṛṣṭo 'sau pāpabindur mahāmate cetaḥsu vavṛdhe cakrus te na yajñeṣu mānasam
ਪਰ ਹੇ ਮਹਾਮਤੇ, ਜਿਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਚਿੱਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਾਲ ਤੋਂ ਉਪਜਿਆ ਉਹ ਪਾਪ-ਬਿੰਦੂ ਵਧ ਗਿਆ, ਉਹ ਯਜ੍ਞਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਨ ਨਹੀਂ ਲਗਾਉਂਦੇ; ਉਹਨਾਂ ਦਾ ਅੰਦਰਲਾ ਨਿਸ਼ਚਯ ਯਜ੍ਞ ਤੋਂ ਮੁੜ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ।
Sage Parāśara (addressing Maitreya)
FAQs
Kāla is portrayed as a cosmic force that generates a subtle “seed of sin” in people’s hearts, leading to a gradual inward turning away from dharmic practices like yajña.
He frames it as an inner corruption: when the “pāpabindu” grows within the mind, people stop directing their intention toward sacrifice, so the fall begins at the level of consciousness before it appears in outward conduct.
In the Vishnu Purana’s worldview, yajña is ultimately rooted in Vishnu as the supreme sustainer and the inner reality of dharma; abandoning yajña signals a weakening of alignment with that sustaining divine order.