Shloka 1
Adhyaya 15 — Karmic Retribution: Rebirths After Naraka and the King’s Compassion in Hell
इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे जडोपाख्याने यमकिङ्करसंबादो नाम चतुर्दशोऽध्यायः ।
पञ्चदशोऽध्यायः
यमकिङ्कर उवाच ।
पतितात् प्रतिगृह्यार्थं खरयोनिṃ व्रजेद् द्विजः ।
नरकात् प्रतिमुक्तस्तु कृमिः पतितयाजकः ॥
iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe jaḍopākhyāne yamakiṅkarasaṃvādo nāma caturdaśo 'dhyāyaḥ /
pañcadaśo 'dhyāyaḥ /
yamakiṅkara uvāca /
patitāt pratigṛhyārthaṃ kharayoniṃ vrajed dvijaḥ /
narakāt pratimuktas tu kṛmiḥ patitayājakaḥ
Assim termina o décimo quarto capítulo, “O Diálogo dos Mensageiros de Yama”, no Jaḍopākhyāna do Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa. Inicia-se o capítulo quinze. Disse o mensageiro de Yama: Um brāhmaṇa que aceita riqueza de um caído (patita) entra no ventre de um jumento. Mas aquele que oficia sacrifícios para um caído, ao ser libertado do inferno, torna-se um verme.
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FAQs
The verse warns against monetizing sacred office through association with those deemed ritually fallen. It frames priestly livelihood as ethically constrained, with consequences for compromising standards.
Ancillary dharma teaching; not directly sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita.
Donkey and worm symbolize burden-bearing and low, crawling existence—images of spiritual diminishment that mirror the degradation of discernment (viveka) when dharma is traded for gain.