Shloka 22
कल्मषापहर-कीर्तनम् / Kīrtana for the Removal of Impurity
ते वै यदि नरास्तस्मान्निरयादुत्तरन्ति वै । वर्षपूगैस्ततो जन्म लभन्ते कुत्सिते कुले
te vai yadi narās tasmān nirayād uttaranti vai | varṣa-pūgais tato janma labhante kutsite kule ||
ते वै यदि नरास्तस्मान्निरयादुत्तरन्ति वै । वर्षपूगैस्ततो जन्म लभन्ते कुत्सिते कुले ॥
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Disrespect toward elders, teachers, and venerable persons is a grave ethical fault that leads to hellish suffering; even after release, the karmic residue manifests as an inferior and censured rebirth, underscoring accountability across lifetimes.
Maheśvara is describing the post-mortem fate of wrongdoers: they suffer in hell, and if they eventually emerge, it is only after a long duration; then they are reborn in a degraded family as a consequence of their prior contemptuous conduct.