Shloka 55
Adhyaya 14 — The Messenger of Yama Explains Karmic Retribution and the Causes of Naraka Torments
एकपङ्क्त्या तु ये विप्रमथवेतरवर्णजम् ।
विषमं भोजयन्तीह विड्भुजस्त इमे यथा ॥
ekapaṅktyā tu ye vipramathavetaravarṇajam / viṣamaṃ bojayantīha viḍbhujasta ime yathā
येऽत्र ब्राह्मणं वा अन्यवर्णं वा एकपङ्क्तौ भोजयित्वा विषमं ददति, ते मलभक्षिणो भवन्ति।
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FAQs
If one undertakes a communal feeding, it must be governed by fairness and sincerity. Public religiosity paired with unequal treatment is condemned as hypocrisy and injustice.
Dharma/karmaphala instruction; not pañcalakṣaṇa.
‘Unequal feeding’ represents partiality (rāga-dveṣa). The feces-eating consequence symbolizes the inversion of nourishment: what should purify becomes defilement when driven by bias.