Shloka 61
Adhyaya 14 — The Messenger of Yama Explains Karmic Retribution and the Causes of Naraka Torments
पायसं कृशरं छागो देवाऽन्नानि च यानि वै ।
भुक्तानि यैरसंस्कृत्य तेषां नेत्राणि पापिनाम् ॥
pāyasaṃ kṛśaraṃ chāgo devānnāni ca yāni vai /
bhuktāni yair asaṃskṛtya teṣāṃ netrāṇi pāpinām
पायसं कृशरां छागमांसं च यानि च देवानां निवेदितानि भक्ष्याणि, तानि विधिहीनं भुञ्जानाः पापिनः नेत्रदण्डं प्राप्नुवन्ति।
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FAQs
Offerings are not merely food but a ritual contract (yajña-bhāva). Consuming what is reserved for the divine without proper rites is framed as theft of sanctity and breach of gratitude, thus attracting sharp karmic consequence.
Falls under dharma-śikṣā (instruction) rather than cosmological sarga/pratisarga; it supports social-religious order often interwoven into Purāṇas.
‘Eyes’ symbolize discernment. Misappropriating sacred offerings indicates dulled discrimination (viveka); the punishment targeting sight mirrors the inner loss of spiritual perception.