Vamana Purana — Karmic Causes of Narakas, Shloka 11
Karmic Causes of Narakas and the Irremediability of Ingratitude (Kṛtaghna-doṣa)
मातापितृगुरूणां च ये ऽवज्ञां चक्रुरुद्धताः मज्जन्ते पूयविम्मूत्रे त्प्रतिष्ठे ह्यधोसुखाः
mātāpitṛgurūṇāṃ ca ye 'vajñāṃ cakruruddhatāḥ majjante pūyavimmūtre tpratiṣṭhe hyadhosukhāḥ
ये मातापितृगुरूणां च अवज्ञां चक्रुः उद्धताः, ते ‘त्प्रतिष्ठे’ नरके पूयमूत्रविट्सु मज्जन्ते, अधःसुखमेव अनुभवन्ति।
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FAQs
The verse upholds the foundational dharmic triad—mother, father, and teacher—as immediate embodiments of obligation and gratitude. Contempt toward them is treated as a collapse of moral order, leading to degrading consequences that mirror the inner impurity of arrogance.
Like other naraka/karmaphala passages, it is ancillary ethical instruction rather than a direct exposition of sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita. It supports Purāṇic dharma-teaching embedded within narrative frames.
Sinking in filth externalizes the spiritual degradation caused by avajñā (disrespect). The named hell functions as a moral cartography: arrogance (uddhatā) yields an environment of impurity, indicating that dishonor toward sources of life and learning corrupts one’s very ground (pratiṣṭhā).