Shloka 58
Adhyaya 10 — Jaimini’s Questions on Birth, Death, Karma, and the Embodied Journey
कूटसाक्षी मृषावादी यश्चासदनुशास्ति वै ।
ते मोहमृत्यवः सर्वे तथा वेदविन्दकाः ॥
kūṭasākṣī mṛṣāvādī yaś cāsad anuśāsti vai / te mohamṛtyavaḥ sarve tathā vedavinindakāḥ
பொய்சாட்சி, பொய்யன், தவறானதைப் போதிப்பவன்—இவர்கள் அனைவரும் மயக்கத்தால் குறியிடப்பட்ட மரணத்தை அடைவர்; வேதத்தை இகழ்வோரும் அதுபோலவே.
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FAQs
Truth is a social and cosmic pillar: perjury, lying, and misguiding others corrode dharma and therefore culminate in confusion at death rather than lucidity and peace.
Ancillary dharma instruction.
‘Moha-mṛtyu’ implies loss of discernment at the final moment. Veda-revilement symbolizes rejection of pramāṇa (valid means of knowledge), which ripens as epistemic darkness when the self most needs orientation.