Shloka 8
Adhyaya 75 — The Fall and Restoration of Revatī Nakṣatra and the Birth of Raivata Manu
कुपुत्रो हृदयायासं सर्वदा कुरुते पितुः ।
मातुश्च स्वर्गसंस्थांश्च स्वपितॄन् पातयत्यधः ॥
kuputro hṛdayāyāsaṃ sarvadā kurute pituḥ | mātuś ca svarga-saṃsthāṃś ca sva-pitṝn pātayaty adhaḥ ||
தீய மகன் எப்போதும் தந்தையின் இதயத்தில் வேதனையை உண்டாக்குகிறான்; தாயையும் தாழ்த்துகிறான்; மேலும் விண்ணில் வாழும் தன் பித்ருக்களையும் வீழ்த்துகிறான்।
FAQs
One’s conduct affects not only oneself but also parents and ancestral continuity. The Purāṇic worldview frames family as a moral network: adharma in descendants disrupts the merit (puṇya) stream associated with pitṛs and household rites.
Vaṃśānucarita with pitṛ-related dharma teaching; indirectly supports Manvantara by grounding cosmic chronology in lived ethical causality.
‘Pitṛs in heaven’ can symbolize inherited samskāras and higher potentials. A ‘bad son’ (unrefined ego-born action) drags down those inherited virtues, collapsing a family’s spiritual altitude into lower tendencies.