Karmic Causes of Narakas and the Irremediability of Ingratitude (Kṛtaghna-doṣa)
श्राद्धातिथेयमन्योन्यं यैर्भुक्तं भुवि मानवैः परस्परं भक्षयन्ते मांसानि स्वानि बालिशाः
śrāddhātitheyamanyonyaṃ yairbhuktaṃ bhuvi mānavaiḥ parasparaṃ bhakṣayante māṃsāni svāni bāliśāḥ
பூமியில் ஒருவரின் ஸ்ராத்த உணவையும் விருந்தினர் உணவையும் மற்றவர் உண்டவர்கள், அந்த மூடர்கள் மறுலோகத்தில் ஒருவரின் மாம்சத்தை மற்றவர் உண்ணுகிறார்கள்।
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Ritual food is not ordinary consumption: śrāddha sustains ancestral obligation, and atithi-offering sustains social dharma. To steal/consume what is dedicated to another’s rite or guest is a breach of trust that rebounds violently.
Again, this is dharma-anuśāsana embedded in purāṇic discourse (not sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita).
‘Eating each other’s flesh’ is a graphic karmic metaphor: exploitative consumption of others’ sacred shares culminates in mutual predation—society collapses into cannibalistic reciprocity.