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 ||
Ang masamang anak na lalaki ay laging nagdudulot ng sakit ng loob sa kanyang ama; at ibinabagsak din niya ang kanyang ina, pati na ang sarili niyang mga ninuno na nananahan sa langit.
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.