Shloka 99

मायामोह-प्रवर्तन, वेदमार्ग-बहिष्कार, तथा पाषण्ड-संसर्ग-दोषः

Māyāmoha’s Delusion, Rejection of the Vedic Path, and the Fault of Heretical Association

Devanagari script

किं पुनर् यैस् तु संत्यक्ता त्रयी सर्वात्मना द्विज परान्नभोजिभिः पापैर् वेदवादविरोधिभिः

Transliteration

kiṃ punar yais tu saṃtyaktā trayī sarvātmanā dvija parānnabhojibhiḥ pāpair vedavādavirodhibhiḥ

Translation

Lalo pang mabigat, O dalawang-ulit na isinilang, ang bunga para sa mga makasalanang lubusang tumalikod sa tatlong Veda, nabubuhay sa pagkain ng iba, at sumasalungat sa aral ng Veda.

Word by Word

किम्what (then)

पुनःfurther/more so

यैःby whom

तुbut/indeed

संत्यक्ताabandoned

त्रयीthe three Vedas / Vedic triad

सर्वात्मनाentirely, with all one’s being

द्विजO twice-born (brahmin)

परान्नभोजिभिःby those who eat others’ food

पापैःsinful

वेदवादविरोधिभिःby those who oppose Vedic doctrine

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (in discourse to Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

Veda (Trayī)

Dvija (twice-born)

FAQs

What is the significance of ‘Trayī’ (the Vedic triad) in the Vishnu Purana?

In this verse, ‘Trayī’ represents the authoritative Vedic foundation of dharma; abandoning it is portrayed as a graver fault than ordinary wrongdoing because it rejects the root standard of sacred law.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the seriousness of opposing Vedic doctrine (veda-vāda)?

Parāśara intensifies the warning: not only is Vedic abandonment condemned, but active opposition to Vedic teaching is treated as a heightened transgression that undermines the moral and ritual order.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the Purana’s framework treats Vedic dharma as part of the cosmic order sustained under Vishnu’s supreme sovereignty; rejecting that order is therefore spiritually destructive.