Shloka 46
Āyuḥ-kṣaya by Vikarma; Impermanence of the Body; Aśauca and Child Śrāddha Procedures; Dāna as Remedy
अदत्तदानाच्च भवेद्दरिद्रो दरिद्रभावाच्च करोतिपापम् / पापप्रभावान्नरकं प्रयाति पुनर्दरिद्रः पुनरेव पापी
adattadānācca bhaveddaridro daridrabhāvācca karotipāpam / pāpaprabhāvānnarakaṃ prayāti punardaridraḥ punareva pāpī
خیرات نہ دینے سے آدمی مفلس ہو جاتا ہے؛ مفلس ہونے سے گناہ کرتا ہے۔ گناہ کے اثر سے دوزخ میں جاتا ہے؛ پھر لوٹ کر دوبارہ مفلس اور دوبارہ ہی گنہگار بنتا ہے۔
Lord Vishnu (teaching Garuda/Vinata-putra)
Afterlife Stage: Naraka
Concept: A causal chain links miserliness to deprivation, deprivation to further wrongdoing, and wrongdoing to naraka—forming a samsaric loop.
Vedantic Theme: Bondage through karma-vāsanā: unwholesome tendencies reinforce conditions that generate further papa; liberation requires breaking the chain through sattvic action.
Application: Counter scarcity-mindset with disciplined giving; build ethical safeguards during hardship; seek community support to avoid desperation-driven wrongdoing.
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: karuna
Type: infernal realm
Related Themes: Garuda Purana: naraka descriptions and karma-phala causality in Pretakalpa passages; Garuda Purana: dana as a purifier and protector against durgati
FAQs
This verse frames dana as a karmic safeguard: withholding charity initiates a downward chain—poverty, then sinful acts, then naraka—showing that giving is essential for preventing future suffering.
It presents a cause-and-effect sequence where papa leads to naraka; after experiencing that consequence, the jiva returns to embodied life still burdened by tendencies that recreate poverty and sin, forming a repeating cycle.
Practice regular, capacity-based giving (food, money, service) and ethical livelihood, so hardship does not push one into harmful choices; break the cycle by cultivating dana and restraint.