Shloka 24
Āvāhāryaka-Śrāddha: Qualifications of Recipients, Paṅkti-Pāvana, and Exclusions
काम श्राद्धे ऽर्चयेन्मित्रं नाभिरूपमपि त्वरिम् / द्विषता हि हविर्भुक्तं भवति प्रेत्य निष्फलम्
kāma śrāddhe 'rcayenmitraṃ nābhirūpamapi tvarim / dviṣatā hi havirbhuktaṃ bhavati pretya niṣphalam
شرادھ میں اپنی خواہش کے تحت نہ دوست کو، نہ ہی خوبرو اور جلدباز شخص کو پاتر سمجھ کر عزت دی جائے۔ کیونکہ جو ہوی دُشمنی رکھنے والا کھا لے، وہ مرنے کے بعد پرلوک میں بے پھل ہو جاتی ہے۔
Traditional narration within the Kurma Purana’s dharma-teaching context (instructional voice attributed to the Purana’s authoritative discourse, often framed through Sūta/Vyāsa transmission).
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
FAQs
This verse does not directly define Ātman; it teaches karma-phala logic in dharma: intention (kāma) and the moral quality of the recipient shape the efficacy of ritual merit, which ultimately conditions the soul’s post-mortem experience (pretya).
No formal yoga technique is taught here; the discipline is ethical-yogic: restraint of personal desire (kāma-niyama) and careful discernment (viveka) in religious action—principles that support purity of mind essential for higher sādhana described elsewhere in the Kurma Purana.
It does not explicitly address Shiva–Vishnu unity; it operates within shared Purāṇic dharma where ritual acts must be sāttvika and non-hostile—an ethical foundation compatible with the Kurma Purana’s broader Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis.