Adhyaya 14 — The Messenger of Yama Explains Karmic Retribution and the Causes of Naraka Torments
मित्रभेदं तथा पित्रा पुत्रस्य स्वजनस्य च ।
याज्योपाध्याययोर्मात्रा सुतस्य सहचारिणः ॥
mitrabhedaṃ tathā pitrā putrasya svajanasya ca /
yājyopādhyāyayor mātrā sutasya sahacāriṇaḥ
جن لوگوں نے دوستوں کے درمیان، باپ اور بیٹے کے درمیان، اپنے ہی رشتہ داروں میں، یجمان اور پجاری/آچاریہ کے درمیان، ماں اور بیٹے کے درمیان اور ساتھیوں کے درمیان پھوٹ ڈالی—اب اُن کا آگے بیان کیا جاتا ہے۔
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Deliberately breaking trust in foundational relationships (family, friendship, teacher-priest relations) is a serious adharma because it destroys the very networks through which dharma, learning, and sacrifice are sustained.
Ethical/social dharma instruction (ācāra) presented in naraka context; not a direct sarga/pratisarga/etc. unit.
‘Bheda’ symbolizes fragmentation of the inner person as well—when one delights in splitting others, one’s own mind becomes divided, losing ekāgratā (wholeness), which is essential for dharmic life and spiritual progress.