Shloka 23
कुमाराभिषेकप्रश्नः — Inquiry into Kumāra (Skanda) Investiture at Sarasvatī
यत् पापं वर्धते5स्माकं ततः स्मो ब्रद्म॒राक्षसा: | “हमलोग जो पापाचार करते हैं, यह हमारा स्वेच्छाचार नहीं है। आप-जैसे महात्माओंकी हमलोगोंपर कभी कृपा नहीं हुई और हम सदा दुष्कर्म ही करते चले आये। इससे हमारे पापकी निरन्तर वृद्धि होती रहती है और हम ब्रह्माराक्षस हो गये हैं || २० ई ।।
Vaiśampāyana uvāca: yat pāpaṁ vardhate ’smākaṁ tataḥ smo brahmarākṣasāḥ | yoṣitāṁ caiva pāpena yonidoṣakṛtena ca, ācāryam ṛtvijaṁ caiva guruṁ vṛddhajanaṁ tathā | prāṇino ye ’vamanyante te bhavantīha rākṣasāḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana nói: “Vì tội lỗi trong chúng ta cứ không ngừng tăng trưởng, nên chúng ta đã hóa thành brahmarākṣasa. Những hữu tình nào vì các tội liên quan đến đàn bà và vì lỗi lầm của thai tạng, lại còn khinh mạn thầy dạy, vị tế sư (ṛtvij), bậc đạo sư (guru) và các bậc trưởng thượng—những kẻ ấy ở đời này trở thành rākṣasa.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames moral causality: persistent wrongdoing—especially contempt toward sacred and social authorities (teacher, priest, guru, elders) and sexual/reproductive transgressions—leads to a degraded, ‘rākṣasa-like’ state. It emphasizes that violating dharma is not merely a private act but corrodes one’s very condition and identity.
Vaiśampāyana narrates a statement explaining why certain beings have become brahmarākṣasas/rākṣasas: their accumulated sins keep increasing, and specific anti-dharmic acts—disrespecting revered figures and committing grave sexual/reproductive faults—are cited as causes for such a fallen state.