Shloka 27

नरक-निर्णयः, पाप-कर्म-फल-व्यवस्था, प्रायश्चित्त-क्रमः, तथा हरि-स्मरण-परमत्वम्

Devanagari script

यान्त्य् एते द्विज तत्रैव यश् चापाकेषु वह्निदः

Transliteration

yānty ete dvija tatraiva yaś cāpākeṣu vahnidaḥ

Translation

噢，二次生者！这些人前往同一境界；同样，那在旃陀罗等贱民中点燃圣火者也到达那里。

Word by Word

• यान्ति: (they) go
• यान्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)

• एते: these (persons)
• एते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन

• द्विज: O twice-born (brahmin)
• द्विज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• अपाकेषु: among the outcastes/low-castes
• अपाकेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपाक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन

• वह्निदः: one who gives fire (fire-provider)
• वह्निदः: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वह्निद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

• Parāśara
• Maitreya
• Dvija
• Apāka (outcaste classes)

FAQs

What is the significance of karmic destinations in Vishnu Purana 6.6.27?

This verse emphasizes that specific transgressive acts lead to definite post-death destinations, reinforcing a moral universe governed by orderly karma-phala under Vishnu’s cosmic rule.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the consequence of kindling fire among the apākas?

Parāśara lists it alongside other condemnable actions and states that the doer reaches the same adverse realm as those sinners—marking it as a serious breach of prescribed conduct in the chapter’s ethical taxonomy.

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

Even when Vishnu is not named in the line, the teaching presumes Vishnu as the supreme governor of dharma and the dispenser of karmic results, making ethical order part of his sustaining sovereignty.