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Sins are committed in three ways - Manasaa - with the mind, Vaachaa - with words, Kaayena - with the body.
Sins and their results in Dharma Sastra : Karma Vipaka
Sins are committed in three ways - Manasaa - with the mind, Vaachaa - with words, Kaayena - with the body.
The manasika paapaas are - to think about taking away another's property, to think about performing bad deeds and not to believe in paraloka or life after death.
The vaachika paapaas are - cruel and harsh words, telling lies, gossip mongering and blabbering.
The Shaareerika paapaas are - Stealing, physical violence and relationship with another's wife.
The results of maanasika paapaas are suffered by the mind, those of vaachika paapaas by word and those of kaayika paapaas with the body. One who performs serious kaayika paapas will be reborn as immovables such as trees, those performing vaachika paapaas as birds and animals and those performing serious shaareerika paapaas will be reborn as chandala.
The results of these paapaas are experienced either in the present birth, in paraloka or future birth, or some now and some later.
All the sinners spend time in various hells for various durations depending on the intensity of the sin and take rebirth as plants and trees, birds and animals, yonis such as pisachas or humans. In the human birth there will be signs such as deformities or diseases as reminders of past sin. If suitable prayaschittas are not performed, these will continue birth after birth. In case of mahapatakas the signs will remain for 7 rebirths, for upapatakas 5 and for other sins 3.
The prayaschittas are in the form worship of gods and daanam.
In prayascchitta, the word praya means penance and chittam means determination no to repeat it. The realization that a sin has been committed, a strong determination that it will not be repeated and observing penance for it, these three steps comprise prayschitta.
The smritis classify sins into Mahapatakas, Upapatakas and also Jathibhramshakaras, Samkareekaranas, Apatreekaranas and Ashudhikaras.
The mahapatakas (great sins) are five in number.
1. Brahmahatya - killing of brahmin
The equivalent sins are lying about one's varna, giving false information causing somebody to be punished, false accusation against Guru.
2. Surapanam - drinking alcohol
The equivalent sins are to talk bad about vedas and also to forget the veda learned, being false witness, killing of friend, eating what is forbidden and at forbidden time.
3. Steyam - stealing from brahmin
The equivalent sins are stealing of treasure, children and women, horse, silver, land, diamond and jewels.
4.Gurutalpagamanam - maithuna with the Guru's wife
The equivalent sins are maithuna with sister, daughter, daughter-in-law, friend's wife and forbidden women
5. Tatsamsarga - to interact with one who has committed the above sins,
The upapatakas (sub - sins)
1. Killing of cow.
2.Performing yajna for the forbidden cast
3. Having illicit relation with somebody else's wife
4. Selling or pledging oneself
5. Not taking care of guru and parents
6. Relinquishing vedic study
7. Not performing the agni rituals
8. Not taking care of the son
9.Younger brother marrying before the elder
10.To speak ill about the chastity of a girl
11. To make living out of lending money
12.To break vows
13.Selling of lake, garden, wife and son
14.Non performance of upanayanam at the proper time
15. Not helping one's relatives
16. Teaching for salary
17.Learning of vedas and sastras by paying fee (not gurudakshina)
18.Selling prohibited materials
19.Indiscriminate mining
20.Buiding dam etc.
21.Destroying trees and plants
22.Running brothel
23.Black magic
24. Cutting tree for fuel
25. Cooking only for oneself
26.Eating forbidden food
27.Not performiong agnihotra
28. Theft
29.Not repaying debt (deva,pitru and manushya)
30.Learning subjects that are against veda and smrutis.
31.Acting and dancing to entertain others.
32.Having relation with a woman who consumes alcohol
33.Killing
34.Lack of belief in life after death
Jathibhramshakaras
35. Harassing brahmins
36. Smelling forbidden items such as alcohol
37.Wickedness
38. Homosexuality
Samkareekaranas
39. Killing of donkey, horse,camel,deer, elephant, sheep, fish, snake and buffalo
Apatreekaranas
40. Receiving money from evil people
41.Commerce ( not for vaisyas )
42. Serving the lowly
43.Dishonesty
Ashudhikaras
44.Killing insects, worms, birds
45. Eating whatever has been brought with alcohol
46. Theft of flowers, fruits, firewood
47. Cowardice.
One who commits brahmahatya after suffering in hell will be reborn as dog,pig,donkey, camel,cow,goat,deer,bird, chandala.
One who drinks alcohol after spending time in hell will be reborn as insect, worm, those birds feeding on excretion or tiger lke animals.
One who steals gold will be reborn as spider, crocodile, snake or will go into pishaacha yoni.
One who engages in maithuna with gurupatni, after suffering in hell will be reborn as grass, creeper, bush, flesh eating animals and birds like vulture or cruel animals sucha as tiger.
One who takes life of animals, birds (life in any form) will be reborn as flesh eating animal or bird.
One who eats forbidden food will take rebirth as insect or worm.
Thieves in the next birth will be killing and eating each other.
Those maintain contact with the forbidden or enter itno illicit relationship with a married woman will remain as pretas and will not attain salvation.
One who steals brahmins property ( if he himself is a brahmin ) will become a brahmarakshasa.
One who steals grains will take birth as rat.
One who steals bronze will be reborn as swan.
One who steals water will take birth as bird.
One who steals honey will be born as jungle fly.
Stealing of milk will result in being reborn as a crow.
One who steals juice will take birth as dog.
One who steals ghee will take birth as mongoose.
One who steals meat will be reborn as vulture
One who steals amimal fat will take birth as sea crow
One who steals oil will take birth as bat
One who steals salt will be reborn as cheekhika (?)
One who steals curds will take birth as crain
One who steals silk will take birth as a bird called Tithiri.
One who steals white silk or clothes made of jute will take birth as frog
One who steals cotton clothes will take birth as bird called krouncha
One who steals cow will take birth as monitor lizard
One who steals jaggery will take birth as a bird called vaagguda
One who steals perfumes will take birth as civet
One who steals edible leaves and vegetables will take birth as peacock
One who steals cooked and uncooked food will take birth as porcupine
One who steals fire will take birth as crain
One who steals domestic tools will take birth as an insect called gruhakaari.
One who steals dyed clothes will take birth as chakora bird.
One who steals elephant will be reborn as fox
One who steals horse will take birth as tiger
One who steals fruits and tubers will take birth as monkey
One who abducts woman will be reborn as bear
One who steals water will be reborn as hombill
One who steals vehicle will be reborn as camel
One who steals any other kind of animal will take birth as goat
A brahmin who leaves his own prescribed duties will becoma a preta called ulkamukha
A kshatriya who abandons his prescibed duties will becoma a preta called katapootana which feeds on excreta.
A Vaishya who leaves his prescribed duties will become a preta called maitakshajyotik which feeds on puss.
A shudra who takes up some other task than the prescribed ones will become a preta called chailashaka.
After spending long tiime as preta, when they take rebirth they become servants of their enemies.
One who disrespects his teacher will be a dog in the next 100 lives and therafter will be born as a chandala.
One who conducts himself in a satwik manner will take birth in devayonis. One who is rajasic in nature will be born again as human and tamasic ones will take birth as birds and animals.
One who performs sins and does not perform peance for it will go to hell and thereafter when takes rebirth will exhibit signs in his physique such as deformities and diseases and also other forms of suffering. These are reminders of past sin and prompts for performing prayaschitta.
One who steals hidden treasures will be childless in the next birth.
One who steals gems will suffer extreme poverty.
One who takes part in a feast uninvited will take birth as crow.
One who gets into unnecessary arguments will be reborn as cat.
One who imparts forbidden knowledge to women will have bad odour in the mouth.
One who teaches veda by taking remuneration ( different from guru dakshina ) will be reborn as fox.
One who abducts women of royal class will take birth as donkey.
One who overprices food will be reborn as tortoise.
An atheist will be reborn as spider or will make a living by entertaining others.
One who is thankless about favours received will be reborn as spider.
One who does not help the needy will become brahmarakshasa.
One who sells forbidden materials will become brahmarakhasa.
One who steals land will become worms and spend long time amidst the excreta of dogs together with his pitrus for seven generations. He will be tied up with varuna pasha and will be reborn as bird or animal.
One who steals cow, gold or land will spend time in hell till pralaya and any punya that he has gained will be lost.
One who obstructs free movement of cows or destroys cremation ground will spend time in hell till pralaya.
One who kills cow goes to hell called kaalasootra and on rebirth will be genderless for 7 birth and will also suffer from leprosy.
One who kills cow will be born blind.
One who beats up his guru will suffer from epilepsy in the next birth.
One who sells defective cows and horses ( such as those with one hoof) will be reborn as tiger.
One who depends on the forbidden for a living will be a servant or washerman in his next birth.
One who harasses brahmins or argues for or supports thieves will be genderless in the next birth.
One who undertakes wrong path will suffer from a disease called gandamaala in the next birth.
One who engages in maithuna with woman of same gotra will suffer from elephentiasis in the next birth.
One who performs yajna for the forbidden will be reborn as chandala.
One who takes money for performing yajna and does not use it entirely for the purpose will take birth again and agin as crow for 100 years
One who steals God's or brahmin's property will live amidst donkey dung after death for a long time.
One who steals gold will be reborn with crooked nails.
One who drinks alcohol will be reborn with black teeth.
One who kills a brahmin will suffer from tuberculosis or leprosy (Galitkushta) or leucoderma.
One who engages in maithuna with gurupatni will become lame in subsequent birth and will suffer from skin diseases.
The gossip monger will emante foul smell from his nose in the next birth.
One who talks ill of others will have foul smell in the mouth in the next birth.
One who steals grains will be handicapped in the future birth.
One who performs adulteration in grains, milk etc. will have excess organ such finger.
One who steals food will suffer from chronic indigestion.
One who steals knowledge or engages in unauthorised learning will become dumb in the future birth.
One who steals clothes will suffer skin disease called Shvitra
One who steals horse will be lame
One who steals lamp will be blind in the next birth.
One who extinguishes lamp and fire(agni) improperly will be blind in one eye.
One who is cruel towards fellow beings will suffer various ailments
One who engages in illicit relationship wtih another's wife will suffer from obesity.
One who kills or harasses his father will suffer from congenital nervous disorders such as birth paralysis or cerebral palsy
Killing or harassing one's mother will result in being reborn blind.
Killing or harassing one's sister or or killing of crow will result in being reboen deaf.
One who harasses or kills his brother will become dumb.
Killing or harassing children or stealing gemstones of a brahmin will cause inpotence or death of childre.e impotence
Killing or harassing of women will cause chronic dysentry in the future birth.
One who kills a person of authority will suffer from tuberculosis in the next birth..
One whi kills a vaishya will suffer from blood cancer
Killing someone from the servant class will result in a k ind of rheumatism called apatanaka where limbs become stiff.
One who kills craftsmen will suffer from dryness of the body
One who kills an elephant will meet with obstacles in everything
Killing of camel or parrot will lead to lead to speech defects such as stammering
One who kills a horse will be reborn with an ugly and crooked face
One who kills a buffalo will suffer from a disease called krishna gulma
Killing of donkey will lead to having hair like donkey in the next birth.
Killing of deer called tarakshu will cause squint in the eyes in the next birth.
One who kills a pig will have unusually broad teeth
One who kills a deer will be reborn lame.
Killing of fox will lead to rebirth without foot
One who kills a goat will be reborn with excessive organs.
One who kills a goat called urabhra will suffer from pandu roga.
Killing of cat will lead to yellow eyes in the next birth.
Killing of crane will lead to extraordinarily long nose.
Drinking of alcohol will lead to rebirth with black teeth or raktapitta (haemorrage/urticaria)
Eating forbidden food, those touched women during menstraution and also by lowly class will result in chronic worm trouble in the next birth.
Depriving somebody of food or causing somebody to starve will lead to chronic
Intestinal and digestive problems
One who does not feed others even when he has resources will suffer from Indigestion ( mandagni) in the future birth.
Poisoning someone will lead to chronic vomiting in the next birth.
Blocking or closing pathways or roads will result in foot diseases
A gossip monger in his fuure birth will have chrinic respiratory ailments.
Chronic respiratory problems
A spendthrift will suffer from epilepsy
A tormentor of fellow beings will suffer from shoola roga in the futre birth.
One who has set fire to a jungle will suffer from chronic rakataisara (dysentry with blood)
Defacating or urinating in holy places or water will lead to suffering from fistula or piles
Causing abortion will lead to liver and spleen diseases and jalodara.
One who has broken statues(holy) will be fickle minded and indecisive in the future birth.
One who is rude in his speech will be handicapped in the next birth.
One who teases and talks ill of others will be bald in the next birth.
One who mocks others will be single eyed in the next birth
One who wrongfully takes side will suffer from paralysis.
One who steals brahmin's wealth will end up destroying his own vamsha
Stealing of copper will lead to a kind of leprosy called udumbara.
Stealing of bronze will lead to kind of leprosy called pundareeka
One who steals brass will have yellow eyes in the next birth.
Stealing of pearl will result in yellow hair
Stealing of white lead or honey will result in eye diseases
Stealing of black lead will lead to cerebral diseases
Stealing of milk will result in suffering due to frequent urination
One who steals curd will be arrogant in the future birth.
One who steals sugar cane products wil suffer from a disease called udaragulma
One who steals iron will suffer from a disease called karbura
One who steals oil will suffer from chronic itching
One who steals raw rice will be reborn toothless
One who steals cooked rice will suffer from tongue disease
One who steals fruits will suffer from ulcer or frequent injuries to fingers
One who steals tamboola will have white lips in rebirth.
One who steals vegetables will have blue eyes when reborn.
Stealing of tubers will lead to being reborn with short hands
One who steals perfumes will have a foul smelling body in the future birth.
Stealing of wood will lead to being reborn with unusually thin hands
Stealing of books and knowledge will lead to being born dumb.
Stealing of clothes will lead to skin diseases.
Stealing of wool will result in rebirth with excessive hair in the body
Stealing of silk will lead to birth with insufficient hair.
One who steals medicine will suffer from migraine in the next birth.
One who steals red clothes and ruby will suffer from raktavata
Stealing of God's properties will result in chronic fever,
Stealing in general will result in suffering from grahani roga
Maithuna with mother will result in penile diseases
Maithuna with forbidden women will lead to azoospermia and a kind of leprosy called mandalam.
Maithuna with gurupatni will lead to difficulty in urination (mootrakruccha)
Maithuna wih daughter will result in suffering from raktakushta
Maithuna with sister will result in peetakushta
Maithuna with brother's wife will result in skin disease called galatkushta
Maithuna with daughter in law will result in skin disease called krishnakushta
Maithuna with step mother will lead to kidney and bladder stones.
Maithuna with father's sister will result in boils or ulcer on the right side of the body
Maithuna with maternal uncle's wife will result in rebirth with hunch back
Maithuna with mother's sister will cause boils or ulcer on the left side of the body
Maithuna with a widow will cause untimely death of wife in the next birth.
Maithuna with woman of the same gotra will cause suffering from fistula
Maithuna with deekshitastree ( woman under vow) will be reborn with red eyes.
Illicit relationship with a married woman of the same caste will result in heart ailments.
Maithuna with cow will lead to urinary diseases
Maithuna with horse will cause suffering from frozen shoulder ( bhuja stambha)
HARISAMSMARANAM- THE BEST MODE OF PRAYASHCHITTA !!!
Krute papeanutapo vai yasya punsa prajayate |Prayashchittam tu tasyoktam harisamsmaranam param ||We do many sins everyday . Every sin over a period of time becomes a prarabdha . Once it becomes prarabdha one pays for his sins and is subjugated to dukha .In Bhagavadgeeta , ARJUN asks on behalf of all of the troubled souls that :OH Lord , why is it that unwillingly one is forced to do the sins under some influence .Which is this force ?
Geetacharya says :
Primarily it is KAMA [desires] and as a result accompanies Krodha [ anger] etc . which drives people to sin . That means , humans primarily desire something , when it is not fulfilled or if the desired is under threat [ threat of extinction , loss or damage] , one gets emotions like , greed , anger ,jealousy etc and then one is inspired to sin .
These defects like anger lust greed etc are the byproducts of the rajoguna . These are presided by [ inspired by ] demons like KALNEMI etc . BUT LORD is the main inspiration . ie EVEN evil is under the control of LORD .
Lord keeping these asuras [ demons] like kali kalnemi etc as the medium of inspiration ,activates the rajoguna in the persons according to their capacity ,qualities and karma and efforts , thereby arises lust anger and greed etc in the humans leading to sins .
Though Lord is chief regulator of sins among the jeevas HE himself is not subjugated or influenced by these rajoguna /tamoguna . Thus these defects do not exist in HIM and yet he regulates these qualities and only to grace his devotees makes them sin .
The demons like Kalnemi etc are secondary regulators of the sin by the inspiration of LORD . BUT these demons do get influenced by the rajo/tamo gunas and are chief perpetrators of the sins in other jeevas .
As jeevas sin owing to these inspirations under the influence of KAlnemi etc , chief fruits of the [ greater fruits ] goes to these demons only and as jeeva is also part of the sin though forcibly participated [ owing to prarabdha ] he is also liable for dukha .
We all are reaping the ill effects of the sins of previous births . So sins of this birth may not be instantly fruitful .But in coming births even these are going to trouble . Some sins like bramhahatya etc are forceful in execution and they take effects even in the present birth also . These overlap with existing prarabdha adding to the woes ,
Such sins ,when committed by the unwitting mind , causes fear of ill-effects . To avoid such ill effects and in order to save oneself from the clutches of aftereffects of such sins , the remedy given by the shastras is PRAYASCHITTA . [ PARIHARA]
In bhagavat Parikshit Maharaj asks , what are sins , varieties of sins and its effects and various hells to reap such sins . How to get rid of such effects . In answer to these SHUKACHARYA presents the methodology of PRAYASCHITTA . HE says , just as a good doctor ,examines the disease and its extent in a human body and thereafter suggests a suitable treatment , similarly a sadhak [devotee] should examine the sins he had committed in his lifetime and take up appropriate prayaschitta according to the shastras .
Usually when one speaks about Prayaschitta , one is given a list of homa havan japa tapa dana upavasa. Is prayaschitta really about only kriya like homa etc . These are infact only its angas they themselves are not prayaschitta . If it were so then performing such homa dana is akin to KUNJARSHOUCHA [ the bath of elephant ] . Thus commented PARIKSHIT .
Srimadananda teertha has given excellent solution to such doubts . He tabulates prayashchitta as follows .
- One who has done the sins should have definite remorse[pashchattapa] and should have sincere repentance towards the sins and inclination towards atonement of sins .
- For Such remorse to occur [ paschattap ] correct information of sins should exist
- .Chief part of the prayashchitta is HArisamsmaranam ie remembering lord with devotion .
- Secondarily other aspects of homa havan dana should also be undertaken as a service to LORD remembering him during such acts as well .
Here the word Hari smaranam is appended with the word Sam . This indicates that one must remember HARI with complete devotion [ auspiciously] . It should also accompany the contemplation on the quality of HARI ie one who destroys the sins . It is said that human however hard he tries cannot sin to the extent which cannot be destroyed by the chant of HARI . There is no sin in the universe which cannot be overcome by the chant of HARI .
Lord should be meditated[ smaranam, remembrance ] as the one who mitigates sins . At the same time one must realize his magnanimity . He is bhaktavatsal -one who is very kind towards his devotees an forgives their sins ,however grave they may be .
Tantra sara says one begets the fruits as per his meditation ie , as one thinks of LORD the bhava involved in such thoughts is what the results constitutes . [ if one thinks about LORD as kind and destroyer of sins , one gets the same result contrary thinking will result in otherwise ] .
Rudra -Indra – chandra all these devatas have done grave sins like Bramha hatya etc yet Lord has forgiven them and saved them from harmful effects and on the contrary blessed them with definite Moksha . These incidents are abundant in Shastra and Purana and prove the bHaktvaatsalya of LORD NARAYANA .
Let us first understand different SINS . Vishnudharmottar purana gives a exhaustive list of sins . Why should we have info on sins , because If we need to atone the sins then we must have remorse[ pashchattap] , the paschattap primarily consists of acceptance of having done the sin and then a strong resolution that such sins will not be repeated . and then when prayaschitta is done one gets relief from the karma .
BUT if we do not know at all what we are doing is sin then how can we feel remorse and atone for it ! Thus it is necessary to know that” these are sins which we must not do ” .
Such papa parichaya is known only through the shastras .
Sins are MAHANMAHATTARPATAKA ,SUMAHATTARPATAKA ,SUMAHAPATAKA, MAHAPATAKA , PATAKAs , UPAPATAKAS and Papa and Kshudra papa ,
each lesser in the order THAN THE PREVIOUS SINS .
- Bramhahatya [ killing of bramhin ]
- surapaana [ dinking alcohol or drugs]
- Suvarnasteya [stealing gold ]
- Gurupatni gaman [ abusing wife of preceptors]
- Mahapataki sanyog [ association with these sinners ]
These are panchamahapataka ie grave sins [ usually unpardonable by the LORD and at the same time gives instantaneous downfall]
- Inviting poor bramhin and not giving him alms ,
- bringing obstructions to the living of bramhins ,
- disrupting their livelihood .
- burning or destroying ashram , houses ,villages or towns [ blasts]
- stopping thirsty cows from going towards the pond or water bodies
- Without knowing the actual purport of vedas and shastras , demeaning them or insulting them
- making fun of deaf dumb blind etc and stealing their articles
- Calling teachers and preceptors by their first name or ekavachan ie tu etc
- Disobedience towards elders and teachers and making a sound of HUM in resentment towards their words .
- If anything is most precious to a weak person [ deen vyakti] just disturbing his possession .
All these sins are equivalent to BRAMHAHATYA .
Leaving asides vedas , foulmouthing vedas , giving false witness ,killing a friend , eating inedible foods All these are equivalent to SURAAPAAN [ alcohol and drug abuse]
Usurping mortagaged article , illegal human trafficking , horse silver diamonds and land grabbing come under the pretext of SUVARNASTEYA [ stealing GOLD ]
SEX with
- brothers and sisters [ sayoni stree ]
- unmarried girls [ kumari ]
- outcaste woman [ antyaj stree ]
- Friends wife [ sakhyu]
- daughter in law [ putra vadhu]
All these are equivalent to GuRUPATNI SANGAM .
These are unpardonable sins .
Dharma viveka says
- killing ants are Kshudra papa
- killing animals having bones ,and stealing fruits grains etc are known as papa
- misbehaving with women is known as upapataka
- killing / atrocities on shudras is known as pataka
- Bramhahatya etc is known as mahapataka
- stealing Anything belonging to devatas ie temple properties are known as sumahapataka
- insulting devatas [deities ] and sajjanas [ devotees] is known as sumahhatar pataka
- Sins towards LORD KEshava is known as MAHANMAHATTAR PATAKA .
What are sins done towards LORD ? Following contemplations are sins :
- There is someone equivalent to KESHAVA
- I am GOD
- Bramha shiva shakti etc are all equivalent to VISHNU
- There is no qualities in Keshava [ nirgunabramha]
- ALL those who have attained MOKSHA become KESHAVA [ GOD]
- There is no form to the GOD
- Keshava has body just like us souls . [ trigunatmak deha]
- Just like souls God too has birth death and old age .
- Sometimes GOD undergoes misery and ignorance[ dukha agyana ]
- Keshava is subservient to another GOD
- Somebody is superior to KESHAVA .
All these form disobedience towards LORD KRISHNA .
Usually God’s qualities are known as SUR . Thinking about these qualities in one’s own self is known as SURAAPAAN . This is mahapataka.
We always keep saying , ” I DID ‘ I ATE ‘ MY HOUSE ” etc . all these statement shows our ignorance towards the fact that we are dependent on LORD and HE alone is independent and everything belongs to HIM . But saying it to be ours is akin to attributing his independent quality to ourselves ,thus it is suraapaan .
Vishnu is known as BRAMHANA . Saying there is no GOD VISHNU is akin to BRAMHA HATYA .Lord is everywhere and HE sees us everywhere , yet we forget this and sin so we think HE[ BRAMHAN VISHNU ] is not there and we commit Bramhahatya on a daily basis .
Thus we are all sinners . Thus we say
aparaadh sahasraani kriyanteaharnisham maya|taani sarvani me dev kshamasva purushottam ||
Hey Purushottam , ! day and night I have been doing thousands of sins kindly forgive them all !!
WHen we ask with remorse we must remember HOW LORD has saved others from hienous crimes and its sins .
BRAMHAHATYA :
Bramhins are the carriers of Bramha vidya they are the custodians of the DHARMA. Killing such a bramhin or insulting him is known as Bramha hatya . This sin has been done on a largest scale BY SHIVA .
BRAMHA is the presiding diety and chief among the BRAMHINS . SHIVA cuts down his fifth head . Ambhrani sukta says that even after such a grave crime SHIVA was exonerated by VISHNU and he did not suffer much on account of it and was forgiven .
Bhrigu rishi kicked VISHNU who is all pervading bramha . Such a sin was also forgiven by the LORD and Bhrigu got the grace of LORD .
Tvastra had the bramhin sons by name VISHWAROOPA and Vrutrasura , Indra killed them and BRAHAHATYA engulfed was mitigated by the LORD and DEVENDRA regained his place in the heavens .
Sagar and his sons insulted LORD KAPIL the BRAMHIN , yet LORD brought the GANGA to earth to mitigate their sins and gave then MOKSHA .
Parikshit insulted SHaMIK rishi in samadhi by enroping a snake . FOR This BRAMHAHATYA of PARIKSHIT LORD graced him with BHAGAVAT through SHUKACHARYA and Parikshit attained MOKSHA .
SUVARNASTEYA :
Goddess LAXMI is ever present in GOLD , so stealing GOLD is sin towards GODDESS . THis sin was committed for the first time by BALI . BALI once stole the KIRIT [ crown ] of LORD NARAYANA sleeping in the KSHEERASAGAR [ AMUKTA STHANA ] . GARUDA chased BALI and grabbed it . BUT GARUDA placed it on the HEAD of KRISHNA in DWAPARA YUGA while HE was in GOMANTAKA PARVAT . THIS CROWN fitted exactly the head of KRISHNA establishing that there is no differenece between LORD NARAYANA and KRISHNA .
BALI INDIRECTLY BECAME THE INSTRUMENT FOR SUCH A EXHIBITION OF QUALITY OF NARAYANA . BALI infact got punya rather than sin for his acts , such is the magnanimity of LORD towards his devotees .
Shatdahnva and Kritavarma alongwith these two Akrur participated in the filching of SYAMANTAK MANI . Akrur hid the mani in his clothes from Krishna . LORD forgave him and also allowed him to keep the ruby .
SURAAPAAN :
Sons of KUBERA , Nalkubar and Manigreeva , after consuming alcohol , nakedly were sporting in ganga with many women .NARADA cursed them to be ARJUNa trees . Krishna mitigated their sins and curse by his touch .
All yadavas drank mayreyak alcohol and in ensuing brawl killed themselves but their act resulted in the Krishna leaving for paramdham thus giving them more punya .
GURUPATNIGAMAN:
Moon chandra indulged with wife of his preceptor BRAHASPATI and had to suffer kushta [ leprosy] . BUT LORD saved him from hell BY TAKING BIRTH IN HIS LINEAGE OF CHANDRAVANSHA as KRISHNA . KRISHNA brought enormous fame to the Lineage of CHANDRA and therby as his forefather [ mane ] moon was exonerated .
PATAKI SANYOG :
When we befriend pataki sinner we share his sins . RAVAN KUMBAKARNA ,SHISHUPALA DANTAVAKTRA , HIRANYAKSHA HIRANYAKASHIPU , NALKUBAR manigreeva all these were residing in the same body alongwith the demons , JAY VIJAY , DHUNI CHAMU ,
SIMILARLY PUTANA had both URVASHI and TATAKI . Karna had SURYA and DAMBODHBHAV LORD KRISHNA SAVED ALL THESE good souls even when they were in pataki sanyog ,
KAnsa minister AKRUR or his sairandhri TRIVAKRA everyone were freed from sins by LORD KRISHNA .
THUS when MAHAPATAKAS can be forgiven by LORD KRISHNA by bringing pashchattap among the devotees and through Prayashchitta , then small PATAKAS or UPAPATAKAS wil also be destroyed by LORD . HE forgave
- SHringi for giving curse to a sane KING PARIKSHIT
- KALIYA snake for biting him in YAMUNA
- AJAMILA BRAMHIN for veshya gaman
- GANDHARI for cursing KRISHNA to exterminate yadava lineage
- KING SATRAJIT for false allegation of SYAMANTAKMANI apahaar .
Thus LORD forgives when devotee does prayaschitta through his samsmaranam by meditating all these events of HARI and paschattap and homa japa dana etc .
. Krichcha is the best form of PRAYASCHITTA . ALL such prayaschitta should start from dwadashi tithi.
Krishnarpanamastu .
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