(After hearing the grievance of Trishanku, Vishwamitra sends invitation to all Rishis and Maharshis to the proposed sacrifice. When Vasishtha’s sons refuse to come, Vishwamitra curses them too. Please read, comment and share. SDN)
KShatriyO yAjakO yasya chaNDAlasya vishEShataha|
KaTham sadasi BhOktArO havistasya surarShayaha||13||
KaTham sadasi BhOktArO havistasya surarShayaha||13||
BrAhmaNA vA mAhAtmAnO BhuktvA chaNDAlaBhOjanam|
KaTham swargam gamiShyanti VishwAmitrENa pAlitAha||14||
KaTham swargam gamiShyanti VishwAmitrENa pAlitAha||14||
‘Chandala is the performer of the sacrifice and the one conducting it is a Kshatriya. How can the deities accept the offerings and Rishis consume the food served in such an untraditional and insane sacrifice? Great Brahmins might lead a happy life in this world because of the bountiful charity they receive as they have been summoned by Vishwamitra. But, what will be their fate in the hereafter? Having consumed the food served by a Chandala, how will they secure heavens?’
Great sage, we repeated the same words you had asked us to tell with Mahodaya Muni and the infuriated, red-eyed sons of Vasishtha, without any bias or hesitation.
Vishwamitra was infuriated after hearing the words of his disciples. His eyes turned red and the lips began stuttering. Making a crackling sound from his jaws, he said:
“I am doing a very fierce penance and hence no defect or drawback can touch me2. Have those evil-souls abused a person of my stature? They should undergo appropriate punishment for their sin. All of them will be instantly burnt into ashes due to my curse. There can be lest doubt about this. Right now, they will be strangled by the God of Death with his strangle and dragged into the Yamaloka. Not merely this much. They will take seven hundred births in a community that indulges in bisecting carcasses and eating them. During those future births, their only food will be the mutton of dead dogs. They will be popularly known as Mushtikas in the world3. Always being very cruel and awkward-looking, they will continue to follow the community that follows similar bad practices. Did evil-minded Mahodaya also abuse me, along with Vasishtha’s sons, when I certainly cannot be criticized in that manner? Because of that, he will be despised in all the worlds. In addition, he will also become a Nishada4. Bereft of kindness, indulging in harming animals and always attracting the negative energy due to commitment of such sins, he will be in an insane situation for a long time.
After cursing the sons of Vasishtha and Mahodaya in the midst of other ascetics, most radiant and penance-bound Vishwamitra rested.
Great sage, we repeated the same words you had asked us to tell with Mahodaya Muni and the infuriated, red-eyed sons of Vasishtha, without any bias or hesitation.
Vishwamitra was infuriated after hearing the words of his disciples. His eyes turned red and the lips began stuttering. Making a crackling sound from his jaws, he said:
“I am doing a very fierce penance and hence no defect or drawback can touch me2. Have those evil-souls abused a person of my stature? They should undergo appropriate punishment for their sin. All of them will be instantly burnt into ashes due to my curse. There can be lest doubt about this. Right now, they will be strangled by the God of Death with his strangle and dragged into the Yamaloka. Not merely this much. They will take seven hundred births in a community that indulges in bisecting carcasses and eating them. During those future births, their only food will be the mutton of dead dogs. They will be popularly known as Mushtikas in the world3. Always being very cruel and awkward-looking, they will continue to follow the community that follows similar bad practices. Did evil-minded Mahodaya also abuse me, along with Vasishtha’s sons, when I certainly cannot be criticized in that manner? Because of that, he will be despised in all the worlds. In addition, he will also become a Nishada4. Bereft of kindness, indulging in harming animals and always attracting the negative energy due to commitment of such sins, he will be in an insane situation for a long time.
After cursing the sons of Vasishtha and Mahodaya in the midst of other ascetics, most radiant and penance-bound Vishwamitra rested.
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