TEXT 41

Devanagari

सङ्करो नरकायैव कुलघ्न‍ानां कुलस्य च ।
पतन्ति पितरो ह्येषां लुप्तपिण्डोदकक्रियाः ॥ ४१ ॥

Text

Tekst

saṅkaro narakāyaiva
kula-ghnānāṁ kulasya ca
patanti pitaro hy eṣāṁ
lupta-piṇḍodaka-kriyāḥ

Synonyms

saṅkaraḥ — such unwanted children; narakāya — make for hellish life; eva — certainly; kula-ghnānām — for those who are killers of the family; kulasya — for the family; ca — also; patanti — fall down; pitaraḥ — forefathers; hi — certainly; eṣām — of them; lupta — stopped; piṇḍa — of offerings of food; udaka — and water; kriyāḥ — performances.

saṅkaraḥ — sådanne uønskede børn; narakāya — skaber helvedesagtigt liv; eva — afgjort; kula-ghnānām — for dem, der dræber familien; kulasya — for familien; ca — også; patanti — falder ned; pitaraḥ — forfædre; hi — sandelig; eṣām — deres; lupta — er blevet indstillet; piṇḍa — offer af føde; udaka — og vand; kriyāḥ — hvis offerhandlinger.

Translation

An increase of unwanted population certainly causes hellish life both for the family and for those who destroy the family tradition. The ancestors of such corrupt families fall down, because the performances for offering them food and water are entirely stopped.

Når der sker en forøgelse af den uønskede befolkning, opstår der med sikkerhed en helvedesagtig situation for familien såvel som for dem, der ødelægger familietraditionen. Forfædrene til sådanne fordærvede familier falder ned, for de rituelle offergaver af mad og vand til dem ophører fuldstændigt.

Purport

According to the rules and regulations of fruitive activities, there is a need to offer periodical food and water to the forefathers of the family. This offering is performed by worship of Viṣṇu, because eating the remnants of food offered to Viṣṇu can deliver one from all kinds of sinful reactions. Sometimes the forefathers may be suffering from various types of sinful reactions, and sometimes some of them cannot even acquire a gross material body and are forced to remain in subtle bodies as ghosts. Thus, when remnants of prasādam food are offered to forefathers by descendants, the forefathers are released from ghostly or other kinds of miserable life. Such help rendered to forefathers is a family tradition, and those who are not in devotional life are required to perform such rituals. One who is engaged in the devotional life is not required to perform such actions. Simply by performing devotional service, one can deliver hundreds and thousands of forefathers from all kinds of misery. It is stated in the Bhāgavatam (11.5.41):

FORKLARING: Ifølge de regler og forskrifter, der gælder for frugtstræbende handlinger, er det nødvendigt med jævne mellemrum at ofre mad og vand til familiens forfædre. Disse offerhandlinger foregår ved at tilbede Viṣṇu, for ved at indtage resterne af mad, der er ofret til Viṣṇu, kan man blive udfriet fra alle former for syndige reaktioner. Undertiden lider forfædrene under forskellige syndige reaktioner, og det kan hænde, at nogle af dem ikke engang kan få en grov fysisk krop og bliver tvunget til at forblive i deres subtile kroppe som spøgelser. Når deres efterkommere derfor ofrer rester af prasāda til dem, forløses forfædrene fra deres spøgelsestilstand eller andre former for lidelsesfyldt liv. En sådan hjælp til forfædrene er en familietradition, og de, der ikke er i hengivent liv, har pligt til at udføre sådanne ritualer. Den, der er engageret i det hengivne liv, behøver dog ikke at udføre den slags ritualer. Man kan udfri hundredvis og tusindvis af forfædre fra al mulig lidelse blot ved at gøre hengiven tjeneste. Der står skrevet i Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.5.41):

devarṣi-bhūtāpta-nṛṇāṁ pitṝṇāṁ
na kiṅkaro nāyam ṛṇī ca rājan
sarvātmanā yaḥ śaraṇaṁ śaraṇyaṁ
gato mukundaṁ parihṛtya kartam

“Anyone who has taken shelter of the lotus feet of Mukunda, the giver of liberation, giving up all kinds of obligation, and has taken to the path in all seriousness, owes neither duties nor obligations to the demigods, sages, general living entities, family members, humankind or forefathers.” Such obligations are automatically fulfilled by performance of devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

“Den, der opgiver alle forpligtelser og søger tilflugt ved lotusfødderne af Mukunda, skænkeren af befrielse, og som oprigtigt følger denne vej, har ingen forpligtelser hverken over for halvguderne, vismændene, levende væsener generelt, familiemedlemmer, menneskeheden eller forfædrene.” Sådanne forpligtelser indfries automatisk, når man gør hengiven tjeneste til Guddommens Højeste Personlighed.