Saturday, May 31, 2008

Panchamaha patakas

We must have heard Panchamaha patakas – Five unforgivable sins. But what are they?

Brahma Hatya – Murder of a Brahmin
Stealing Gold
Sura Pana – consuming liquor
Guru Talpaka – Sleeping with Guru’s wife
Friendship with a person who committed one of the above.

These are described by Vyasa Maharshi in Devi Bhagavatam

3 comments:

bharath said...

పంచ మహాపాతకాలు

1. స్త్రీ హత్య - స్త్రీని చంపడం
2. శిశు హత్య - చిన్నపిల్లలను చంపడం
3. గో హత్య - ఆవును చంపడం
4. బ్రహ్మ హత్య - బ్రాహ్మణున్ని చంపడం
5. గురు హత్య - చదుఫు నేర్పిన గురువుని చంపడం

Shark said...

Bharath, the post I have written is based on Bhavishya Purana and Devi Bhagavatam of Veda Vyas. Where did you find the above list?

There could be slight variants across literature and so interested in knowing

srikanth said...

Panchamaha patakas and upa patakas this list is something that will not change :) :

http://www.kamakoti.org/kamakoti/bhavishya/bookview.php?chapnum=33&PHPSESSID=f929d4736f445e6d2dc5980aa65f866f