Injuring Guru is a great sin

*ऋतस्य दातारम् अनुत्तमस्य निधिं निधीनां चतुरन्वयानाम्*
* ये नाद्रियन्ते गुरुम् अर्चनीयं पापान् लोकान् ते व्रजन्त्यप्रतिष्ठान्*
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ṛtasya dātāram anuttamasya nidhiṁ nidhīnāṁ caturanvayānām*
* ye nādriyante gurum arcanīyaṁ pāpāān lokān te vrajantyapratiṣṭhān*
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Mahaabharatham Aaadiparvam (Sambhava parvam) chapter 71 *


*They that, having acquired knowledge, injure their preceptor who is always
an object of worship, who is the giver of knowledge, who is the most
precious of all precious objects on ** Earth, come to be hated on Earth and
finally go to the regions of the sinful.'*

*This is a statement by Kacha as told to his guru, Sukraacharya. Kacha has
come to learn the sanjeevini Vidya (bringing back to life a dead person)
from Sukracharya. The asuraas knowing that Kacha the son of Brihaspathi was
a deva and hated him. They tried to kill him in many ways, but through the
intervention of Devayani Sukras daughter, the guru rejuvenated him to life.
Finally, the asuras killed him, burnt him to ashes, and mixed these ashes to
the intoxicant drink which Sukracharya used to take. Sensing the absence of
Kacha and the evil attitude of the asuras, Devayani once again requested her
father to bring back Kacha to life. But now the acharya realized that the
remains of Kacha were lying in his stomach and if he used the sanjeevani
vidya, Kacha would come out destroying Sukra's body and causing his death.
So after much deliberation Sukra taught the Sanjeevini Vidya to Kacha whom
he had revived in his stomach and asked him to come out splitting the Guru's
body but requested that he should use the Sanjeevani vidya to revive Sukra.
While assuring that he would definitely do it, Kacha says these words. The
Guru, who is the greatest treasure one can have, who has imparted all the
knowledge to the disciple, is an object of worship, and if his desires are
not fulfilled by the disciple the latter would be berated by all while he is
alive and on death finally he will reach hell. And Kacha kept his promise
and revived Sukra. *

knr

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