Example - A police man takes bribe(not his choice, but due to circumstances) from someone but he uses the money for good things like some charity, donations, feeding poor etc.
So is it a papa or punya? What does hinduism say on this?
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If the tags are not appropriate, then please change them. I did not get anything even after thinking so much.– LSSJ BrolyAug 26, 2022 at 12:21
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In the Lalitopakhyana, it is mentioned that a person used money obtained via theft to build temples, so he neither reached svarga (due to using ill-gotten wealth) nor fell down in hell(due to the act of financing the construction of a temple), instead he was condemned to remain as a ghost for certain period of time (better than being cast in hell, worse compared to reaching svarga).– অনুAug 26, 2022 at 15:11
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One would rather not indulge in bribery, as any avoidance is not going to cause a highly detrimental / miserable consequence. So avoidance is supposed to be the act of dharma. However, a stone-blind adherence, may not be a recommendation ,as an act of Dharma is context sensitive. The following may relate to the topic in question . wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/… hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/52065/…– AthreyAug 26, 2022 at 15:53
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@Athrey I don't want to know only about bribery..I gave that as only an example...I want to know about ANY bad means..– LSSJ BrolyAug 27, 2022 at 3:04
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1@LSSJBroly , In my understanding , an act of dharma is context sensitive,(papa and punya is reaped accordingly),also the Intention behind the action has stake over papa /punya. I hope the links ,are to some extent related to the topic .– AthreyAug 27, 2022 at 4:40
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