PAISHUNYAM-पैशुन्यं-CALUMNY, BACK-BITING,SLANDER

 SUBHASHITHANI:290

"He who bears tales to you about others , certainly bears tales about you to others ."-Anon

पारुष्यमनृतं चैव पैशुन्यं चापि सर्वशः ।
असम्बद्धप्रलापश्च वाङ्मयं स्याच्चतुर्विधम् ॥ ६ ॥
pāruṣyamanṛtaṃ caiva paiśunyaṃ cāpi sarvaśaḥ |
asambaddhapralāpaśca vāṅmayaṃ syāccaturvidham ||12. 6 ||
Abusing, lying, calumniating all men, and idle prattling,  are the four issues always associated with speech.

अनर्थकं विप्रवासं गृहेभ्यः पापैः सन्धि परदाराभिमर्शम् ।
 दम्भं स्तैन्य पैशुन्यं मद्यपानं न सेवते यश्च सुखी सदैव ॥Vidura niti
Anarthakam vipravaasam gruhebhyah paapaih sandhi paradaaraabhimarsham I
Dambham stainya paishunya madyapaanam na sevate yascha sukhee sadaiva II
He, who does not live away from home without purpose, nor mingles with the sinful, nor commits outrage on another’s wife, who is neither arrogant ,stealthy, slanderous, nor addicted to drinking ,is always happy.

पैशुन्यं साहसं द्रोह ईर्ष्याऽसूयाऽर्थदूषणम् ।
वाग्दण्डजं च पारुष्यं क्रोधजोऽपि गणोऽष्टकः ॥ Manusmruti

paiśunyaṃ sāhasaṃ droha īrṣyā'sūyā'rthadūṣaṇam |
vāgdaṇḍajaṃ ca pāruṣyaṃ krodhajo'pi gaṇo'ṣṭakaḥ || 7.48 ||

Tale-bearing, Treachery, Envy, Slandering, Misappropriation of property, Cruelty of speech and of Assault;—these constitute the eightfold misdeeds born of Anger.

मृगमीनसज्जनानां तृणजलसंतोष विहित वृत्तीनां ।
लुब्धक धीवर पिशुना निष्कारणमेव वैरिणो जगति ॥Niti satakam
Mrigameenasajjanaanaam trinajalasantoshavihitavritteenaam
Lubdhaka dheevara pishunaa nishkaaranameva vairino jagati 1.60
Deer, fish and good men live on grass, water and contentment respectively. But the hunter, the fisherman and the backbiter, respectively, are their enemies without any reason. This is the nature of evil men.

अहिंसा सत्यमक्रोधस्त्याग: शान्तिरपैशुनम् |
दया भूतेष्वलोलुप्त्वं मार्दवं ह्रीरचापलम् || BG16.2||

ahinsā satyam akrodhas tyāgaḥ śhāntir apaiśhunam
dayā bhūteṣhv aloluptvaṁ mārdavaṁ hrīr achāpalam

non-violence, truthfulness, absence of anger, renunciation, peacefulness, restraint from fault-finding, compassion toward all living beings, absence of covetousness, gentleness, modesty, and lack of fickleness; 

அறங்கூறான் அல்ல செயினும் ஒருவன்
புறங்கூறான் என்றல் இனிது.Thirukkural-181

Though one do not even speak of virtue and live in sin, it will be well if it be said of him "he does not backbite".

Yaksha
कोऽहङ्कार इति प्रोक्तः कश्च दंभः प्रकीर्तितः ।
किं तद्दैवं परं प्रोक्तं किं तत्पैशुन्यमुच्यते ॥
What is arrogance? What is hypocrisy?
What is the eternal destiny? What is slander?

Yudhishtira
महाज्ञानमहङ्कारो दम्भो धर्मो ध्वजोच्छ्रयः ।
दैवं दानफलं प्रोक्तं पैशुन्यं परदूषणम् ॥
Arrogance is greatest ignorance
Practicing Dharma merely to impress others is hypocrisy
Our destiny is the fruit of charity
Speaking ill of others at their back is slander.

हिंसास्तेयान्यान्यथाकाम-पैशुन्यं परूषानृतम्।
सम्मिन्नालापव्यापादममिथ्यादूग्निपर्ययम् 
पापकर्मेति दशधा कायवाड्मानसैस्त्यजेत् ।।
Violence( causing injury to others ), stealing, illegitimate relationship, back-biting, harsh words, falsehood, creating enmity amongst people by false propoganda, impoliteness, atheism, and immoral conduct are ten types of sinful actions; They should avoided by body, speech, and mind

The ten cardinal sins (three-bodily; four-by speech; three- by mind) are listed in Manusmriti and Skanda Puranam:

अदत्तानां-उपादानं हिंसा चैवाविधानतः ।
 परदारोपसेवा च शारीरं त्रिविधं स्मृतम् ॥Sins by body

पारुष्यं-अनृतं चैव पैशुन्यं चापि सर्वशः ।
असम्बद्ध-प्रलापश्च वाङ्मयं स्याच्चतुर्विधम् ॥Sins by speech

परद्रव्यॆष्व्-अभिध्यानं मनसानिष्ट-चिन्तनम् ।
तथाभिनिवेशश्च त्रिविधं कर्म मानसम् ॥Sins by mind

“The three bodily sins are: Usurping others property, violence not permitted in Sastra, and union with another’s wife.
The four sins of speech are: harshness, falsehood, speaking of another’s faults in his absence, and useless and irrelevant talk.
The three sins of mind are: planning to take away other’s property, thinking of undesirable happenings for others, and atheistic attitude

 SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH