Shloka 6
Adhyaya 12 — The Son Describes the Narakas: Mahāraurava, Tamas, Nikṛntana, Apratiṣṭha, Asipatravana, and Taptakumbha
तस्यां बद्धः कराभ्यां च पद्भ्यां चैव यमानुगैः ।
मुच्यते पापकृन्मध्ये लुठमानः स गच्छति ॥
tasyāṃ baddhaḥ karābhyāṃ ca padbhyāṃ caiva yamānugaiḥ /
mucyate pāpakṛn madhye luṭhamānaḥ sa gacchati
هناك يُوثَقُ فاعلُ الشرّ من يديه ورجليه على أيدي أعوان يَما، ثم يُطلَق في وسط ذلك الموضع، فيمضي وهو يتلوّى ويتدحرج.
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FAQs
Moral order (ṛta/dharma) is portrayed as enforced: harmful deeds lead to compelled experience of suffering, emphasizing accountability beyond social concealment.
Ancillary Dharma teaching; it uses the purāṇic authority to describe karmic adjudication (often grouped with vaṃśānucarita/didactic sections rather than core sarga topics).
Bondage and ‘release’ together indicate the paradox of compulsion: the soul is ‘let go’ only into the momentum of its own karma, rolling forward under prior causes.