Shloka 9
Adhyaya 13 — The Son’s Account of Hell and the Question of Unseen Sin
पुरुषः स तदा दृष्ट्वा यातनाशतसंकुलम् ।
नरकं प्राह तं याम्यं किङ्करं कृपयान्वितः ॥
puruṣaḥ sa tadā dṛṣṭvā yātanāśata-saṃkulam | narakaṃ prāha taṃ yāmyaṃ kiṅkaraṃ kṛpayānvitaḥ
তাৰ পাছত সেই মানুহজনে শত শত যন্ত্ৰণাৰে ভৰা নৰক দেখি, কৰুণাৰে সেই যাম্য সেৱকক (যমদূতক) সম্বোধন কৰি ক’লে।
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FAQs
Compassion is not negated by grim surroundings; the virtuous respond to suffering with inquiry and concern, not numbness.
Ethical narrative (dharma-upadeśa through story) ancillary to pancalakṣaṇa.
The compassionate address in hell suggests the bodhisattva-like motif in Purāṇic ethics: higher virtue turns even punitive visions into occasions for understanding and aid.