Shloka 9
Adhyaya 28 — Alarka Inquires into Varna and Ashrama Dharma; Madalasa Defines the Fourfold Duties
स्ववर्णधर्मात् संसिद्धिं नरः प्राप्नोति न च्युतः ।
प्रयाति नरकं प्रेत्य प्रतिषिद्धनिषेवणात् ॥
svavarṇadharmāt saṃsiddhiṃ naraḥ prāpnoti na cyutaḥ | prayāti narakaṃ pretya pratiṣiddhaniṣevaṇāt ||
নিজ স্ববৰ্ণধৰ্ম মানি চলা ব্যক্তি সিদ্ধি/পূৰ্ণতা লাভ কৰে আৰু পতিত নহয়। কিন্তু যি নিষিদ্ধ আচৰণত লিপ্ত, সি মৃত্যুৰ পিছত নৰকলৈ যায়।
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FAQs
Ethics are tied to accountability: stability and success arise from disciplined adherence to rightful duty, while knowingly crossing prohibitions is framed as spiritually destructive, carrying post-mortem consequences.
Ācāra/Dharma instruction. References to naraka touch Purāṇic moral cosmology but not as a full-scale pralaya/manvantara account.
‘Naraka’ can be read inwardly as the hell of mental suffering produced by transgression—agitation, fear, and loss of inner steadiness—alongside the traditional afterlife reading.