Shloka 48
Adhyaya 14 — The Messenger of Yama Explains Karmic Retribution and the Causes of Naraka Torments
प्राणान्तिकं ददुस्तापमदुष्टानाञ्च येऽधमाः ।
करम्भवालुकासंस्थास्त इमे पापभागिनः ॥
prāṇāntikaṃ dadus tāpam aduṣṭānāṃ ca ye 'dhamāḥ /
karambhavālukāsaṃsthās ta ime pāpabhāginaḥ
যারা নির্দোষদের উপর প্রাণঘাতী তাপ ও যন্ত্রণা চাপায়—সেই পাপীরা ‘করম্ভ-वालুকা’ নামক দণ্ডস্থানে বাস করতে বাধ্য হয়।
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FAQs
Inflicting extreme suffering on the innocent is a high-grade adharma. The text frames cruelty as an actionable karmic cause, not merely a social failing.
Dharma/ācāra instruction through naraka-varṇana; outside the strict pancalakṣaṇa headings.
‘Heat’ (tāpa) is both physical and mental. One who burns others with oppression, intimidation, or violence externalizes inner tamas and returns to a realm where that ‘heat’ becomes their environment.