Adhyaya 14 — The Messenger of Yama Explains Karmic Retribution and the Causes of Naraka Torments
मूषायामपि पश्यैतान् नाश्यमानान् यमानुगैः ।
पुरुषैः पुरुषव्याघ्र ! परदारावमर्षिणः ॥
mūṣāyām api paśyaitān nāśyamānān yamānugaiḥ / puruṣaiḥ puruṣāvyāghra ! paradārāvamarṣiṇaḥ
তাদের যমদূতদের দ্বারা কুণ্ড/ভাটিতে দগ্ধ হতে দেখো—হে নরব্যাঘ্র—যারা পরস্ত্রীর প্রতি কামে অসংযত, তারা বিনষ্ট হয়।
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The text frames adultery as a destructive transgression against social and familial dharma; the ‘furnace’ punishment mirrors the burning nature of illicit passion and its capacity to consume discernment.
Dharma/karmaphala teaching segment; not directly sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita.
The crucible symbolizes passions that ‘melt down’ moral structure. Yama’s agents represent the inexorable moral law that processes actions into consequences.