Adhyaya 14 — The Messenger of Yama Explains Karmic Retribution and the Causes of Naraka Torments
नरकप्रच्युतानि यानि यैर्यैरिहितपातकैः ।
प्रयान्ति योनिजातानि तन्मे निगदतः शृणु ॥
narakapracyutā yāni yair yair vihitapātakaiḥ /
prayānti yonijātāni tan me nigadataḥ śṛṇu
আমার কাছ থেকে শোনো, যেমন আমি ঘোষণা করছি—নরক থেকে পতিত হয়ে, তারা যে যে পাপ করেছে তার বিশেষ অনুসারে নানা যোনিতে কোন কোন জন্মে প্রবেশ করে।
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Actions are portrayed as specifying not only suffering but also the form of future embodiment. The moral universe is ordered: choices shape destiny in precise ways.
Didactic dharma material; not one of the five canonical purāṇic marks.
‘Yoni’ can be read as a psychological state as well as a biological one: repeated habits generate corresponding ‘forms’ of experience and limitation.