Shloka 68
Adhyaya 14 — The Messenger of Yama Explains Karmic Retribution and the Causes of Naraka Torments
दत्त्वा कन्यां च एकस्मै द्वितीयाय प्रयच्छति ।
स त्वेवं नैकधाच्छिन्नः क्षारनद्यां प्रवाह्यते ॥
dattvā kanyāṃ ca ekasmai dvitīyāya prayacchati /
sa tv evaṃ naikadhā chinnaḥ kṣāra-nadyāṃ pravāhyate
Wer, nachdem er eine Jungfrau einem Mann gegeben hat, sie dann einem zweiten gibt, wird in viele Stücke zerteilt und in einem Fluss ätzender Salzlauge fortgetragen.
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FAQs
Marriage is treated as a solemn, dharmic commitment with social and ritual integrity. Violating it through duplicity is portrayed as a grave offense that ‘splits’ trust and lineage-order, hence the imagery of being cut apart.
Dharma-ācāra and its consequences (phala) within Purāṇic instruction; not a core pancalakṣaṇa category.
The ‘caustic river’ symbolizes corrosive consequences of betrayal: it dissolves social bonds and inner peace. Being ‘cut into many’ mirrors the fragmentation of integrity caused by deceit.