Shloka 55
Adhyaya 15 — Karmic Retribution: Rebirths After Naraka and the King’s Compassion in Hell
पीडनच्छेददाहादिमहादुःखस्य हेतवः ।
मृदुत्वमागता राजन् तेजसापहता स्तव ॥
pīḍana-ccheda-dāhādi-mahāduḥkhasya hetavaḥ | mṛdutvam āgatā rājan tejasāpahatās tava ||
„Die Ursachen großen Leidens—Zerquetschen, Zerschneiden, Verbrennen und dergleichen—sind milde geworden, o König, zurückgedrängt durch deinen Glanz (tejas).“
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FAQs
True ‘tejas’ is not mere power; it is moral-spiritual luminosity that restrains harm. The king’s virtue is portrayed as actively diminishing violence, implying that dharmic leadership alleviates suffering even beyond ordinary jurisdiction.
Didactic dharma within narrative (ācāra/vṛtti). It is not a cosmogenic (sarga/pratisarga) or genealogical (vaṃśa) unit.
‘Torment mechanisms’ becoming soft indicates the transformation of tamasic punitive forces when confronted by sattvic tejas—suggesting inner alchemy: the presence of awakened virtue pacifies the mind’s own ‘hells.’