Shloka 22

Viṣṇu-sahasranāma—Yudhiṣṭhira’s Inquiry and Bhīṣma’s Recitation (विष्णोर्नामसहस्रम्)

Devanagari script

इसके सिवा यह एक दूसरा धर्म भी चित्रगुप्तने बताया है। उसके पृथक्‌ू-पृथक्‌ फलका वर्णन सभी साधु पुरुष सुनें। समस्त प्राणी कालक्रमसे प्रलयको प्राप्त होते हैं ।। तत्र दुर्गमनुप्राप्ता: क्षुत्तृष्णारिपीडिता: । दहामाना विपच्यन्ते न तत्रास्ति पलायनम्‌

Transliteration

tatra durgamanūprāptāḥ kṣut-tṛṣṇāri-pīḍitāḥ | dahyamānā vipacyante na tatrāsti palāyanam ||

Translation

There, having reached a hard-to-pass region, beings are tormented by the enemies of hunger and thirst. Burning, they are as it were ‘cooked’ by their suffering; from that place there is no escape.

Word by Word

तत्रthere

दुर्गम्a difficult place/strait

अनुप्राप्ताःhaving reached

क्षुत्hunger

तृष्णाthirst

अरिenemy

पीडिताःafflicted/tormented

दहामानाःbeing burned

विपच्यन्तेthey are cooked/tormented intensely

नnot

तत्रthere

अस्तिthere is

पलायनम्escape

Speaker

यम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yama

Chitragupta

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

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