Shloka 27

Devanagari script

ये चात्र प्रचलितधर्मकामवृत्ता: क्रोशन्त: सततमनिष्टसम्प्रयोगा: । क्लिश्यन्त: परिगतवेदनाशरीरा बह्दीभि: सुभृूशमधर्मकारणाभि:,जो लोग यहाँ धर्मसे विचलित हो स्वेच्छाचारमें लगे हुए हैं, दूसरोंको बुरा- भला कहते हुए सदा अनिष्टकारी अशुभ कर्माँमें ही लगे हुए हैं, वे मरनेके बाद यातनादेह पाकर अपने अनेक पापकर्मोके कारण अत्यन्त क्लेश भोगते हैं

Transliteration

ye cātra pracalita-dharma-kāma-vṛttāḥ krośantaḥ satatam aniṣṭa-samprayogāḥ | kliśyantaḥ parigata-vedanā-śarīrā bahvībhis su-bhṛśam adharma-kāraṇābhiḥ ||

Translation

Vyāsa said: Those who, in this world, have strayed from dharma and follow their own desire-driven conduct—who keep crying out in abuse and remain continually engaged in harmful, inauspicious actions—after death obtain bodies made for torment. There, because of their many sinful deeds, they suffer intense affliction again and again, through numerous causes born of unrighteousness.

Word by Word

येthose who

चand

अत्रhere

प्रचलित-धर्म-काम-वृत्ताःhaving conduct deviated from dharma and desire (i.e., following wayward impulses)

क्रोशन्तःcrying out / shouting

सततम्constantly

अनिष्ट-सम्प्रयोगाःengaged in harmful/inauspicious associations (or acts)

क्लिश्यन्तःsuffering / being afflicted

परिगत-वेदना-शरीराःwhose bodies are encompassed by pain

बह्वीभिःby many

सुभृशम्exceedingly

अधर्म-कारणाभिःby causes of unrighteousness / by sinful causes

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A life that abandons dharma and follows desire-driven, harmful behavior leads to painful karmic consequences; after death such people experience intense suffering proportionate to their repeated unrighteous actions.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa is describing a class of people characterized by deviation from dharma, abusive speech, and continual engagement in inauspicious acts, and he explains their post-mortem fate: they obtain a torment-bearing body and undergo severe suffering due to many causes rooted in adharma.