Shloka 37
Adhyaya 12 — The Son Describes the Narakas: Mahāraurava, Tamas, Nikṛntana, Apratiṣṭha, Asipatravana, and Taptakumbha
गृध्रैरुत्पाट्य मुच्यन्ते पुनस्तेष्वेव वेगितैः ।
पुनः सिमसिमायन्ते तैलेनैक्यं व्रजन्ति च ॥
gṛdhrair utpāṭya mucyante punas teṣv eva vegitaiḥ / punaḥ simasimāyante tailenaikyaṃ vrajanti ca
Pulled out by vultures, they are released—only to be swiftly thrown again into those same cauldrons. Again they sizzle, and again they become one with the oil.
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FAQs
Punishment is portrayed as cyclical and relentless, mirroring how harmful habits repeat when not checked; the passage presses for repentance and reform before consequences harden.
Auxiliary dharma teaching through naraka narrative; outside the five lakṣaṇas proper.
Vultures can symbolize gnawing remorse and self-consuming thoughts; ‘merging with oil’ indicates loss of individuality into the very medium produced by one’s own heated passions.