Shloka 3
Adhyaya 12 — The Son Describes the Narakas: Mahāraurava, Tamas, Nikṛntana, Apratiṣṭha, Asipatravana, and Taptakumbha
पुत्र उवाच— रौरवस्ते समाख्यातः प्रथमं नरको मया ।
महाराैरवसंज्ञं तु शृणुष्व नरकं पितः ॥
putra uvāca— rauravas te samākhyātaḥ prathamaṁ narako mayā | mahāraurava-saṁjñaṁ tu śṛṇuṣva narakaṁ pitaḥ ||
Dijo el hijo: «Raurava —el primer infierno— ya te lo he descrito. Ahora escucha acerca del infierno llamado Mahāraurava, oh padre».
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FAQs
The structured enumeration of hells underscores that actions have specific results; moral order is presented as systematic rather than arbitrary.
A cosmology/ethical hybrid: description of lokas (narakas) in service of dharma teaching; not genealogy or manvantara narrative.
‘Raurava’ and ‘Mahāraurava’ (terrifying/most terrifying) can be read as intensifications of suffering born from intensifications of harm—an inner law of amplification through repeated patterns.