Shloka 76
Adhyaya 14 — The Messenger of Yama Explains Karmic Retribution and the Causes of Naraka Torments
मूषायामपि पश्यैतान् नाश्यमानान् यमानुगैः ।
पुरुषैः पुरुषव्याघ्र ! परदारावमर्षिणः ॥
mūṣāyām api paśyaitān nāśyamānān yamānugaiḥ / puruṣaiḥ puruṣāvyāghra ! paradārāvamarṣiṇaḥ
Míralos también en un crisol, siendo destruidos por los seguidores de Yama —oh tigre entre los hombres—, aquellos que no tienen freno en su lujuria por la mujer de otro.
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FAQs
The text frames adultery as a destructive transgression against social and familial dharma; the ‘furnace’ punishment mirrors the burning nature of illicit passion and its capacity to consume discernment.
Dharma/karmaphala teaching segment; not directly sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita.
The crucible symbolizes passions that ‘melt down’ moral structure. Yama’s agents represent the inexorable moral law that processes actions into consequences.