Shloka 32
Adhyaya 15 — Karmic Retribution: Rebirths After Naraka and the King’s Compassion in Hell
शाकहर्ता च हारीतस्तोयहर्ता च चातकः ।
भूर्हर्ता नरकान् गत्वा रौरवादीन् सुदारुणान् ॥
śākahartā ca hārītas toyahartā ca cātakaḥ | bhūhartā narakān gatvā rauravādīn sudāruṇān
El ladrón de verduras se vuelve hārīta (ave verde). El ladrón de agua se vuelve cātaka (el ave de la lluvia). Pero el ladrón de tierras, tras ir a infiernos terribles como Raurava y otros, padece gravemente.
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FAQs
Theft of essentials (water) and commons (land) is treated as especially grave. Land theft is singled out for naraka-punishment, reflecting its broad harm: it destroys livelihood, lineage security, and social stability.
This is a naraka/karma-vipāka ethical unit, not pañcalakṣaṇa cosmology or dynastic narration.
Water symbolizes life-force and shared sustenance; stealing it yields birth as a creature defined by thirst for rain. Land symbolizes the ‘ground’ of dharma and order; violating it leads to descent into Raurava—an image of being uprooted from moral ground.