Shloka 9
Adhyaya 28 — Alarka Inquires into Varna and Ashrama Dharma; Madalasa Defines the Fourfold Duties
स्ववर्णधर्मात् संसिद्धिं नरः प्राप्नोति न च्युतः ।
प्रयाति नरकं प्रेत्य प्रतिषिद्धनिषेवणात् ॥
svavarṇadharmāt saṃsiddhiṃ naraḥ prāpnoti na cyutaḥ | prayāti narakaṃ pretya pratiṣiddhaniṣevaṇāt ||
Al adherirse al dharma de su propia varṇa, una persona alcanza plenitud y no decae. Pero al entregarse a lo prohibido, tras la muerte va al infierno.
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FAQs
Ethics are tied to accountability: stability and success arise from disciplined adherence to rightful duty, while knowingly crossing prohibitions is framed as spiritually destructive, carrying post-mortem consequences.
Ācāra/Dharma instruction. References to naraka touch Purāṇic moral cosmology but not as a full-scale pralaya/manvantara account.
‘Naraka’ can be read inwardly as the hell of mental suffering produced by transgression—agitation, fear, and loss of inner steadiness—alongside the traditional afterlife reading.