Shloka 89
Adhyaya 14 — The Messenger of Yama Explains Karmic Retribution and the Causes of Naraka Torments
कालसूत्रे तथा छेदमनेकाश्चैव यातनाः ।
प्राप्य निष्कृतिमेतस्मान्न वेद्मि कथमेष्यति ॥
kālasūtre tathā chedam anekāś caiva yātanāḥ /
prāpya niṣkṛtim etasmān na vedmi katham eṣyati
કાલસૂત્ર તથા છેદન અને અન્ય અનેક યાતનાઓ ભોગવીને, તેમાંથી પણ નિષ્કૃતિ (પ્રાયશ્ચિત્ત) પ્રાપ્ત કર્યા પછી પણ, તે આગળ કેવી રીતે અથવા કયા પ્રકારે આગળ વધશે—એ હું જાણતો નથી.
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FAQs
The verse stresses that suffering and even expiation do not automatically guarantee a clear, immediate return to well-being; karmic residues may still shape the next transition. Ethical conduct is presented as safer than relying on post-facto remedies.
Primarily Dharma/karma instruction rather than the five classical purāṇic topics; it aligns most closely with ancillary purāṇic teaching on conduct and consequences (not Sarga/Pratisarga/Manvantara/Vaṃśa/Vaṃśānucarita).
Kālasūtra (“thread/line of Time”) can be read symbolically as bondage to time-conditioned causality; ‘cutting’ evokes the painful severing caused by one’s own actions. The uncertainty of ‘how he proceeds’ highlights the opacity of karmic unfolding.