Shloka 82
Aśokasundarī and Huṇḍa: Chastity, Karma, and the Foretold Rise of Nahuṣa
कर्मणोस्य फलं भुंक्ष्व स्वकीयस्य महीतले । यास्यसे निरयस्थानं परदाराभिमर्शनात्
karmaṇosya phalaṃ bhuṃkṣva svakīyasya mahītale | yāsyase nirayasthānaṃ paradārābhimarśanāt
પોતાના કર્મનું ફળ આ ધરતી પર ભોગવ; પરંતુ પરસ્ત્રીનો અપમાન/સ્પર્શ કરવાના પાપથી તું નરકધામે જશે।
Unspecified (context required to identify the dialogue speaker precisely; likely a moral admonition within a narrator-to-listener frame such as Pulastya → Bhīṣma in Bhūmi-khaṇḍa)
Concept: One must bear the fruit of one’s own karma; adultery (paradārābhimarśana) leads to naraka.
Application: Guard boundaries in relationships; cultivate purity of gaze, speech, and intention; if tempted, redirect mind through japa, satsanga, and vrata discipline.
Primary Rasa: raudra
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
Type: celestial_realm
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A stern sage points toward a bifurcated vision: on one side, a calm earthly household with lamp-lit sanctity; on the other, a shadowy chasm labeled ‘niraya’ where chains and smoke coil around a fallen figure. The contrast dramatizes how a single act of transgression fractures dharma and drags the mind into darkness.","primary_figures":["a stern sage/teacher","a wavering man (symbolic transgressor)","a chaste household couple (symbolic dharma)","yamadūtas (shadowy, optional)"],"setting":"earthly threshold of a home blending into a visionary naraka abyss","lighting_mood":"lamp-lit foreground, smoky darkness beyond","color_palette":["burnt umber","smoke black","lamp gold","blood red","stone grey"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: a commanding rishi with raised hand of admonition, foregrounded in rich reds and greens; to the right a dharmic home altar with gold leaf lamps; to the left a stylized naraka pit with dark enamel tones, yamadūtas in ornate yet fearsome iconography; heavy gold leaf outlining moral contrast, jeweled borders.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: refined rishi in white/orange robes, delicate architecture of a Himalayan-style home shrine; a misty dark ravine opens behind with faint silhouettes of punitive beings; cool shadows and precise linework, moral contrast conveyed through palette shift.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: bold admonishing sage, dramatic gestures, flat planes of red/yellow/green; naraka rendered as swirling black-red smoke with stylized attendants; temple-wall composition with rhythmic borders and intense eyes.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: central moral tableau framed by floral borders; right panel shows a sanctified household with lotus motifs; left panel shows a dark lotus turned downward as ‘niraya’ symbol; intricate patterns, deep blues and gold, didactic symmetry."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"dramatic","suggested_raga":"Bhairavi","pace":"moderate-narrative","voice_tone":"authoritative","sound_elements":["conch shell accent at warning line","low drum pulse","temple bell strike","brief ominous silence"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: कर्मणोस्य = कर्मणः + अस्य; मुखात्केशान् (in later verse) similar sandhi type; here no further splits needed beyond karmaṇo'sya.
FAQs
It teaches that one experiences the fruits of one’s own actions, and specifically warns that violating another man’s wife is a grave adharma leading to suffering in niraya (hell).
It states a clear karma-phala principle: actions yield results that must be experienced—some in this world (mahītale) and severe consequences (niraya) for serious moral transgressions.
It implies an illicit approach or violation of ‘another’s wife’—a shorthand for adultery and sexual misconduct—presented here as a cause for falling into niraya.