Varaha Purana 198.37: Adhyaya 198, Shloka 37
Description of the Torments within the Cycle of Rebirth: Hymn to Yama and the Introduction to Citragupta’s Administration
रुदन्ति करुणं घोरं त्रातारं नाप्नुवन्ति ते ॥ नरकेऽपि तथा पूर्णे ह्यगाधे तमसावृते
rudanti karuṇaṃ ghoraṃ trātāraṃ nāpnuvanti te || narake 'pi tathā pūrṇe hy agādhe tamasāvṛte
वो रोते हैं बहुत दुख से और डर के मारे। कोई उनको बचाने वाला नहीं मिलता। नरक में भी ऐसा ही होता है, जहाँ सब भर गया है और अंधेरा छाया है।
Varāha (default attribution within Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue framework)
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The verse exemplifies Purāṇic moral pedagogy: the absence of a ‘rescuer’ underscores personal responsibility and the narrative logic of karmic consequence.
No terrestrial location is specified; the verse situates the scene within an otherworldly ‘naraka’ setting described as dark and unfathomable.
It stresses the inevitability of consequences for harmful actions and the insufficiency of external rescue once consequences are said to mature.
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