Varaha Purana 198.40: Adhyaya 198, Shloka 40
Description of the Torments within the Cycle of Rebirth: Hymn to Yama and the Introduction to Citragupta’s Administration
केचिद्यन्त्रमुपारोप्य संपीड्यन्ते तिला इव ॥ तेषां संपीड्यमानानां शोणितं स्रवते बहु
kecid yantram upāropya saṃpīḍyante tilā iva || teṣāṃ saṃpīḍyamānānāṃ śoṇitaṃ sravate bahu
कुछ लोग मशीन पर रखे जाते हैं और पिट जाते हैं जैसे तिल। जब उनको पिट रहे होता है, तब उनमे से बहुत खून बहने लगता है।
Varāha (default attribution within Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue framework)
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It preserves a striking metaphor of mechanical crushing (yantra), useful for studying how Purāṇic texts employ material culture imagery to intensify ethical narrative.
No geographic site is named; the verse describes a punitive mechanism within the narrative setting of naraka.
The verse reinforces the idea of proportionate consequence by presenting a vivid, bodily image of suffering as the outcome of harmful conduct.
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