Varaha Purana 199.28: Adhyaya 199, Shloka 28
Description of the Torments of Rebirth: The Asipatravana Punishment and the Mechanics of Karmic Retribution
पक्षिणश्चायसैस्तुण्डैर्व्याघ्राश्चैव सुदारुणाः ॥ तत्र घोरा बहुविधाः क्रव्यादाः श्वादयस्तथा ॥
pakṣiṇaś cāyasais tuṇḍair vyāghrāś caiva sudāruṇāḥ || tatra ghorā bahuvidhāḥ kravyādāḥ śvādayas tathā
वहाँ चिड़ियाँ हैं जिनके चोंच लोहे की बनी हुई है। बहुत खतरनाक बाघ भी हैं। और वहाँ और भी बहुत तरीके के डरावने जानवर हैं जो मास खाते हैं, जैसे कुत्ते।
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It exemplifies a literary ‘punitive ecology’—animals and landscape elements become instruments in moral narration.
No historical geography is specified; the fauna are part of an otherworldly punitive setting.
The verse intensifies the warning framework: wrongdoing is associated with fearsome environments and predation as consequence imagery.
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