Shloka 24
कामीकवन-समागमः
Kāmyaka Forest Meeting: Kṛṣṇa’s Visit; Mārkaṇḍeya and Nārada Arrive
सो<हं परमदुष्कर्मा वसामि निरये5शुचौ सर्पयोनिमिमां प्राप्प कालाकाडुक्षी महाद्युते,महाद्युते! इस प्रकार मैं अत्यन्त दुष्कर्मी होनेके कारण इस अपवित्र नरकमें निवास करता हूँ। इस सर्पयोनिमें पड़कर इससे छूटनेके अवसरकी प्रतीक्षा करता हूँ”
so ’haṁ paramaduṣkarmā vasāmi niraye ’śucau | sarpayonim imāṁ prāpya kālākāḍūkṣī mahādyute mahādyute |
Aku—pelaku kejahatan yang amat keji—tinggal di neraka yang najis ini. Terjatuh ke dalam rahim kelahiran sebagai ular, aku menanti kesempatan untuk terbebas darinya, wahai yang bercahaya agung, wahai yang bercahaya agung.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Grievously unethical actions (duṣkarma) lead to painful consequences after death, including impure states like naraka and degraded rebirth; the passage underscores moral accountability and the hope for eventual release through the exhaustion of karmic results.
A speaker (reported by Vaiśampāyana) describes his present condition in an impure hell after committing extreme wrongdoing, stating that he has fallen into a serpent form and is waiting for the moment when he can be freed from that state.