Shloka 2
Adhyaya 12 — Auttami and Tamasa
तत्र ते नरकाः सर्वे यथा वै रौरवस्तथा ।
वर्णितास्तान् समाचक्ष्व विस्तरेण महामते ॥
tatra te narakāḥ sarve yathā vai rauravas tathā | varṇitās tān samācakṣva vistareṇa mahā-mate ||
Di sana engkau telah menggambarkan semua neraka seperti Raurava dan lainnya. Sekarang, wahai berhati luhur, ceritakanlah semuanya dengan rinci.
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FAQs
The text uses detailed consequence-imagery as a moral technology: specificity makes ethical causality emotionally and cognitively compelling.
Falls under dharma-upadeśa and loka-description (cosmological geography of narakas), adjacent to sarga-style cosmology but here primarily ethical instruction.
Enumerating narakas externalizes inner suffering-states; the ‘detail’ functions as meditation on consequence, weakening denial and strengthening restraint.