Shloka 31
Adhyaya 12 — The Son Describes the Narakas: Mahāraurava, Tamas, Nikṛntana, Apratiṣṭha, Asipatravana, and Taptakumbha
प्रवाति तेन पात्यन्ते तेषां खड्गान्यथोपरि ।
ततः पतन्ति ते भूमौ ज्वलत्पावकसञ्चये ॥
pravāti tena pātyante teṣāṃ khaḍgāny athopari | tataḥ patanti te bhūmau jvalatpāvakasañcaye ||
風が吹き、それによって剣が頭上から彼らの上に落ちてくる。そして彼らは燃え盛る火の塊の中へと地面に倒れ込む。
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FAQs
The sequence ‘cut from above, burn below’ depicts cumulative consequences: harms compound rather than cancel, warning against rationalizing repeated wrongdoing.
Didactic karmaphala; not a pancalakṣaṇa core category.
‘Above’ may symbolize higher faculties (buddhi/dharma) turned into weapons when violated; ‘below’ symbolizes base drives that become consuming fire.