Adhyaya 12 — The Son Describes the Narakas: Mahāraurava, Tamas, Nikṛntana, Apratiṣṭha, Asipatravana, and Taptakumbha
तेषामङ्गानि रुदतामनेकान्यतिभीषणाः ।
असिपत्रवनं तात ! मयैतत्कीर्तितं तव ॥
teṣām aṅgāni rudatām anekāny atibhīṣaṇāḥ | asipatravanaṃ tāta mayaitat kīrtitaṃ tava ||
彼らが泣き叫ぶ中、その手足は多くの部分に引き裂かれ、それは最も恐ろしい光景である。愛する者よ、このように私はあなたにこのアシパトラヴァナ(剣の葉の森の地獄)について説いた。
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The closing address (‘tāta’) underscores compassionate instruction: terrifying imagery is deployed not for cruelty but to turn the listener away from adharma and toward restraint, charity, and truthfulness.
A dharma/karmaphala warning passage; outside the direct pancalakṣaṇa headings though consistent with Purāṇic ethical teaching.
Dismemberment into ‘many parts’ can symbolize the fragmentation of the self under vice—loss of inner unity (ekāgratā) caused by unwholesome actions and desires.