Shloka 6

Adhyaya 13 — The Son’s Account of Hell and the Question of Unseen Sin

Sanskrit

तत्सम्पर्कादशेषाणां नाभवद्यात्मना नृणाम् ।

मम चापि यथा स्वर्गे स्वर्गिणां निर्वृतिः परा ॥

Transliteration

tatsamparkādaśeṣāṇāṃ nābhavadyātanā nṛṇām | mama cāpi yathā svarge svargiṇāṃ nirvṛtiḥ parā

Translation

彼に触れるや、あの男たちすべての苦痛は止み、私にもまた、天上の住人が天にあるときのような、至上の満ち足りた安らぎが起こった。

Speakers

• Narrative voice (a suffering being recounting experience; exact frame-speaker not specified in input)

Key Themes

• Karma
• Merit (puṇya) as alleviation
• Comparative imagery: heaven vs hell