Shloka 3

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

Sanskrit

यन्त्रपीडनगात्रासृक्-प्रवाहोद्भूतकर्दमम् ।

विशस्यमानदुष्कर्मि-तन्निपातरवाकुलम् ॥

Transliteration

yantrapīḍanagātrāsṛk-pravāhodbhūtakardamam / viśasyamānaduṣkarmi-tannipātaravākulam

Translation

(It was) a place where bodies are tortured by devices, where streams of blood create mire; filled with the cries of evil-doers being slaughtered and cast down.

Word by Word

• यन्त्रपीडनगात्रासृक्प्रवाहोद्भूतकर्दमम्: muddy with mire produced from streams of blood from bodies crushed by machines
• यन्त्रपीडनगात्रासृक्प्रवाहोद्भूतकर्दमम्: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यन्त्र-पीडन-गात्र-असृज्/असृक्-प्रवाह-उद्भूत-कर्दम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (यन्त्रपीडनेन गात्रात् असृक्प्रवाहः; तेन उद्भूतः कर्दमः यस्मिन्)

• विशस्यमानदुष्कर्मितन्निपातरवाकुलम्: filled with the cries of evil-doers being slaughtered as they fall
• विशस्यमानदुष्कर्मितन्निपातरवाकुलम्: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विशस्य-मान (वध्/शस्? धातु-आधारित कृदन्त) + दुष्कर्मिन् + तद्-निपात-रव-आकुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः; ‘विशस्यमान’ = वर्तमानकृदन्त (present passive participle, being cut/slaughtered); ‘आकुल’ = filled with; ‘तद्’ = तेषां (of them)

Speakers

• Putra

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "raudra", "secondaryRasa": "bhayanaka", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Key Themes

• Naraka topography
• Violence and its recoil
• Fear-based moral instruction

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Violence generates a world of violence: those who cause suffering encounter an environment that mirrors and amplifies their deeds, reinforcing ahiṃsā and responsibility.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

A dharma-oriented narrative illustration of karma-phala; not directly related to creation cycles or genealogies.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Machines’ imply mechanized habit—compulsive patterns that torment the psyche. Blood-mud suggests moral pollution (mala) thickening into a stuck condition, hard to cross without purification.