Shloka 48
Adhyaya 14 — The Messenger of Yama Explains Karmic Retribution and the Causes of Naraka Torments
प्राणान्तिकं ददुस्तापमदुष्टानाञ्च येऽधमाः ।
करम्भवालुकासंस्थास्त इमे पापभागिनः ॥
prāṇāntikaṃ dadus tāpam aduṣṭānāṃ ca ye 'dhamāḥ /
karambhavālukāsaṃsthās ta ime pāpabhāginaḥ
អ្នកអាក្រក់ទាំងនោះ ដែលបង្កកំដៅដល់ថ្នាក់គំរាមជីវិត និងទុក្ខទោសដល់អ្នកសុចរិតដែលមិនមានកំហុស—អ្នកមានបាបទាំងនោះ ត្រូវឲ្យរស់នៅក្នុងទណ្ឌកម្មដែលហៅថា karambha-vālukā (ទុក្ខទោសដោយខ្សាច់ក្តៅ/វត្ថុក្តៅដូចបបរ)។
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FAQs
Inflicting extreme suffering on the innocent is a high-grade adharma. The text frames cruelty as an actionable karmic cause, not merely a social failing.
Dharma/ācāra instruction through naraka-varṇana; outside the strict pancalakṣaṇa headings.
‘Heat’ (tāpa) is both physical and mental. One who burns others with oppression, intimidation, or violence externalizes inner tamas and returns to a realm where that ‘heat’ becomes their environment.