Shloka 40
Adhyaya 14 — The Messenger of Yama Explains Karmic Retribution and the Causes of Naraka Torments
वज्रतुण्डाः खगास्तेषां हरन्त्येते विलोचने ।
पुनः पुनश्च सम्भूतिरक्ष्णोरेषां भवत्यथ ॥
vajratuṇḍāḥ khagās teṣāṃ haranty ete vilocane /
punaḥ punaś ca sambhūtir akṣṇor eṣāṃ bhavaty atha
ವಜ್ರದಂತೆ ಚುಚ್ಚುವ ಚಂಚುಳ್ಳ ಪಕ್ಷಿಗಳು ಅವರ ಕಣ್ಣುಗಳನ್ನು ಕಿತ್ತುಹಾಕುತ್ತವೆ; ನಂತರ ಮತ್ತೆ ಮತ್ತೆ ಕಣ್ಣುಗಳು ಬೆಳೆಯುತ್ತವೆ, ಮತ್ತೆ ಕಿತ್ತುಹಾಕಲ್ಪಡುತ್ತವೆ।
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FAQs
Misuse of the senses becomes the cause of suffering through those very senses. The repeated regrowth signifies recurring experience of consequence until the karmic debt is exhausted.
Ethical instruction (ācāra/dharma) presented through naraka-varṇana; it supports Purāṇic didactic aims rather than sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita directly.
The ‘vajra-beak’ suggests irresistible karmic law (ṛta). The cyclical tearing and regrowth mirrors cyclic saṃskāras: repeated indulgence creates repeated pain until insight and restraint arise.