Shloka 52
The Account of Mohinī
Mohinī-upākhyāna
तलानि चापि दैत्याद्यैराकाशः पक्षिपूर्वकैः । नाकः सुकृतिभिर्जीवैर्नरकाः पापकर्मभिः ॥ ५२ ॥
talāni cāpi daityādyairākāśaḥ pakṣipūrvakaiḥ | nākaḥ sukṛtibhirjīvairnarakāḥ pāpakarmabhiḥ || 52 ||
ತಲಲೋಕಗಳು ದೈತ್ಯಾದಿಗಳಿಂದ ತುಂಬಿವೆ; ಆಕಾಶವು ಪಕ್ಷಿ ಮುಂತಾದ ರೆಕ್ಕೆಳ್ಳ ಜೀವಗಳಿಂದ ವ್ಯಾಪ್ತವಾಗಿದೆ. ನಾಕ (ಸ್ವರ್ಗ) ಪುಣ್ಯವಂತರಿಗೆ ಲಭಿಸುತ್ತದೆ; ನರಕಗಳು ಪಾಪಕರ್ಮಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಗತಿ।
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta (peace)
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka (fear)
FAQs
It frames the universe as a moral cosmos: realms correspond to the dominant nature of beings and, for humans, to karma—merit leads to heavenly experience while sin leads to painful hellish consequence.
While not naming bhakti directly, it supports a core bhakti ethic: righteous, God-aligned conduct (sukṛti) elevates the jīva, whereas pāpa obstructs spiritual progress—thus devotion is safeguarded by dharma and purified action.
The verse mainly teaches karma-phala (ethical causality) rather than a specific Vedanga; practically, it reinforces dharma-based conduct and ritual propriety as means to accumulate sukṛti and avoid pāpa.