Shloka 6
The Account of Mohinī
Mohinī-upākhyāna
सर्वेषु क्रमशो गत्वा नरकेषु निपातिता । पापे धर्मांगदः पुत्रो घातितः पतिपाणिना ॥ ६ ॥
sarveṣu kramaśo gatvā narakeṣu nipātitā | pāpe dharmāṃgadaḥ putro ghātitaḥ patipāṇinā || 6 ||
ಅವಳು ಕ್ರಮವಾಗಿ ಎಲ್ಲ ನರಕಗಳಿಗೂ ಹೋಗಿ ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಬೀಳಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಳು; ಆ ಪಾಪಸ್ಥಿತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಅವಳ ಮಗ ಧರ್ಮಾಂಗದನು ಪತಿಯ ಕೈಯಿಂದಲೇ ಹತನಾದನು॥
Narada (narrating the consequences of adharma in a tīrtha-māhātmya context)
Vrata: none
Rasa: {"primary_rasa":"karuna","secondary_rasa":"bhayanaka","emotional_journey":"The horror of being cast through successive hells culminates in tragic pathos: familial destruction, with the son slain by the husband’s own hand."}
FAQs
It stresses the inevitability of karma-phala: sustained pāpa leads to repeated descent into narakas, and even one’s closest relationships can become instruments of suffering when dharma is violated.
By showing the terror of naraka as the fruit of adharma, it implicitly urges śaraṇāgati and devotion to Bhagavān as the purifying refuge that reverses sinful trajectories and restores dharmic living.
No specific Vedāṅga technique is taught in this verse; the practical takeaway is applied dharma-śāstra reasoning—actions (karma) produce definite results (phala), so conduct must be regulated by righteous norms.