Shloka 27
Sudevā’s Ascent to Heaven
Merit, Hospitality, and Release from Hell
एवं योनिविशेषेषु पापयोनिषु तेन च । क्षिप्तास्मि धर्मराजेन पीडिता सर्वयोनिषु
evaṃ yoniviśeṣeṣu pāpayoniṣu tena ca | kṣiptāsmi dharmarājena pīḍitā sarvayoniṣu
ಹೀಗೆ ವಿವಿಧ ಯೋನಿವಿಶೇಷಗಳಲ್ಲಿ—ಪಾಪಯೋನಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ—ಧರ್ಮರಾಜನು ನನನ್ನು ಎಸೆದನು; ನಾನು ಎಲ್ಲ ಯೋನಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಪೀಡಿತಳಾದೆನು।
Unspecified in the provided excerpt (a first-person narrator describing karmic punishment by Dharmarāja/Yama)
Concept: Karmic law operates across all births; suffering is not random but administered through dharma’s order.
Application: Stop blaming fate; audit actions, speech, and intent; adopt a consistent spiritual discipline (daily worship, Ekādaśī restraint, charity) to change the karmic trajectory.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
Type: celestial_realm
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A circular ‘wheel of wombs’ surrounds the narrator, each segment showing a different birth-form, while above stands Dharmarāja as a distant, impartial regulator. The narrator’s posture shifts from frantic fear to exhausted clarity, suggesting the mind turning toward liberation.","primary_figures":["Dharmarāja (Yama)","narrating soul","symbolic yoni-wheel with multiple life-forms"],"setting":"A cosmic mandala-space: a dark void with a luminous wheel of births, like a chakra, rotating beneath a high tribunal dais.","lighting_mood":"divine radiance cutting through darkness","color_palette":["midnight blue","chakra gold","smoke gray","crimson accent","pearl white"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: central saṃsāra wheel with gold leaf spokes, miniature life-forms in each segment; Dharmarāja above with ornate halo; the soul kneeling below; rich reds/greens, heavy gold embellishment, temple-arch framing.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: elegant mandala composition with soft gradients; Dharmarāja rendered with restraint, the wheel delicate and symbolic; refined faces, cool palette, contemplative mood despite grim theme.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: bold circular wheel motif, rhythmic figures, thick outlines; Dharmarāja iconic with buffalo emblem; strong reds/yellows/greens against dark blue ground.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: ornate circular border of lotuses and vines enclosing a saṃsāra wheel; deep indigo background with gold highlights; narrative medallions of different yonis; devotional framing suggesting an unseen path to Hari."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"meditative","suggested_raga":"Yaman","pace":"slow-meditative","voice_tone":"serene","sound_elements":["single bell strike","low tanpura drone","soft conch in distance","silence"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: क्षिप्तास्मि = क्षिप्ता + अस्मि (आ + अ → आ)
FAQs
Dharmarāja refers to Yama, the cosmic judge who administers the results of karma and assigns consequences after death, including experiences in various births.
Yoni literally means a womb, and by extension a mode or category of birth—i.e., the embodied condition one takes due to past actions.
It underscores karmic accountability: harmful or sinful actions lead to suffering and lower or painful forms of rebirth, administered according to dharma.