Shloka 81
Adhyaya 10 — Jaimini’s Questions on Birth, Death, Karma, and the Embodied Journey
योजनानां सहस्रे द्वे रौरवो हि प्रमाणतः ।
जानुमात्रप्रमाणश्च ततः श्वभ्रः सुदुस्तरः ॥
yojanānāṃ sahasre dve rauravo hi pramāṇataḥ | jānumātrapramāṇaś ca tataḥ śvabhraḥ sudustaraḥ ||
രൗരവം എന്ന നരകം അളവിൽ രണ്ടായിരം യോജന വ്യാപ്തിയുള്ളതാണ്. അതിന്റെ അപ്പുറം ‘ശ്വഭ്ര’ എന്നു വിളിക്കുന്ന ഭയങ്കരവും ദുർഗമവുമായ ഒരു കുഴിയുണ്ട്; അതിന്റെ അളവ് മുട്ടുവരെയേ ഉള്ളുവെന്ന് പറയുന്നു.
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FAQs
Actions create consequences that are not merely social but cosmic: the text depicts karmic results as unavoidable terrains the soul must traverse, emphasizing restraint and dharmic conduct.
This passage aligns most closely with Vaṃśānucarita/Dharma-śikṣā style material rather than strict sarga/pratisarga; it is an ethical-cosmological teaching on karmaphala (results of deeds) using naraka topography.
Raurava and Śvabhra function as inner states: the ‘vast hell’ and the ‘hard-to-cross chasm’ symbolically mirror the mind’s entrenched habits and the narrow passage of transformation where even small progress is painful.