Shloka 10
Adhyaya 12 — The Son Describes the Narakas: Mahāraurava, Tamas, Nikṛntana, Apratiṣṭha, Asipatravana, and Taptakumbha
तथान्यस्तु तमो नाम सोऽतिशीतः स्वभावतः ।
महारौरववद्दीर्घस्तथा स तमसा वृतः ॥
tathānyas tu tamo nāma so 'tiśītaḥ svabhāvataḥ /
mahāraurava-vad dīrghas tathā sa tamasā vṛtaḥ
മറ്റൊരു നരകം ‘തമസ്’ എന്നു വിളിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു; സ്വഭാവത്തിൽ അത്യന്തം ശീതളമാണ്. മഹാരൗരവത്തെപ്പോലെ അത് വിശാലവും, അന്ധകാരത്തിൽ പൊതിഞ്ഞതുമാണ്।
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FAQs
Suffering is not only ‘fire-like’; moral disorder can culminate in lifeless coldness and isolation—an ethical warning against tamasic conduct (cruelty, inertia, delusion).
Cosmological description used for moral instruction; adjacent to sarga-style mapping of worlds but functioning as naraka-varṇana (a common purāṇic didactic sub-genre).
‘Tamas’ as darkness/cold points to consciousness obscured: when awareness is fully veiled, experience becomes numb, isolating, and fear-laden—spiritual entropy as punishment.