Shloka 12
Adhyaya 12 — The Son Describes the Narakas: Mahāraurava, Tamas, Nikṛntana, Apratiṣṭha, Asipatravana, and Taptakumbha
दन्तास्तेषाञ्च भज्यन्ते शीतार्तिपरिकम्पिताः ।
क्षुत्तृष्णाप्रबलास्तत्र तथैवान्येऽप्युपद्रवाः ॥
dantās teṣāṃ ca bhajyante śītārti-parikampitāḥ /
kṣut-tṛṣṇā-prabalās tatra tathaivānye 'py upadravāḥ
തണുപ്പിന്റെ വേദനയിൽ വിറയ്ക്കുന്നവരുടെ പല്ലുകൾ പൊട്ടി വീഴും; അവിടെ വിശപ്പും ദാഹവും അതിതീവ്രം, മറ്റു ക്ലേശങ്ങളും കൂടെയുണ്ട്।
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FAQs
Unchecked desire (hunger/thirst as symbols) becomes torment; ethical life disciplines craving, preventing it from maturing into suffering.
Didactic narrative supporting dharma; not directly genealogical or manvantara-related.
Broken teeth and trembling indicate loss of ‘capacity to consume’—a reversal where the consumer (desire-driven ego) is itself dismantled by the very forces it served.