Shloka 64
Adhyaya 14 — The Messenger of Yama Explains Karmic Retribution and the Causes of Naraka Torments
तेषामयोमयान् कीलानग्निवर्षान् पुनः पुनः ।
कर्णेषु प्रेरयन्त्येते याम्या विलपतामपि ॥
teṣām ayo-mayān kīlān agni-varṣān punaḥ punaḥ /
karṇeṣu prerayanty ete yāmyā vilapatām api
അവരുടെ മേൽ യമദൂതന്മാർ വീണ്ടും വീണ്ടും ചെവികളിൽ ഇരുമ്പുകീൽ കുത്തി, അഗ്നിവർഷം ചൊരിയുന്നു; അവർ വിലപിക്കുന്നു।
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FAQs
The ear that delighted in adharma becomes the channel of suffering. The text emphasizes guarding what one consumes through hearing—company and discourse shape karma.
Dharma/ācāra instruction via naraka imagery; not a pancalakṣaṇa core item.
Ears symbolize receptivity. ‘Iron spikes’ represent hardened wrong views (dṛḍha-mati) forcibly lodged by repeated indulgence in slander.