Shloka 66
Adhyaya 14 — The Messenger of Yama Explains Karmic Retribution and the Causes of Naraka Torments
तेषामेतैः शितैः शस्त्रैर्मुहुर्विलपतां त्वचः ।
पृथक् कुर्वन्ति वै याम्याः शरीरा॒दतिदारुणाः ॥
teṣām etaiḥ śitaiḥ śastrair muhur vilapatāṃ tvacaḥ /
pṛthak kurvanti vai yāmyāḥ śarīrād ati-dāruṇāḥ
അവർക്കായി യമന്റെ അത്യന്തം ക്രൂര സേവകർ ഈ മൂർച്ചയുള്ള ആയുധങ്ങളാൽ വീണ്ടും വീണ്ടും ശരീരത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ത്വക്ക് വേർപെടുത്തുന്നു; അവർ നിലവിളിക്കുന്നു।
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FAQs
The violence inflicted upon society’s supports returns as violence upon one’s own bodily integrity. Purāṇic justice mirrors the nature of harm done.
Dharma-phala (negative exempla) embedded in Purāṇic narrative instruction.
Skin represents protective boundary (maryādā). Those who violate communal/sacred boundaries lose their own ‘covering’—a symbolic stripping of false security.