Shloka 6
Adhyaya 15 — Karmic Retribution: Rebirths After Naraka and the King’s Compassion in Hell
न्यासापहर्ता नरकाद्विमुक्तो जायते कृमिः । असूयकश्च नरकान्मुक्तो भवति राक्षसः ॥
nyāsāpahartā narakādvimukto jāyate kṛmiḥ / asūyakaśca narakānmukto bhavati rākṣasaḥ
തനിക്കു ഏൽപ്പിച്ച നിക്ഷേപം മോഷ്ടിക്കുന്നവൻ നരകത്തിൽ നിന്ന് മോചിതനായ ശേഷം പുഴുവിന്റെ യോനിയിൽ ജനിക്കുന്നു; അസൂയയുള്ളവൻ നരകമോചനത്തിനു ശേഷം രാക്ഷസനാകുന്നു।
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FAQs
Betraying trust (nyāsa) is singled out as especially corrosive to social order, while envy is treated as a deep inner vice; both are shown to have consequences beyond immediate punishment—shaping future nature and embodiment.
Not a direct pancalakṣaṇa unit; it is dharma/karma-vipāka instruction embedded within Purāṇic discourse.
‘Worm’ suggests a degraded, hidden existence (life feeding on decay), while ‘rākṣasa’ suggests a psyche hardened into hostility—symbolic of envy’s transformation into predatory identity.