Shloka 58
The Marks of Merit and the Destinies of Beings
Divine vs Demonic Traits
जयं शौर्यादिकं पुण्यं पुनःपापक्षयं व्रजेत् । एवमुर्व्यां तथा नाके नागलोके यमालये
jayaṃ śauryādikaṃ puṇyaṃ punaḥpāpakṣayaṃ vrajet | evamurvyāṃ tathā nāke nāgaloke yamālaye
ശൗര്യാദികളിൽ നിന്നുള്ള പുണ്യവും ജയവും നേടി, പിന്നെ പാപക്ഷയം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു; ഭൂമിയിലും, സ്വർഗ്ഗത്തിലും, നാഗലോകത്തിലും, യമാലയത്തിലും ഇതേവിധമാണ്.
Unspecified in the provided excerpt (context needed from surrounding verses of Adhyaya 76).
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: vira
Type: celestial_realm
Sandhi Resolution Notes: पुनःपापक्षयम् → पुनः + पापक्षयम् (विसर्ग-लोप/संयोग). एवमुर्व्यां → एवम् + उर्व्याम् (म् + उ → म् उ, संयोग-लेखन).
FAQs
It explicitly lists earth (urvī), heaven (nāka), the Nāga-world (nāga-loka), and Yama’s abode (yamālaya).
It emphasizes puṇya (merit) arising from virtues like valor and the further attainment of pāpa-kṣaya— the diminishing or destruction of sin.
Cultivating virtues (such as courage) and righteous conduct yields merit and purification, and these moral-spiritual principles are presented as universally operative across different realms of existence.