Varaha Purana 205.4: Adhyaya 205, Shloka 4
Description of the Proclamation of Auspicious and Inauspicious Karmic Results
क्लिश्यतो रुदतश्चैव वदतश्च पुनःपुनः ॥ स्वेन दोषेण सर्वे वा अक्षयं नरकंगताः ॥
kliśyato rudataś caiva vadataś ca punaḥ punaḥ | svena doṣeṇa sarve vā akṣayaṃ narakaṃ gatāḥ ||
കഷ്ടപ്പെട്ടു, കരഞ്ഞു, വീണ്ടും വീണ്ടും വിലപിച്ചു—സ്വദോഷം കൊണ്ടുതന്നെ—അവർ എല്ലാവരും അക്ഷയ നരകത്തിലേക്കു പോയിരിക്കുന്നു।
Ṛṣiputra (narrative voice; the lamenting subjects are described)
FAQs
It illustrates a didactic motif: suffering after death is presented as a consequence of one’s own actions, aligning with moral responsibility themes in Purāṇic literature.
None; ‘naraka’ is a cosmological realm rather than a terrestrial site.
Accountability: adverse outcomes are attributed to one’s own faults rather than external causes.
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