Adhyaya 10 — Jaimini’s Questions on Birth, Death, Karma, and the Embodied Journey
प्रदीप्तादित्यतप्ते च दह्यमाने तदंशुभिः ।
कृष्यते यमदूतैश्चाशिवसन्नादभीषणैः ॥
pradīptādityatapte ca dahyamāne tadaṃśubhiḥ /
kṛṣyate yamadūtaiś cāśivasannādabhīṣaṇaiḥ
प्रखर सूर्यकिरणांनी भाजलेल्या तप्त भूमीवर, अमंगल व भयानक, क्रूर आर्तनाद करणारे यमदूत त्याला ओढत-घासत नेतात।
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The text uses intense sensory imagery to impress that cruelty and adharma culminate in coercive suffering; it is a call to self-restraint and compassionate action.
Dharma/karmaphala teaching through narrative description; ancillary to pancalakṣaṇa.
The ‘burning rays’ symbolize the exposure of hidden deeds to the light of moral law; the terrifying cries represent the psyche’s confrontation with fear and guilt when protective illusions fall away.