Shloka 91
Adhyaya 14 — The Messenger of Yama Explains Karmic Retribution and the Causes of Naraka Torments
सुवर्णस्तेयी विप्रघ्रः सुरापी गुरुतल्पगः ।
अधश्चोर्ध्वञ्च दीप्ताग्नौ दह्यमानाः समन्ततः ॥
suvarṇasteyī vipraghraḥ surāpī gurutalpagaḥ /
adhaś cordhvañ ca dīptāgnau dahyamānāḥ samantataḥ
सुवर्णचोर, ब्राह्मणहंता, मद्यप आणि गुरुतल्पगामी—हे सर्व प्रज्वलित अग्नीत खाली-वर जळत, सर्व बाजूंनी होरपळतात.
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FAQs
Certain acts are treated as civilizational ruptures—attacking trust, sanctity, and social-religious order. The text frames them as producing intense, unavoidable repercussions.
Dharma-centered instruction embedded in narrative; not part of the five hallmark purāṇic categories.
Fire above and below symbolizes total pervasion of consequence—no ‘safe side’ remains when foundational norms are violated; the act itself becomes the consuming heat.