Shloka 24
Adhyaya 12 — The Son Describes the Narakas: Mahāraurava, Tamas, Nikṛntana, Apratiṣṭha, Asipatravana, and Taptakumbha
दुःखानि ते प्राप्नुवन्ति यान्यसह्यानि जन्तुभिः ।
असिपत्रवनं नाम नरकं शृणु चापरम् ॥
duḥkhāni te prāpnuvanti yāny asahyāni jantubhiḥ | asipatravanaṃ nāma narakaṃ śṛṇu cāparam ||
Mereka menanggung penderitaan—yang tidak tertanggung bagi makhluk hidup. Dengarlah pula tentang satu lagi neraka bernama Asipatravana (“hutan daun pedang”).
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FAQs
The verse frames naraka as a moral pedagogy: actions generate consequences that become ‘unbearable’ experiences. The intent is deterrence and ethical self-regulation (dharma) through vivid consequence-imagery.
This passage aligns most closely with secondary didactic material supporting Dharma and karmaphala rather than the five core topics directly; it is adjacent to ‘manvantara/vaṃśa’ sections in many Purāṇas but here functions as ethical instruction.
‘Sword-leaves’ symbolize how what appears desirable (a cool forest) can become cutting suffering when approached with deluded craving—an allegory for sense-objects that wound the unrestrained mind.