Shloka 51
Adhyaya 14 — The Messenger of Yama Explains Karmic Retribution and the Causes of Naraka Torments
यः करोति च पैशुन्यमन्यवागन्यथामतिः ।
पाट्यते हि द्विधा जिह्वा तस्येत्थं निशितैः क्षुरैः ॥
yaḥ karoti ca paiśunyamanyavāganyathāmatiḥ / pāṭyate hi dvidhā jihvā tasyetthaṃ niśitaiḥ kṣuraiḥ
Sesiapa yang melakukan adu domba dan fitnah—berkata satu hal tetapi memikirkan yang lain—lidahnya dibelah dua dengan pisau cukur yang tajam.
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FAQs
Duplicity in communication corrodes social trust and inner truthfulness. The text frames slander as a direct perversion of vāṅmaya (speech), warranting a punishment aimed at the instrument of wrongdoing—the tongue.
Ethical instruction/karmaphala; not a pañcalakṣaṇa category.
The tongue split ‘in two’ reflects a divided inner state: one face for the world and another within. Razors symbolize discriminative truth cutting through falsehood—here experienced as painful consequence.