Shloka 50
Description of the Torments within the Cycle of Rebirth: Hymn to Yama and the Introduction to Citragupta’s Administration
यथा च कुक्कुटं खादेत कश्चिन्म्लेच्छो निराकृतः ॥ तथा कटकटाशब्दस्तस्मिन्वृक्षे मया श्रुतः ॥
yathā ca kukkuṭaṃ khādet kaścin mleccho nirākṛtaḥ || tathā kaṭakaṭāśabdas tasmin vṛkṣe mayā śrutaḥ ||
နှင့်ပင် ပယ်ချခံရသော မလေစ္ဆတစ်ဦးက ကြက်ကို စားသကဲ့သို့ ထိုသစ်ပင်ပေါ်တွင် ‘ကဋကဋာ’ ဟူသော ကွဲကြဲကွဲကွဲ အသံကို ငါကြားရသည်။
Varāha
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"repulsed, attentive to sensory detail","key_question":"What sensory signs (especially sound) reveal the nature of the punishment, and what does it resemble?"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"None","instruction_summary":"The verse uses a socially transgressive simile (mleccha eating a rooster) to intensify disgust and warn against adharma leading to such scenes.","karmic_consequence":"Adharma culminates in bībhatsa experience—audible cracking/chewing (‘kaṭakaṭā’) and dehumanizing consumption imagery."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false,"vrata_name":"None","tithi_month":"None","promised_fruit":"None"}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false,"symbolic_interpretation":"None","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"None"}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"aesthetic pedagogy (rasa as moral instruction)","core_concept":"Disgust and fear are deliberately evoked to turn the mind away from harmful action; sensory imagery is a dharma-tool.","practical_application":"Use contemplation of consequences (including sensory vividness) as a restraint practice; cultivate purity of diet/speech/action to counter bībhatsa-tamas."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Cosmology"]
Primary Rasa: bībhatsa
Secondary Rasa: bhayānaka
Type: otherworld/afterlife realm
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 198.52-54, 198.56
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A witness-narrator hears the sharp ‘kaṭakaṭā’ cracking from a tree where beings are being eaten, likened to an outcaste devouring a rooster.","item_prompts":["tree with hidden action behind foliage","sound-visualization motifs (vibration lines)","rooster as simile inset/side-panel","listener figure (narrator) in shadow","suggested chewing/cracking without explicit gore"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural with a small side vignette of the rooster-simile; main panel focuses on the tree and sound-lines; dark greens and blacks dominate.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: decorative tree with gold outlines; stylized ‘sound’ glyphs near the branches; inset rooster motif with minimal realism.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: subtle depiction—narrator listening, tree partially obscuring the act; emphasis on the auditory cue through compositional focus.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: clean, symbolic sound-lines and a small rooster vignette; restrained palette with stark contrast to convey revulsion."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"hushed, chilling","suggested_raga":"Darbari Kanada","pace":"slow (to emphasize onomatopoeia ‘kaṭakaṭā’)","voice_tone":"low, whisper-edged, narrative"}
FAQs
It documents onomatopoeic narration (kaṭakaṭā) and social vocabulary (mleccha) that are important for philological and cultural-historical study.
None; the reference is to a tree within the narrated punitive environment.
The verse functions rhetorically: sensory detail is used to underscore the harshness of consequences rather than to issue a direct rule.