Shloka 80
Adhyaya 10 — Jaimini’s Questions on Birth, Death, Karma, and the Embodied Journey
रौरवे कूटसाक्षी तु याति यश्चानृतो नरः ।
तस्य स्वरूपं गदतो रौरवस्य निशामय ॥
raurave kūṭasākṣī tu yāti yaścānṛto naraḥ /
tasya svarūpaṃ gadato rauravasya niśāmaya
ମିଥ୍ୟା ସାକ୍ଷୀ ଓ ଅନୃତବାଦୀ ରୌରବ ନରକକୁ ଯାଏ। ଏବେ ମୁଁ କହୁଥିବା ସେହି ରୌରବ (ନରକ)ର ସ୍ୱରୂପବର୍ଣ୍ଣନ ଶୁଣ।
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FAQs
Truthfulness is treated as a pillar of dharma with social consequences; perjury and lying corrode justice and thus incur severe post-mortem retribution (Raurava).
Dharma-śikṣā (ethical instruction) and naraka taxonomy; not part of the five hallmark categories as a primary unit.
Raurava functions as a moral archetype: the ‘roaring’ torment mirrors the inner dissonance and fear produced by falsifying truth—an inversion of ṛta (cosmic order).