Shloka 17
Adhyaya 13 — The Son’s Account of Hell and the Question of Unseen Sin
तस्माद्दैवे च पित्र्ये च नित्यमेवोद्यताोऽभवम् ।
सोऽहं कथमिमं प्राप्तो नरङ्कं भृशदारुणम् ॥
tasmād daive ca pitrye ca nityamevodyato 'bhavam / so 'haṃ kathamimaṃ prāpto naraṅka bhṛśadāruṇam
Por isso fui sempre diligente tanto nos ritos divinos quanto nos ritos aos ancestrais; como, então, vim parar neste inferno, tão excessivamente terrível?
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FAQs
External diligence in ritual (daiva/pitṛ-kārya) does not guarantee protection if one commits a specific adharma that carries severe consequence. The text sets up the next chapter’s causal disclosure: a ‘small’ but pointed transgression can outweigh routine piety.
Ethical inquiry embedded in narrative; not a sarga/manvantara/genealogy segment.
The question dramatizes the gap between ritual identity and inner alignment with dharma; it points to karma as precision-based—certain acts strike at foundational order and thus bypass ordinary ‘merit shields’.