Adhyaya 13 — The Son’s Account of Hell and the Question of Unseen Sin
पात्यमानस्य मे तत्र साग्रं वर्षशतं गतम् ।
महातापार्तितप्तस्य तृष्णादाहान्वितस्य च ॥
pātyamānasya me tatra sāgraṃ varṣaśataṃ gatam / mahātāpārtitaptasya tṛṣṇādāhānvitasyaca
While I was being hurled down there, a little over a hundred years passed—scorched by great heat and afflicted with burning thirst.
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Karmic consequence is not trivialized: the text stresses duration and intensity, urging timely ethical correction and compassionate action (especially avoiding deprivation of essentials like water).
Didactic karma narrative; not a pancalakṣaṇa unit.
Thirst represents unfulfilled craving (tṛṣṇā) as a root of bondage; ‘heat’ mirrors tapas inverted—energy that could purify becomes torment when driven by wrongdoing.