Shloka 41
Adhyaya 14 — The Messenger of Yama Explains Karmic Retribution and the Causes of Naraka Torments
यावतोऽक्षिनिमेषांस्तु पापमेभिर्नृभिः कृतम् ।
तावद्वर्षसहस्राणि नेत्रात्ति प्राप्नुवन्त्युत ॥
yāvato 'kṣinimeṣāṃs tu pāpam ebhir nṛbhiḥ kṛtam /
tāvad varṣasahasrāṇi netrātti prāpnuvanty uta
Por tantos instantes de piscar quanto foi cometido o pecado por esses homens, por tantos milhares de anos eles suportam o arrancar dos olhos.
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FAQs
The verse teaches meticulous moral causality: even momentary indulgence is not ‘small’ if repeated; karmic accounting is precise, and suffering duration is expressed as proportionate to the frequency of wrongdoing.
Not a pancalakṣaṇa core item; it is a dharma-upadeśa section using time-measures to impress karmic certainty.
‘Blink-instants’ symbolize subtle, almost unconscious lapses. The teaching warns against micro-habits (vāsanā) that accumulate into long-term bondage and pain.