Shloka 27
देवतापितृप्रश्नः — Nārada at Badarīāśrama: the ultimate referent of daiva and pitṛ worship
ये चात्र प्रचलितधर्मकामवृत्ता: क्रोशन्त: सततमनिष्टसम्प्रयोगा: । क्लिश्यन्त: परिगतवेदनाशरीरा बह्दीभि: सुभृूशमधर्मकारणाभि:
ye cātra pracalita-dharma-kāma-vṛttāḥ krośantaḥ satatam aniṣṭa-samprayogāḥ | kliśyantaḥ parigata-vedanā-śarīrā bahvībhis su-bhṛśam adharma-kāraṇābhiḥ ||
व्यास उवाच— ये चात्र प्रचलितधर्मकामवृत्ताः क्रोशन्तः सततमनिष्टसम्प्रयोगाः। क्लिश्यन्तः परिगतवेदनाशरीरा बह्वीभिः सुभृशमधर्मकारणाभिः॥
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
A life that abandons dharma and follows desire-driven, harmful behavior leads to painful karmic consequences; after death such people experience intense suffering proportionate to their repeated unrighteous actions.
Vyāsa is describing a class of people characterized by deviation from dharma, abusive speech, and continual engagement in inauspicious acts, and he explains their post-mortem fate: they obtain a torment-bearing body and undergo severe suffering due to many causes rooted in adharma.