Shloka 20
Adhyaya 12 — The Son Describes the Narakas: Mahāraurava, Tamas, Nikṛntana, Apratiṣṭha, Asipatravana, and Taptakumbha
अत्रस्थैर्नारकैर्दुःखमसह्यमनुभूयते ।
तान्येव यत्र चक्राणि घटीयन्त्राणि चान्यतः ॥
atrasthair nārakair duḥkham asahyam anubhūyate /
tāny eva yatra cakrāṇi ghaṭī-yantrāṇi cānyataḥ
अत्र नरके स्थितैर्भूतैर्दुःखमनिर्वचनीयम् अनुभूयते—यत्र त एव चक्राः सन्ति, अन्यत्र च घटीयन्त्राणि।
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FAQs
The verse amplifies deterrence: certain karmas yield ‘asahya’ suffering. The mechanized imagery suggests an impersonal moral order—karma operates like a device once set in motion.
Ancillary ethical-cosmographic material describing lower realms and karmic outcomes.
Wheels and mechanisms represent compulsive cycles—habit-energy that keeps turning. ‘Apratiṣṭha’ indicates lack of inner ground; the mind is ‘processed’ by its own momentum.