Shloka 38
Adhyaya 14 — The Messenger of Yama Explains Karmic Retribution and the Causes of Naraka Torments
पुण्यपापोद्भवं भुङ्क्ते सुखदुःखोपलक्षणम् ।
यत्त्वं पृच्छसि मां राजन् यातनाः पापकर्मिणाम् ।
केन केनेति पापेन तत्ते वक्ष्याम्यशेषतः ॥
puṇyapāpodbhavaṃ bhuṅkte sukhaduḥkhopalakṣaṇam / yad tvaṃ pṛcchasi māṃ rājan yātanāḥ pāpakarmiṇām / kena keneti pāpena tat te vakṣyām aśeṣataḥ
पुण्यपापसमुद्भूतं सुखदुःखलक्षणं फलम् अनुभवन्ति। यत् त्वं पृच्छसि, राजन्, पापकर्मकर्तॄणां यातनाः ‘केन केन पापेन जायन्ते’ इति—तत् ते सम्यक् समासतः प्रवक्ष्यामि।
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FAQs
The text frames pleasure and pain as diagnostic signs of prior merit and sin, and it treats ethics concretely by mapping specific misdeeds to specific consequences.
This is dharma/karma exposition (often embedded within purāṇas) rather than the five hallmark topics.
The promised ‘complete’ enumeration suggests a moral taxonomy: naming sins is meant to awaken discernment (viveka) and restraint, turning fear of consequence into ethical self-regulation.