Shloka 43

Post-cremation Ripening of Karma and the Principal Narakas

Devanagari script

क्वाथ्यन्ते विस्फुटद्गात्रा गलन्मज्जाजलान्विताः / स्फुटत्कपालेनत्रास्थिच्छिद्यमाना विभीषणैः

Transliteration

kvāthyante visphuṭadgātrā galanmajjājalānvitāḥ / sphuṭatkapālenatrāsthicchidyamānā vibhīṣaṇaiḥ

Translation

அவர்களின் உடல்கள் வெடிக்கின்றன, மஜ்ஜை உருகி வழிகிறது, மண்டை ஓடுகள் பிளக்கின்றன, பயங்கரமான எமதூதர்கள் அவர்களை வெட்டுகிறார்கள்.

Word by Word

• क्वाथ्यन्ते: are boiled
• क्वाथ्यन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्वाथ् (धातु)
• Form: लकारः—लट् (वर्तमानकालः/Present), पुरुषः—प्रथम (3rd), वचनम्—बहुवचन (Plural), प्रयोगः—कर्मणि (Passive)

• विस्फुटत्: bursting, splitting open
• विस्फुटत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि+स्फुट् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्तः—शतृ (वर्तमानकृदन्त/Present active participle), विशेषणम्; रूपम्—नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनं (as stem in compound)

• गात्राः: bodies/limbs
• गात्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• गलत्: dripping, oozing
• गलत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गल् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्तः—शतृ (वर्तमानकृदन्त/Present active participle), विशेषणम्; रूपम्—नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनं (as stem in compound)

• मज्जा: marrow
• मज्जा: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मज्जा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular) (समासाङ्ग)

• जल: water
• जल: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (as compound member)

• अन्विताः: endowed with, accompanied by
• अन्विताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषणम्

• स्फुटत्: splitting, cracking
• स्फुटत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्फुट् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्तः—शतृ (वर्तमानकृदन्त/Present active participle), विशेषणम्; रूपम्—नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनं (as stem in compound)

• कपाल: skull
• कपाल: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (as compound member)

• नेत्र: eye
• नेत्र: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (as compound member)

• अस्थि: bone
• अस्थि: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्थि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (as compound member)

• छिद्यमानाः: being cut, being split
• छिद्यमानाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छिद् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्तः—कर्मणि वर्तमानकृदन्त (Passive present participle, शानच्/मान), प्रथमा विभक्तिः, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (to the implied beings)

• विभीषणैः: by terrifying (agents/implements)
• विभीषणैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभीषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

Pretakalpa Layer

Afterlife Stage: Naraka

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Pāpa produces proportionate, embodied suffering after death; the subtle body experiences pain through karmic ordinance.

Vedantic Theme: Karma-phala and saṃsāra-bhaya as impetus toward vairāgya and dharma.

Application: Avoid cruelty and grave adharma; cultivate restraint, compassion, and repentance before death.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bibhatsa

Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka

Geographic Context

Type: naraka (hell-region)

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana Pretakalpa 2.3 (naraka-varṇana; taptakumbha context continues in 2.3.44–46)