Shloka 22
Adhyaya 12 — The Son Describes the Narakas: Mahāraurava, Tamas, Nikṛntana, Apratiṣṭha, Asipatravana, and Taptakumbha
यावद्वर्षसहस्राणि न तेषां स्थितिरन्तरा ।
घटीयन्त्रेषु चैवाऽन्यो बद्धस्तोये यथा घटी ॥
yāvad varṣa-sahasrāṇi na teṣāṃ sthitir antarā /
ghaṭī-yantreṣu caivānyo baddhas toye yathā ghaṭī
ஆயிரக்கணக்கான ஆண்டுகள் அவர்களின் நிலைக்கு இடைவேளை இல்லை. மற்றொருவர் கடி-யந்திரத்தில் கட்டப்பட்டு, நீரில் உள்ள குடம் (கடி) போல இருக்கிறான்.
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FAQs
The absence of ‘intermediate respite’ conveys that habitual wrongdoing can lead to prolonged, uninterrupted consequences. It motivates discipline and timely repentance/atonement (prāyaścitta) before patterns harden.
Ethical instruction (dharma) through vivid karmaphala depiction; not a genealogical/manvantara passage.
Bound like a pot in a water-wheel: the being is lifted and plunged repeatedly—symbolic of oscillation between craving and aversion, a mechanical repetition that continues until karmic momentum is spent.