Shloka 26
Adhyaya 12 — The Son Describes the Narakas: Mahāraurava, Tamas, Nikṛntana, Apratiṣṭha, Asipatravana, and Taptakumbha
प्रपतन्ति सदा तत्र प्राणिनो नरकौकसः ।
तन्मध्ये च वनं रम्यं स्निग्धपत्रं विभाव्यते ॥
prapatanti sadā tatra prāṇino narakaukasaḥ | tanmadhye ca vanaṃ ramyaṃ snigdhapatraṃ vibhāvyate ||
நரகத்தில் வாழும் உயிர்கள் இடையறாது அங்கே விழுகின்றனர்; அதன் நடுவில் மினுமினுப்பான, செழுமையாகத் தோன்றும் இலைகளால் அலங்கரிக்கப்பட்ட ஒரு மனம்கவரும் காடு காணப்படுகிறது.
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FAQs
The ‘pleasant forest’ amid torment warns that craving and misperception persist even in suffering; ethical clarity must be cultivated before consequences ripen.
Serves as dharma-oriented instruction (karmaphala) rather than sarga/pratisarga etc.; Purāṇas often embed such warnings as practical ethics.
The attractive grove represents sense-objects (viṣaya) that appear soothing but conceal harm—an allegory for māyā-like misreading of appearances.