Adhyaya 12 — The Son Describes the Narakas: Mahāraurava, Tamas, Nikṛntana, Apratiṣṭha, Asipatravana, and Taptakumbha
पत्राणि तत्र खङ्गानां फलानि द्विजसत्तमम् ।
श्वानश्च तत्र सबलाः स्वनन्त्ययुतशोभिताः ॥
patrāṇi tatra khaṅgānāṃ phalāni dvijasattamam | śvānaś ca tatra sabalāḥ svananty ayutaśobhitāḥ ||
ஓ இருபிறப்போரில் சிறந்தவனே! அங்கே இலைகளும் கனிகளும் வாள்களே. அங்கே பலவான நாய்கள் உள்ளன; பலவகை ஊளைகளும் அலறல்களும் நிறைந்தவை.
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The environment itself becomes hostile—suggesting that harmful intentions eventually ‘weaponize’ one’s world; fear and pursuit mirror inner guilt and unresolved wrongdoing.
Ethical/dharma supplement within the Purāṇic corpus; not a direct pancalakṣaṇa narrative segment.
Sword-leaves and predatory dogs symbolize cutting speech/actions and their aftermath: the very ‘fruits’ of desire become instruments of pain.