Shloka 39
Adhyaya 12 — The Son Describes the Narakas: Mahāraurava, Tamas, Nikṛntana, Apratiṣṭha, Asipatravana, and Taptakumbha
कृतावर्ते महातैले मथ्यन्ते पापकर्मिणः ।
एष ते विस्तरेणोक्तस्तप्तकुम्भो मया पितः ॥
kṛtāvarte mahātaile mathyante pāpakarmiṇaḥ / eṣa te vistareṇoktas taptakumbho mayā pitaḥ
அந்தப் பெரும் எண்ணெயில், சுழல்களில் சுழற்றப்பட்டு, பாவிகள் கடையப்படுகிறார்கள். இவ்வாறாக, உன் தந்தையாகிய நான் உனக்கு தப்தகும்ப நரகத்தைப் பற்றி விரிவாக விவரித்துள்ளேன்.
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FAQs
The passage closes by emphasizing completeness and certainty: karmic results ‘churn’ the doer until the force of the deed is spent, motivating dharmic restraint and atonement.
A moral-educational episode (upākhyāna-like didactic material) supporting dharma; not one of the five lakṣaṇas.
Whirlpools represent saṃsāric turbulence; the ‘great oil’ is the medium of accumulated vāsanās, in which the psyche is agitated until clarity is regained through purification.