Shloka 72
Adhyaya 14 — The Messenger of Yama Explains Karmic Retribution and the Causes of Naraka Torments
सुकृतं ये प्रयच्छन्ति यावज्जन्म कृतं नराः ।
ते पिष्यन्ते शिलापेषैर्यथैते पापकर्मिणः ॥
sukṛtaṃ ye prayacchanti yāvajjanma kṛtaṃ narāḥ / te piṣyante śilāpeṣair yathaite pāpakarmiṇaḥ
வாழ்நாள் முழுவதும் பெற்ற நன்மைக்கு நன்றியறிதலும் பதில்செயலும் இல்லாதவர்கள், கல்-அரைக்கும் இயந்திரங்களில் அரைக்கப்படுவர்—இத்தகைய தீச்செயலாளர்களைப் போலவே।
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FAQs
Receiving benefit creates an obligation of gratitude (kṛtajñatā). Denying or withholding repayment—materially or ethically—hardens the heart and is treated as a punishable moral failure.
Didactic dharma/karmaphala content; not directly sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita.
Being ‘ground by stones’ images the grinding down of one’s inner integrity when one lives by taking without returning—reciprocity is a sustaining cosmic principle (ṛta/dharma).