Shloka 145
Karma, Non-Violence, Tīrtha & Gaṅgā Merit, Vaiṣṇava Protection, Śālagrāma Worship, and Ekādaśī as Deliverance
विक्रेता चानुमंता यः परीक्षासु च मोदते । ते सर्वे नरकं यांति यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्
vikretā cānumaṃtā yaḥ parīkṣāsu ca modate | te sarve narakaṃ yāṃti yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam
అమ్మేవాడు, అనుమతిచ్చేవాడు, అలాగే ఇలాంటి లావాదేవీలు మరియు పరీక్షల్లో ఆనందించే వాడు—వారందరూ నరకానికి వెళ్లి మహాప్రళయం వరకు అక్కడే ఉంటారు.
Unspecified (narratorial/teaching voice within Svarga-khaṇḍa context)
Concept: Profiting from or consenting to sacrilegious trade of sacred objects incurs severe karmic retribution lasting until pralaya.
Application: Do not buy/sell sacred icons, mantras, or religious authority; avoid enabling unethical transactions; cultivate reverence over profit.
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: raudra
Type: celestial_realm
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A shadowed marketplace scene dissolves into a vision of Yama’s realm: figures exchanging a sacred stone for coins as the ground cracks into a fiery abyss. Above, a cosmic ocean churns, hinting at pralaya—time itself judging the act.","primary_figures":["Yama (optional, looming)","seller and buyer figures","Śālagrāma-śilā (as the contested sacred object)"],"setting":"A bazaar morphing into a hellscape with iron gates and distant flames.","lighting_mood":"dramatic","color_palette":["smoky charcoal","ember orange","blood red","ashen grey","cold indigo"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: moral tableau with a central sacred object wrongly traded, Yama enthroned in a gold-leaf arch above as judge, flames and iron gates below; rich reds, heavy gilding, stylized demon attendants, ornate borders emphasizing karmic law.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: narrative split-scene—left a small hill-town market with delicate figures, right a dark ravine of naraka with subtle fire washes; fine brushwork, restrained palette, expressive gestures of fear and regret.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: Yama with bold outlines and intense eyes, marketplace figures below, stylized flames and iron motifs; natural pigments, strong reds/yellows/greens contrasted with black, temple-wall symmetry conveying judgment.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: allegorical composition—central sacred emblem surrounded by warning motifs (serpents, flames) within ornate floral borders; deep blues and gold, symmetrical design, didactic devotional textile aesthetic."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"dramatic","suggested_raga":"Bhairavi","pace":"fast-dramatic","voice_tone":"authoritative","sound_elements":["thunder-like drum","conch shell","low temple gong","ominous silence"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: ca+anumantā→cānumantā; yāvat+ābhūta…→yāvadābhūta… (t/d sandhi).
FAQs
It stresses shared moral responsibility: not only the primary wrongdoer (the seller) but also the approver and anyone who enjoys or encourages the act are accountable for its consequences.
It indicates an extremely long duration—punishment lasting until the dissolution of the manifested world (cosmic dissolution), underscoring the gravity of the wrongdoing.
Three categories are named: the seller (vikretā), the one who consents/authorizes (anumantā), and anyone who delights in or takes pleasure in such ‘tests/examinations’ (parīkṣāsu modate), i.e., those complicit by approval or enjoyment.