Shloka 81
The Account of Women
Householder Ethics, Fault, Merit, and Govinda-Nāma as Purification
चिरं निरयमासाद्य शुनी भवति निश्चितम् । दुष्टाया मैथुनं गच्छेद्विधवाकुलनाशिनी
ciraṃ nirayamāsādya śunī bhavati niścitam | duṣṭāyā maithunaṃ gacchedvidhavākulanāśinī
ครั้นทนทุกข์ในนรกเป็นเวลายาวนานแล้ว นางย่อมเกิดเป็นสุนัขเพศเมียอย่างแน่นอน หญิงชั่วผู้ไปเสพสังวาสกับชายอื่น ย่อมทำลายเรือนตระกูลของเหล่าแม่หม้าย
Unspecified (narratorial/teaching voice within Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa context; exact dialogue pair not provided in the input).
Concept: Sexual misconduct framed as destructive to social order (widow-household) leads to prolonged hell and degraded rebirth—karma as moral enforcement.
Application: Maintain integrity in relationships; avoid actions that harm vulnerable households; seek ethical counsel and community accountability.
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: raudra
Type: celestial_realm
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A grim underworld vista: a long, shadowed corridor of Naraka where a condemned figure walks under the gaze of stern karmic guardians. In the distance, a spectral image of a shattered household courtyard appears—empty lamps, overturned water pot—signifying the ruin brought by misconduct.","primary_figures":["condemned woman (symbolic)","Yama’s attendants (karmic guardians)","spectral household figures (faint)"],"setting":"Naraka corridor with iron gates, ash-laden ground, and distant mirage of a broken home courtyard.","lighting_mood":"moonlit","color_palette":["iron gray","soot black","blood maroon","cold blue","pale ash white"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: allegorical Naraka scene with ornate yet severe framing; gold leaf used sparingly as harsh highlights on iron gates and guardian ornaments; central condemned figure, distant shattered household vignette; intense reds and blacks, dramatic symmetry.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: dark, atmospheric underworld rendered with fine lines; guardians with refined but stern faces; a ghostly household scene in the background like a faded miniature within the miniature; cool blues and grays with maroon accents.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: bold outlines and stylized guardians, strong contrasts; Naraka gates and ash ground; expressive eyes conveying warning; dominant reds/blacks with sharp yellow highlights for punitive energy.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: symbolic moral tableau—central dark corridor framed by floral borders turned thorny; minimal gold on borders, deep indigo-black ground; a small distant household motif rendered like a vignette medallion."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"dramatic","suggested_raga":"Bhairavi","pace":"fast-dramatic","voice_tone":"authoritative","sound_elements":["distant thunder","heavy drum","chain clinks (subtle)","sudden silence"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: निरयमासाद्य → निरयम् + आसाद्य (म् + आ → मा); गच्छेद्विधवाकुलनाशिनी → गच्छेत् + विधवा + कुलनाशिनी (त् + व → द्व; ततः समास/सन्निधान)
FAQs
It states that after a prolonged experience of hell (naraka), the person is reborn as a female dog.
It emphasizes moral restraint and warns that sexual wrongdoing is seen as socially destructive and karmically consequential.
No. The verse is primarily a moral-ethical warning framed in karmic terms, not a description of sacred geography or devotional practice.