Shloka 8
Adhyaya 13 — The Son’s Account of Hell and the Question of Unseen Sin
याम्यश्च पुरुषो घोरो दण्डहस्तोऽशनिप्रभः ।
पुरतो दर्शयन् मार्गमिति एहिति वागथ ॥
yāmyaś ca puruṣo ghoro daṇḍahasto 'śaniprabhaḥ | purato darśayan mārgam iti ehi iti vāg atha
At isang kakila-kilabot na lingkod ni Yama, may hawak na tungkod at nagliliyab na parang kidlat, ang nauna, itinuturo ang daan at nagsasabing, “Halika, halika.”
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FAQs
Actions generate inevitable pathways: the ‘guide’ symbolizes karmic compulsion—one is led along results shaped by one’s deeds.
Dharma-kathā (instruction through narrative) rather than core pancalakṣaṇa categories.
The staff (daṇḍa) represents niyati (constraint/order); lightning-brilliance indicates the swift, unavoidable clarity of consequence when judgment ripens.