Shloka 11
Adhyaya 12 — The Son Describes the Narakas: Mahāraurava, Tamas, Nikṛntana, Apratiṣṭha, Asipatravana, and Taptakumbha
शीतार्तास्तत्र धावन्तो नरास्तमसि दारुणे ।
परस्परं समासाद्य परिरभ्याश्रयन्ति च ॥
śītārtās tatra dhāvanto narās tamasi dāruṇe /
parasparaṃ samāsādya parirabhya āśrayanti ca
سردی سے ستائے ہوئے لوگ اس ہولناک تاریکی میں ادھر اُدھر دوڑتے ہیں؛ ایک دوسرے کو پا کر گلے لگتے اور پناہ (گرمی) کے لیے چمٹ جاتے ہیں۔
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FAQs
When dharma is lost, even basic security vanishes; the frantic search for warmth symbolizes that selfish life ends in helpless dependence and fear.
Ethical instruction via afterlife narrative; not a core pancalakṣaṇa head, but a supporting didactic passage.
Embracing in darkness suggests the soul’s attempt to find ‘self’ through others when inner light is absent; the remedy implied is cultivating sattva (clarity) through dharma.