Shloka 12
Adhyaya 12 — The Son Describes the Narakas: Mahāraurava, Tamas, Nikṛntana, Apratiṣṭha, Asipatravana, and Taptakumbha
दन्तास्तेषाञ्च भज्यन्ते शीतार्तिपरिकम्पिताः ।
क्षुत्तृष्णाप्रबलास्तत्र तथैवान्येऽप्युपद्रवाः ॥
dantās teṣāṃ ca bhajyante śītārti-parikampitāḥ /
kṣut-tṛṣṇā-prabalās tatra tathaivānye 'py upadravāḥ
سردی کے عذاب سے کانپتے ہوئے ان کے دانت ٹوٹ کر جھڑ جاتے ہیں؛ وہاں بھوک اور پیاس نہایت شدید ہوتی ہے اور دوسرے دکھ بھی ہوتے ہیں۔
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FAQs
Unchecked desire (hunger/thirst as symbols) becomes torment; ethical life disciplines craving, preventing it from maturing into suffering.
Didactic narrative supporting dharma; not directly genealogical or manvantara-related.
Broken teeth and trembling indicate loss of ‘capacity to consume’—a reversal where the consumer (desire-driven ego) is itself dismantled by the very forces it served.