Shloka 13
Adhyaya 12 — The Son Describes the Narakas: Mahāraurava, Tamas, Nikṛntana, Apratiṣṭha, Asipatravana, and Taptakumbha
हिमखण्डवहो वायुर्भिनत्त्यस्थीनि दारुणः ।
मज्जासृग्गलितं तस्मादश्नुवन्ति क्षुधान्विताः ॥
hima-khaṇḍa-vaho vāyur bhinatti asthīni dāruṇaḥ /
majjā-asṛg-galitaṃ tasmād aśnuvanti kṣudhānvitāḥ
برف کے ٹکڑے لانے والی ہولناک ہوا ان کی ہڈیوں کو چیر دیتی ہے؛ اور بھوک کے مارے وہ جو رس نکلتا ہے—گودا اور خون—اسی کو کھاتے ہیں۔
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FAQs
Degradation follows vice: the sinner is reduced to consuming what should be protected (one’s own vital essence), illustrating how immoral appetite ultimately turns self-destructive.
A moral-cosmographic passage (naraka-varṇana) used for dharma instruction; only loosely connected to sarga-type world-description.
Ice-wind splitting bones signifies rigidity and cruelty (frozen compassion) shattering the inner structure; eating marrow/blood symbolizes the final stage of craving—devouring one’s own life-force.