Shloka 26
Adhyaya 12 — The Son Describes the Narakas: Mahāraurava, Tamas, Nikṛntana, Apratiṣṭha, Asipatravana, and Taptakumbha
प्रपतन्ति सदा तत्र प्राणिनो नरकौकसः ।
तन्मध्ये च वनं रम्यं स्निग्धपत्रं विभाव्यते ॥
prapatanti sadā tatra prāṇino narakaukasaḥ | tanmadhye ca vanaṃ ramyaṃ snigdhapatraṃ vibhāvyate ||
دوزخ میں رہنے والے جاندار برابر وہاں گرتے رہتے ہیں؛ اور اس کے بیچ میں ایک دلکش جنگل دکھائی دیتا ہے جس کے پتے چمکدار اور گھنے، سرسبز معلوم ہوتے ہیں۔
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FAQs
The ‘pleasant forest’ amid torment warns that craving and misperception persist even in suffering; ethical clarity must be cultivated before consequences ripen.
Serves as dharma-oriented instruction (karmaphala) rather than sarga/pratisarga etc.; Purāṇas often embed such warnings as practical ethics.
The attractive grove represents sense-objects (viṣaya) that appear soothing but conceal harm—an allegory for māyā-like misreading of appearances.