Shloka 27
Adhyaya 12 — The Son Describes the Narakas: Mahāraurava, Tamas, Nikṛntana, Apratiṣṭha, Asipatravana, and Taptakumbha
पत्राणि तत्र खङ्गानां फलानि द्विजसत्तमम् ।
श्वानश्च तत्र सबलाः स्वनन्त्ययुतशोभिताः ॥
patrāṇi tatra khaṅgānāṃ phalāni dvijasattamam | śvānaś ca tatra sabalāḥ svananty ayutaśobhitāḥ ||
اے بہترینِ دو بار جنم لینے والے! وہاں پتے بھی تلواریں ہیں اور پھل بھی۔ اور وہاں طاقتور کتے ہیں جو طرح طرح کی غراہٹوں اور چیخوں سے ہولناک ہیں۔
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FAQs
The environment itself becomes hostile—suggesting that harmful intentions eventually ‘weaponize’ one’s world; fear and pursuit mirror inner guilt and unresolved wrongdoing.
Ethical/dharma supplement within the Purāṇic corpus; not a direct pancalakṣaṇa narrative segment.
Sword-leaves and predatory dogs symbolize cutting speech/actions and their aftermath: the very ‘fruits’ of desire become instruments of pain.