Shloka 6
Adhyaya 12 — The Son Describes the Narakas: Mahāraurava, Tamas, Nikṛntana, Apratiṣṭha, Asipatravana, and Taptakumbha
तस्यां बद्धः कराभ्यां च पद्भ्यां चैव यमानुगैः ।
मुच्यते पापकृन्मध्ये लुठमानः स गच्छति ॥
tasyāṃ baddhaḥ karābhyāṃ ca padbhyāṃ caiva yamānugaiḥ /
mucyate pāpakṛn madhye luṭhamānaḥ sa gacchati
وہاں یم کے قاصد بدکار کے ہاتھ پاؤں باندھ کر اسے درمیان میں چھوڑ دیتے ہیں؛ اور وہ تڑپتا، لوٹتا ہوا آگے بڑھتا جاتا ہے۔
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FAQs
Moral order (ṛta/dharma) is portrayed as enforced: harmful deeds lead to compelled experience of suffering, emphasizing accountability beyond social concealment.
Ancillary Dharma teaching; it uses the purāṇic authority to describe karmic adjudication (often grouped with vaṃśānucarita/didactic sections rather than core sarga topics).
Bondage and ‘release’ together indicate the paradox of compulsion: the soul is ‘let go’ only into the momentum of its own karma, rolling forward under prior causes.